" In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander--poet, mother, and wife--finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband, who was just 49. Reflecting with gratitude o
A brilliant new collection by Elizabeth Alexander, whose "poems bristle with the irresistible quality of a world seen fresh" (Rita Dove, The Washington Post)Too many people have seen too muchand live
With a poet's precision and an intellectually adventurous spirit, Elizabeth Alexander explores a wide spectrum of contemporary African American artistic life through literature, paintings, popular me
Tia Chucha Press is proud to reprint Elizabeth Alexander’s ?Body of Life,” first published in 1996 and a collection that stands as a testament to the well-wrought line with the deeply threaded element
New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceAmazon's Best Books of the Month, April 2015IndieBound Indie Next #1 Pick, May 2015Washington Post's "21 Books We've Loved So Fa
On January 20, 2009, Elizabeth Alexander served as the fourth ever inaugural poet and a central participant in one of the most closely watched inaugurations in American history. Selected by Barack Ob
In surprising turns through different American cities, mindsets, and eras, and through the strange rhythms of dreaming, the celebrated poet Elizabeth Alexander composes her own kind of improvisationa
