Dr. Elizabeth Alexander
@ProfessorEA
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Poet, scholar, educator. President @MellonFdn. Author of THE TRAYVON GENERATION and THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Co-worker in the kingdom of culture. Views my own.
New York, NY
Joined January 2012
My beloved father Clifford Alexander joined the ancestors on July 3, and I’ve been reflecting on his 88-year life of love and service. https://t.co/hy4cq5fOgQ
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The Harlem-raised, Ivy League-educated lawyer spent his career seeking to shatter racial boundaries with statesmanlike calm.
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The grandmother, the mermaid, and the soul – poet Elizabeth Alexander on how literature broadens the landscape of the possible
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How a poem made a life and a life a poem.
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Elizabeth Alexander explains why jazz music must be preserved https://t.co/0QO27s4U2d
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Elizabeth Alexander explains why jazz music must be preserved.
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'Jericho Brown joins Kevin Young to read “When,” by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own “Colosseum.” Brown’s collection “The Tradition” won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (2022). He’s a 2024 MacArthur Fellow and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets https://t.co/0bwsZzlhfu
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The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “When,” by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own poem “Colosseum.”
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"Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it." An Ursula K. Le Guin classic:
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“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and…
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From our earliest days, Black history has always been American history – and Black folks have profoundly shaped our American culture through music, art, literature, sports, and beyond. One month a year is not sufficient to celebrate the power of the movements and the people who
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A Poet’s Tale from Obama’s First Inaugural | The New Yorker. Sixteen years ago.
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Elizabeth Alexander on attending Barack Obama’s first Presidential Inauguration, in 2009, at which she read a poem she composed for the occasion.
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@CecileRichards believed in women, believed in @19thnews and believed in me in a way that changed the course of my life — and so many others. I am heartbroken, but channeling every ounce of her spirit. Sending so much love to her amazing family. https://t.co/cAxT9zzyMO
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Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
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Weekly Poem: Elizabeth Alexander honors MLK Day with stories of the black experience | PBS News. Some reflections and poems from Dr.. King day in 2014 that I hope endure today.
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Poet Elizabeth Alexander "cant untether" herself from history, especially when reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. When she offered her own work in commemoration of the holiday, Alexander read...
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This is so, so, so, so GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
A few years ago, @FluentMundo wrote the definitive profile of @sanbenito. Now she's written the definitive review of his new album, with the kind of prose that makes anyone else trying to write about Puerto Rico—or about anything—feel wholly inadequate.
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At 13, Eddie Palmieri became the timbalero in his uncle’s band. He dropped out of junior high and devoted himself to music, dragging his drums to gigs all over the Bronx. “I was just a wild stallion at that time,” he told @FluentMundo, laughing.
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The eighty-seven-year-old pianist, bandleader, and Jazz Master is a living link between mambo and salsa—and he’s never been busier.
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History and 🔥🔥🔥🔥!
For my New Yorker debut (and the magazine's first feature about salsa!) I profiled my all-time favorite Nuyorican musician Eddie Palmieri. Featuring comments from Rubén Blades, Spike Lee, iLé, & more, we all agree... he's the GOAT:
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One of Chicago’s oldest public art pieces is saved, thanks to arts grant https://t.co/oAXBAdR3w5 via @uniondemocrat
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CHICAGO -- Peter Schoenmann leaned over a rectangular hunk of plaster with a historic mural painted on it last week in Berwyn, Illinois. He began slowly shaving material off the
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Don’t let anyone or anything stop you from making your voice heard in this election. If you have any questions or concerns, call a voter protection hotline. These folks are standing by to make sure your vote is counted. So make sure you vote! https://t.co/2ogKA9sy3H
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THIS THIS THIS!!!!!!
The trailer for “Luther: Never Too Much,” a new documentary on the life of the late Luther Vandross, is out:
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Civil Rights Act: A proud memory for W.H. aide - CBS News. Two years after my beloved father’s passing, near the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, some history and wisdom.
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Clifford Alexander, who worked for President Lyndon Johnson, reflects on the past making the historic legislation law
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A Father’s Day repost. My own father is now almost two years an ancestor. Thinking of him and of Ficre and of “ each black man who would call a black boy who is not his son, “Son,” and puts a hand on his shoulder.” Father’s Day Ode to Strong Black Hands
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