Praise Song for the Day: A Poem for Barack Obamas Presidential Inauguration, January 20, 2009

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  • 28

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  • 9781555975456

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  • 110 mm

    Width
  • 176 mm

    Height
  • 60 gram

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  • PAPERBACK

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  • 6 FEBRUARY 2009

    Publish Date
  • 2 mm

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    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 Obama, Alexander composed and delivered her original poem Praise Song for the Day to an audience of millions, and now the poem can be read and savored for posterity. Printed o 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 Obama, Alexander composed and delivered her original...  Read More

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    Elizabeth Alexander

    Elizabeth Alexander is a Quantrell Award-winning American poet, essayist, playwright, university professor, and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She teaches English language/literature, African-American literature, and gender studies at Yale University. Alexander was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard during the 2007-08 academic year.

    Alexanders poems, short stories, and critical writings have been widely published in such journals and periodicals as The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Village Voice, The Womens Review of Books, and The Washington Post. Her play Diva Studies, which was performed at Yales School of Drama, garnered her a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship as well as an Illinois Arts Council award.

    On December 17th, 2008 it was announced that she will compose a poem which she shall recite at the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama in January 2009.

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