Elizabeth Alexander

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

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Name: Elizabeth Alexander

Pen Name: None

Genre: Poetry

Born: 1962 in New York, New York

Website: http://elizabethalexander.net/home.html

Email: elizabeth.alexander@yale.edu

[edit] Illinois Connection

• Taught at the University of Chicago

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

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[edit] Published Works

• The Venus Hottentot, Graywolf Press, 1990

• Body of Life, Graywolf Press, 1996

• Antebellum Dream Book, Graywolf Press, 2001

• The Black Interior, Graywolf Press, 2004

• American sublime, Graywolf Press, 2005

• Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color, Wordsong, 2007 - written with Marilyn Nelson

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

The Venus Hottentot: Poems ISBN: 1555973922 Release Date: 2004-01-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Body of Life ISBN: 1882688120 Release Date: 1997-01-13 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Antebellum Dream Book ISBN: 155597354X Release Date: 2001-09-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Black Interior ISBN: 1555973930 Release Date: 2004-01-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

American Sublime ISBN: 1555974325 Release Date: 2005-10-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color ISBN: 1590784561 Release Date: 2007-09 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

• Her work, American Sublime, was one of three finalists for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize.

• Inaugural recipient, Jackson Poetry Prize, $50,000. Grant by anonymous nomination, administered by Poets and Writers, Spring 2007

• Alphonse Fletcher, Sr., Fellowship, 2005 (inaugural year of the program)

• John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 2002

• Visiting Fellow, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, 1999-2000. Fellow, 2005-2008

• Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Chicago, 1997

• Chicago Humanities Institute Fellowship, 1993-1994

• Fellow, Ragdale Foundation, Summer 1994

• NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, 1992

• Fellow, Corporation of Yaddo, Summers 1990 and 1991

• Scholar-in-Residence, Haverford College, 1990-1991

• 2008 Connecticut Book Award for Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color

• Named Barack Obama's Presidential Inaugural Poet - 2009

[edit] Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (No)

[edit] External Links

Elizabeth Alexander on WorldCat

Elizabeth Alexander on Amazon

[edit] Editing

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