new US poet laureate

natasha tretheway was just named as the new us poet laureate - congratulations! this is especially exciting seeing that she's from gulfport, mississippi, which is literally an hour from here. she's number 19 - and just so you can impress your friends with random trivia, here are the other 18, courtesy of wikipedia:

1986–1987: Robert Penn Warren 

1987–1988: Richard Wilbur 

1988–1990: Howard Nemerov 

1990–1991: Mark Strand 

1991–1992: Joseph Brodsky 

1992–1993: Mona Van Duyn 

1993–1995: Rita Dove 

1995–1997: Robert Hass 

1997–2000: Robert Pinsky 

2000–2001: Stanley Kunitz 

2001–2003: Billy Collins 

2003–2004: Louise Glück 

2004–2006: Ted Kooser 

2006–2007: Donald Hall 

2007–2008: Charles Simic 

2008–2010: Kay Ryan 

2010–2011: W.S. Merwin 

2011–2012: Philip Levine