Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander

Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010

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Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander

Graywolf Press

Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010

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The first career retrospective by the award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander, now available in paperback

We 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 inaugural poet by President Barack Obama confirmed her place as one of the indispensable voices of our time. Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 gathers twenty pages of new poetry, along with generous selections from her previous work. The result is the definitive volume to date by this American master.
Book Details
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
ISBN:
9781555976309
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
272
Authors:
Elizabeth Alexander
Published Date:
2012-11-13
Language:
English
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About Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander delivered the inaugural poem Praise Song for the Day at President Obama's inauguration in 2009. Born in New York City, she received a BA from Yale University, an MA from Boston University, and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Her collections include The Venus Hottentot (1990), American Sublime (Graywolf Press, 2005), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990–2010 (Graywolf Press, 2010). She is president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and formerly chaired the African American Studies department at Yale University.

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