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#Giveaway The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander @ProfessorEA @GrandCentralPub 9.21

September 12, 2016 By Mary

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by Elizabeth Alexander
Published by Grand Central Publishing Genres: Memoir

the-light-of-the-world-newThe Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander

In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid prose, Alexander tells a love story that is, itself, a story of loss. As she reflects on the beauty of her married life, the trauma resulting from her husband’s death, and the solace found in caring for her two teenage sons, Alexander universalizes a very personal quest for meaning and acceptance in the wake of loss.

The Light of the World is at once an endlessly compelling memoir and a deeply felt meditation on the blessings of love, family, art, and community. It is also a lyrical celebration of a life well-lived and a paean to the priceless gift of human companionship. For those who have loved and lost, or for anyone who cares what matters most, The Light of the World is required reading.

 

 

 

 

elizabeth-alexanderElizabeth Alexander is a Quantrell Award-winning American poet, essayist, playwright, university professor, and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She teaches English language/literature, African-American literature, and gender studies at Yale University. Alexander was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard during the 2007-08 academic year.

Alexander’s poems, short stories, and critical writings have been widely published in such journals and periodicals as The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Village Voice, The Women’s Review of Books, and The Washington Post. Her playDiva Studies, which was performed at Yale’s School of Drama, garnered her a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship as well as an Illinois Arts Council award.

On December 17th, 2008 it was announced that she will compose a poem which she shall recite at the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama in January 2009.

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Comments

  1. Nancy Burgess says

    September 12, 2016 at 12:15 pm

    I like Robert Frosts poems.I read them a lot.

  2. Beth T. says

    September 12, 2016 at 12:19 pm

    One of my favorite poems is “From Blossoms” by Li-Young Lee.

  3. Deb P says

    September 12, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    The road not taken. R Frost . https://www.pinterest.com/pin/289708188503059135/

  4. dianne casey says

    September 12, 2016 at 4:20 pm

    I like poems by Robert Frost.

  5. Kimberly S says

    September 12, 2016 at 5:50 pm

    Can’t pick just one.

  6. Anne says

    September 13, 2016 at 5:52 am

    Poems by Bliss Carmen.

  7. cathy o says

    September 15, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    love jabberwockey

  8. bn100 says

    September 18, 2016 at 1:33 pm

    no fav

  9. Carol L says

    September 20, 2016 at 2:09 pm

    I’m not into poetry and the only onjes I recall are the ones by Jack Fost.
    Carol L

    • Carol L says

      September 20, 2016 at 2:11 pm

      Lol I’,m sorry. That should say Robert Frost.
      Carol L

  10. Darlene Owen says

    September 21, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    My favorite poem is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

  11. Lana simanovicki says

    September 21, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    I don’t have a favorite poem

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