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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-     Subjects     Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-     Spouses -- Death -- Biography.     Loss (Psychology) -- Biography.     Grief -- Biography.     Married people -- Biography.     Women poets, American -- Biography.     Women poets, Black -- Biography.     Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.     College teachers, Black -- United States -- Biography.     College teachers -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-       by title:      Light of the world :...       by call number:      LP 155.937 A375L     Search the Web     Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-     Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-     Spouses -- Death -- Biography.     Loss (Psychology) -- Biography.     Grief -- Biography.     Married people -- Biography.     Women poets, American -- Biography.     Women poets, Black -- Biography.     Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.     College teachers, Black -- United States -- Biography.     College teachers -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

Light of the world : a memoir. by Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- Gale Cengage Learning, 2015. Call #: LP 155.937 A375L Subjects Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-   Spouses -- Death -- Biography.   Loss (Psychology) -- Biography.   Grief -- Biography.   Married people -- Biography.   Women poets, American -- Biography.   Women poets, Black -- Biography.   Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.   College teachers, Black -- United States -- Biography.   College teachers -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781410482228 (hc.) Description:  255 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Contents:  "Last night on Earth" -- Honeycomb -- "The edges of me in the hands of my wife" -- Ghost of all bookstores -- The plum blossom. Summary:  "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 on the exquisite beauty of her married life that was, grappling with the subsequent void, and feeling a re-energized devotion to her two teenage sons, Alexander channels her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid prose that describes a very personal and yet universal quest for meaning, understanding, and acceptance. She examines the journey we take in life through the lens of her own emotional and intellectual evolution, taking stock of herself at the midcentury mark. Because so much of her poetry is personal or autobiographical in nature, her transition to memoir is seamless, guided by her passionate belief in the power of language, her determination to share her voyage of self-discovery with her boys, and her embrace of the principle that the unexamined life is not worth living. This beautifully written book is for anyone who has loved and lost. It's about being strong when you want to collapse, about being grateful when someone has been stolen from you--it's discovering the truth in your life's journey: the good, the bad, and the ugly. It's Elizabeth Alexander's story but it is all of our stories because it is about discovering what matters. Born in Harlem in New York City, Elizabeth Alexander is an American poet, essayist, playwright and the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of African American Studies at Yale University."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Home Delivery - HN Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 155.937 A375L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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