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Books by Elizabeth Alexander
  | | Praise Song for the Day(1st Edition) A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 28 Pages, Published 2009 by Graywolf Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-545-6, ISBN: 1-55597-545-3 "On January 20, 2009, Elizabeth Alexander served as the fourth ever inaugural poet and a central participant in one of the most closely watched inaugurations in American history. Selected by Barack Obama, Alexander composed and delivered her original poem "Praise Song for the Day" to an audience of millions, and now the poem can be read and savored for posterity. Printed on heavy, uncoated stock, with French flaps, and a silver foil stam ..." |
 | | American Sublime(1st Edition) Poems by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2005 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-432-9, ISBN: 1-55597-432-5 "A brilliant new collection by Elizabeth Alexander, whose "poems bristle with the irresistible quality of a world seen fresh" (Rita Dove, The Washington Post)Too many people have seen too muchand lived to tell, or not tell, or tellwith their silent, patterned bodies,their glass eyes, gone legs, flower-printed flesh . . .-from "Notes From"In her fourth remarkable collection, Elizabeth Alexander voices the outcries, dreams, and histories o ..." |
 | | The Venus Hottentot(1st Edition) Poems by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2004 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-392-6, ISBN: 1-55597-392-2 "Elizabeth Alexander's highly praised first collection is available once again"I didn't want to write a poem that said "blackness""is," because we know better than anyone""that we are not one or ten or ten thousand things""Not one poem"-from "Today's News"Originally published in 1990 to widespread acclaim, "The Venus Hottentot" introduces Elizabeth Alexander's vital poetic voice, distinguished even in this remarkable first book by its ex ..." |
 | | Crave Radiance(1st Edition) New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2010 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-568-5, ISBN: 1-55597-568-2 "The first career retrospective by the award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander, including her poem delivered at Barack Obama's presidential inaugurationWe crave radiance in this austere world, light in the spiritual darkness. Learning is the one perfect religion, its path correct, narrow, certain, straight. ―from "Allegiance" Over twenty years, Elizabeth Alexander has become one of America's most exciting and important poets, and her sel ..." |
 | | Antebellum Dream Book(1st Edition) by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2001 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-354-4, ISBN: 1-55597-354-X "In surprising turns through different American cities, mindsets, and eras, and through the strange rhythms of dreaming, the celebrated poet Elizabeth Alexander composes her own kind of improvisational jazz. Antebellum Dream Book offers a music of resistances as well as soaring flights of fancy: the conflicts of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and after; a mother's struggle to see through a postpartum fog; a vision in which the po ..." |
 | | The Light of the World(Reprint) A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize in Letters: Biography Finalist) by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2016 by Grand Central Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4555-9986-8, ISBN: 1-4555-9986-7 "A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost that is at once "remarkably uplifting" (Washington Post) and "crushing, lovely, painful, and above all powerful" (New York Journal of Books), from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander.* Pulitzer Prize Finalist* National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist* A New Yorker, NPR, Boston Globe, Publisher's Weekly, Newsday, Library Journal, People.com, Shelf Aw ..." |
 | | Power and Possibility(1st Edition) Essays, Reviews, and Interviews (Poets On Poetry) by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06937-8, ISBN: 0-472-06937-3 " A volume in the Poets on Poetry series, which collects critical works by contemporary poets, gathering together the articles, interviews, and book reviews by which they have articulated the poetics of a new generation. Elizabeth Alexander is considered one of the country's most gifted contemporary poets, and the publication of her essays in The Black Interior in 2004 established her as an astute critic and cultural commentator as well ..." |
 | | The Black Interior(1st Edition) Essays by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 221 Pages, Published 2004 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-393-3, ISBN: 1-55597-393-0 "With a poet's precision and an intellectually adventurous spirit, Elizabeth Alexander explores a wide spectrum of contemporary African American artistic life through literature, paintings, popular media, and films, and discusses its place in current culture. In The Black Interior, she examines the vital roles of such heavyweight literary figures as Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, and Rita Dove, as well as lesser known, yet vibrant, n ..." |
 | | How God Ends Us (Winners of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize) by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-832-7, ISBN: 1-57003-832-5 "This title presents poetic conversations with a God whose omnipotence brings both peace and uncertainty. DeLana R. A. Dameron searches for answers to spiritual quandaries in her first collection of poems, "How God Ends Us", selected by Elizabeth Alexander as the fourth annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize. Dameron's poetry forms a lyrical conversation with an ominous and omnipotent deity, one who controls all matters of ..." |
 | | The Light of the World(1st Edition) A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2015 by Grand Central Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4555-9987-5, ISBN: 1-4555-9987-5 "In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband, who was just 50. 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 ..." |
 | | Crave Radiance(Reprint) New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2012 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-630-9, ISBN: 1-55597-630-1 "The first career retrospective by the award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander, now available in paperbackWe crave radiance in this austere world,light in the spiritual darkness.Learning is the one perfect religion,its path correct, narrow, certain, straight. ―from "Allegiance"Over twenty years, Elizabeth Alexander has become one of America's most exciting and important poets, and her selection as the ..." |
 | | Praise Song for the Day(1st Edition) by Elizabeth Alexander, David Diaz Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2012 by Katherine Tegen Books ISBN-13: 978-0-06-192663-1, ISBN: 0-06-192663-9 " Praise Song for the Day was commissioned for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. These inspiring words by award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander celebrate all that has made America what it is today and challenge us—as individuals, as communities, as a nation—to continue working toward the dream of a better world for all. Together with spectacular illustrations by Caldecott Award–winning illustrator David Diaz, Praise Song for ..." |
 | | CAPITALIST PUNISHMENT(1st Edition) Prison Privatization and Human Rights by Contributor-Allison Campbell, First Last, Andrew Coyle, Elizabeth Alexander, Contributor-Alex Friedman, Contributor-Christian Parenti, Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Rodney Neufeld, Human Rights Internet Paperback, 234 Pages, Published 2008 by Clarity Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-932863-35-5, ISBN: 0-932863-35-3 "Prison privatization is a rapidly increasing phenomenon in many Western countries as governments seek to manage burgeoning prison populations within the constraints of a neo-liberal political agenda. But how is public well being served when prisons are run for profit? Bringing together a group of the most accomplished writers and activists on human rights and prison priva-tization, Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Ri ..." |
 | | Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color(1st Edition) by Elizabeth Alexander, And Marilyn Nelson, Floyd Cooper Hardcover, 48 Pages, Published 2007 by Wordsong ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-456-3, ISBN: 1-59078-456-1 "Two renowned poets tell the story of Prudence Crandall and her black students, who endured the cruelty of prejudice and hateful actions for the sake of their education. Miss Crandall faced legal proceedings for opening her school of African American women. But her young students knew that Miss Crandall had committed no crime. They knew that the real criminals were the rich white residents of Canterbury, Connecticut, who had poisoned the ..." |
 | | Workings of the Spirit The Poetics of Afro-American Women's Writing (Black Literature and Culture Series) by Elizabeth Alexander, Patricia Redmond, Houston A. Baker Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-03522-2, ISBN: 0-226-03522-0 "Two images suggest themselves as illustrations of this trajectory. One is the frontispiece of Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral (1773). 3 Clad in servant's clothing, the young and distinctively African-featured poet ..." |
 | | Spit Back a Boy (The Cave Canem Poetry Prize) by Iain Haley Pollock, Elizabeth Alexander Paperback, 92 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3908-5, ISBN: 0-8203-3908-3 "Iain Haley Pollock's poems cover the ground from a woman late to catfish supper to an ancient queen who howls, "Sea, you is ugly," from the creaking of slave ships launched from Lancaster to gunfire on a contemporary Philadelphia street. Such lyric moments find grounding in stories woven through this book--in one story line, a boy with a black mother and white father wishes he could shed his white skin or carve into what lies beneath: " ..." |
 | | The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks(1st Edition) (American Poets Project #19) by Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Alexander Hardcover, 174 Pages, Published 2005 by Library Of America Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-931082-87-7, ISBN: 1-931082-87-1 "Discover the most enduring works of legendary poet Gwendolyn Brooks—the first black author to win a Pulitzer Prize—in one collectible volume"If you wanted a poem," wrote Gwendolyn Brooks, "you only had to look out of a window. There was material always, walking or running, fighting or screaming or singing." From the life of Chicago's South Side she made a forceful and passionate poetry that fused Modernist aesthetics with African-Americ ..." |
 | | Understanding Rhetoric(2nd Edition) A Graphic Guide to Writing by Elizabeth Losh, Jonathan Alexander, Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2017 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-1-319-04213-4, ISBN: 1-319-04213-9 |
 | | Jacob Lawrence(Reprint) The Migration Series by Leah Dickerman, Elsa Smithgall, Elizabeth Alexander, Rita Dove, Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes, Tyehimba Jess, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jodi Roberts, Patricia Jones, Natasha Trethewey, Crystal Williams, Jacob Lawrence, Kevin Young Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2015 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-964-7, ISBN: 0-87070-964-X "In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just twenty-three years old, completed a series of sixty small tempera paintings with text captions about the Great Migration. Within months of its making, Lawrences Migration series was divided between The Museum of Modern Art (even numbered panels) and the Phillips Memorial Gallery (odd numbered panels). The work has since become a landmark in the history of African-American art, a monument in the collect ..." |
 | | From Territory to Statehood (Scott Foresman Reading Street 5.5.5) by Elizabeth Alexander ISBN-13: 978-0-328-52539-3, ISBN: 0-328-52539-1 |
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