Elizabeth Alexander

Professor, essayist, docentBorn 1962

Elizabeth Alexander, born 1962, is an American poet, essayist, playwright, and the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since 2018.. Known for Praise Song for the Day. Honours include Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and honorary degree from Spelman College.

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Books

Lorna Simpson collages
2018
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How lovely the ruins
2017
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The Light of the World
2015 · Thorndike Press
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Praise Song for the Day
2012 · Katherine Tegen Books
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Crave Radiance New And Selected Poems 19902010
2010 · Graywolf Press
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Canto De Alabanza Para El Da Poema Para La Ceremonia Inaugural Del Mandato De Barack Obama 20 De Enero 2009
2009 · Graywolf Press
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Miss Crandall's school for young ladies and little misses of color
2007 · Wordsong
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Power and Possibility
2007 · University of Michigan Press
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American Sublime
2005 · Graywolf Press
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The Black Interior
2004 · Graywolf Press
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Antebellum Dream Book
2001 · Graywolf Press
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Body of life
1996 · Tia Chucha Press
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The Venus Hottentot
1990 · University Press of Virginia
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