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Elizabeth Alexander
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born
May 30, 1962
in New York City, The United States
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female
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American Sublime
   3.66 avg rating — 76 ratings
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2005
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The Venus Hottentot: Poems
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Antebellum Dream Book: Poems
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2001
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Praise Song for the Day: A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration January 20, 2009
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2009
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Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010
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2010
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The Black Interior
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2004
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Praise Song for the Day
by Elizabeth Alexander, David Diaz 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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2012
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Body of Life
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1997
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Elizabeth Alexander Inaugural Chapbook
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2009
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The Grasshopper Hopped!
by Elizabeth Alexander, Joung Kim 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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2010
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“Poetry is what you find
in the dirt in the corner,
overhear on the bus, God
in the details, the only way
to get from here to there.”
― Elizabeth Alexander
in the dirt in the corner,
overhear on the bus, God
in the details, the only way
to get from here to there.”
― Elizabeth Alexander
“What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need to preempt grievance.
In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence begun.
On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp -- praise song for walking forward in that light.”
― Elizabeth Alexander
In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence begun.
On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp -- praise song for walking forward in that light.”
― Elizabeth Alexander
“Using the voice is a physical act, one that first announces the existence of the body of residence and then trumpets its arrival in a public space.”
― Elizabeth Alexander, The Black Interior
― Elizabeth Alexander, The Black Interior
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| Literary Fiction ...: Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander | 8 | 20 | Jan 28, 2009 07:14pm | |
| Literary Fiction ...: The Root Rewrites the Western Canon | 13 | 49 | Nov 22, 2009 01:19pm | |
| Literary Fiction ...: Anisfield-Wolf Book Prizes for Elizabeth Alexander and Kamila Shamsie | 2 | 9 | Jun 25, 2010 12:01am | |
| Literary Fiction ...: Happy Thanksgiving! Poems by Joy Harjo and Elizabeth Alexander | 3 | 9 | Nov 25, 2010 10:59am |
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