Natasha Tretheway, author of three poetry collections and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, hugs her father Eric Tretheway (L), after she was named the 19th U.S. poet laureate, during a celebration in Decatur, Georgia June 7, 2012. Treatheway is only the second Southerner appointed to the position and will officially take up her duties in the fall. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)