American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander

American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander

In her fourth remarkable collection, Elizabeth Alexander voices the outcries, dreams and histories of an African American tradition that goes back to the slave rebellion on the Amistad and to artists' canvases of 19th century America. In persona poems, historical narratives, jazz riffs, sonnets, elegies and a sequence of arts poetica, Alexander vividly affirms her place as one of America's most lively and gifted writers.

"Alexander, an African American, explores tensions inherent in gender and race and expresses the ambivalence of motherhood in jazz-inflected tones" - ELLE "In narratives sweetened by the lyric pulse and pierced through by felicitous turns of irony, Alexander chronicles the world of 'black and tan'. Her poems bristle with the irresistible quality of a world seen fresh. Race is present in her poems in the way that sex, class, age, even weather are present in all of our lives." - The Washington Post "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"

Elizabeth Alexander teaches English at Yale University. She is the author of three other poetry collections, The Venus Hottentot, Body of Life and Antebellum Dream.

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ISBN 13	9781555974329
ISBN 10	1555974325
Title	American Sublime
Author	Elizabeth Alexander
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Graywolf Press,U.S.
Year published	2005-10-01
Number of pages	96
Prizes	Winner of ALA Notable Books (Poetry) 2006, Commended for Connecticut Book Awards (Poetry) 2006
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