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Elizabeth Alexander

Biography

Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander composed and recited “Praise Song for the Day” for President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. The author of six books of poetry --- including AMERICAN SUBLIME, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize --- Alexander is the first winner of the Jackson Prize for Poetry and a National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellow. She is the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University.

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Books by Elizabeth Alexander

The Light of the World: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Alexander - Memoir, Nonfiction

In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband, who was just 49. Reflecting with gratitude on the exquisite beauty of her married life that was, grappling with the subsequent void, and feeling a re-energized devotion to her two teenage sons, Alexander channels her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid prose that describes a very personal and yet universal quest for meaning, understanding and acceptance.

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