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"From sonnets and traditional ballads to free verses shot through with the syncopated attitude of blues, the poems in Domestic Work sing with a muscular luminosity. Here is a young poet in full possession of her craft, ready to testify. To which I say: Can we get an 'Amen?' And: Let these voices be heard."

—Rita Dove, from the introduction

"Natasha Trethewey's Domestic Work depicts an arresting psychological landscape. Her mirrors sway light and shadow over sharp portraits of people in a world between worlds. Yet, their rituals and obsessions make them like us. Seemingly straightforward and plainly spoken, woven of what dares to sound everyday, these poignant narratives are deceptive as they throw an emotional cast and the reader is beckoned to a place like no other."

—Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey's first book, Domestic Work, was selected by Rita Dove for the 1999 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Ms. Trethewey is a member of the Dark Room Collective, and teaches at Auburn University.

Softcover. 2000.