Defending my dream cost my mother her life

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Former US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey began writing to express her feelings about her violent stepfather. She told Oulook's Jo Fidgen how it became her comfort and career, after her worst fears came true. Her memoir is called Memorial Drive Eduardo Puppo is an Argentine tennis journalist who spent 12 years researching the results of 22,000 matches to try to prove that tennis great and fellow Argentine Guillermo Vilas had been denied a number one ranking by the ATP in the 1970s. A story of determination and deep friendship. Any comments please email us on [email protected] Picture: Natasha Trethewey receives an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree at Emerson College in 2015 Credit: Paul Marotta/Getty Images