Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010
Autor Elizabeth Alexanderen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 aug 2010
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The first career retrospective by the award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander, including her poem delivered at Barack Obama's presidential inauguration
"We crave radiance in this austere world, "
"light in the spiritual darkness. "
"Learning is the one perfect religion, "
"its path correct, narrow, certain, straight. "
" " from "Allegiance"
Over twenty years, Elizabeth Alexander has become one of America's most exciting and important poets, and her selection as the inaugural poet by President Obama confirmed her place as one of the indispensable voices of our time. "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990 2010 "gathers twenty pages of new poetry, along with generous selections from her previous work. The result is the definitive volume to date by this American master.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1555975682
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 158 x 230 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Graywolf Press
Descriere
light in the spiritual darkness.
Learning is the one perfect religion,
its path correct, narrow, certain, straight.
"--from "Allegiance"
Over twenty years, Elizabeth Alexander has become one of America's most exciting and important poets, and her selection as the inaugural poet by President Obama confirmed her place as one of the indispensable voices of our time. "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 "gathers twenty pages of new poetry, along with generous selections from her previous work. The result is the definitive volume to date by this American master.
Recenzii
“Alexander is an unusual thing, a sensualist of history, a romanticist of race. She weaves biography, history, experience, pop culture and dream. Her poems make the public and private dance together.” —"Chicago Tribune"
Premii
- Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Winner, 2011
- Connecticut Book Awards Winner, 2011