In a final salute to National Poetry Month, Elizabeth Alexander talks about moving poetry away from the ivory tower and into people's lives. Alexander read a poem at President Obama's inauguration and ...

Elizabeth Alexander ’84, a decorated poet, educator, memoirist, scholar, and cultural advocate who was a professor of African American studies, American studies, and English at Yale for 15 years, will ...

Next, the latest in our series Muses and Metaphor. That's how we're celebrating National Poetry Month. We're hearing your Twitter poems of 140 characters or less. Today, we hear from renowned poet ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Elizabeth Alexander was a toddler in a baby stroller when her parents took her to hear Martin Luther King's historic "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington. Now, it's Alexander ...

In less than a week, Elizabeth Alexander, prize-winning poet and Yale professor will join the ranks of Robert Frost, Maya Angelou and Miller Williams as one of only four poets in U.S. history to ...

Yale professor Elizabeth Alexander will be the fourth poet ever to read at a presidential Inauguration. Alexander spoke to TIME about poetry’s place in American life, her kids’ fundraising efforts on ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. When asked how it felt to have President Barack Obama request she write a poem for his first inauguration, Elizabeth Alexander humbly responded: “I ...

Graywolf Press announced tonight that its author Elizabeth Alexander will read an original poem at Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington next month. Graywolf will publish a special chapbook ...

NEW HAVEN -- To establish the right tone and properly address the historic occasion, poet Elizabeth Alexander re-visited the masters she has spent a lifetime absorbing. On the list were Walt Whitman, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “This unlikely thing of being a poet has given me a place for all that strange music in my brain.” ...

American poet, essayist and playwright Elizabeth Alexander ’84 will deliver the 2023 Class Day graduation address. Alexander was a professor of poetry at Yale for 15 years and served as the chair of ...

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