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 ...

When asked how it felt to have President Barack Obama request she write a poem for his first inauguration, Elizabeth Alexander humbly responded: “I was just happy there was going to be a poem for the ...

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 ...

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Elizabeth Alexander, renown American poet, was only the fourth person who was asked to compose and recite a poem at a presidential inauguration. In 2009, she wrote “Praise Song of the Day” based on ...

Acclaimed poet, author and professor Elizabeth Alexander has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize board. Suggested Reading These Ain’t Your Grandma’s MuuMuus What’s Black at Sundance 2026: Movies, ...

The poet Elizabeth Alexander came to national attention in 2009 when she recited her poem "Praise Song for the Day" at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration. Say it plain, that many have died ...

Alexander is now widely known as the poet who read her "Praise Song for the Day" at President Obama's inauguration, but as this first retrospective volume attests, that poem was preceded by a ...

Poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher, Elizabeth Alexander is the author of four books of poems, The Venus Hottentot, Body of Life, Antebellum Dream Book, and American Sublime, which was one of ...

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