Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. She has recently been appointed President of the Andrew H. Mellon Foundation, the nation's largest funder in the arts and humanities. She composed and recited "Praise Song for the Day" for President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration. She is the author of six books of poetry -- including American Sublime , a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--and is...See more
Elizabeth Alexander is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. She has recently been appointed President of the Andrew H. Mellon Foundation, the nation's largest funder in the arts and humanities. She composed and recited "Praise Song for the Day" for President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration. She is the author of six books of poetry -- including American Sublime , a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--and is the first winner of the Jackson Prize for Poetry and a National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellow. She was the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University for 15 years and chaired the African American Studies Department. See less
Elizabeth Alexander's Featured Books
Elizabeth Alexander book reviews
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The Trayvon Generation
Insightful as Always
by June, Aug 9, 2022
Aside from being well written and educational, Alexander's latest is breathtakingly illustrated. Worth reading for the plates alone! Read More
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Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color
Great Book
Illustrations are beautiful. This story is very nicley told through poetry. This is a great book to have in your library. Read More
