A volume in the Poets on Poetry series, which collects critical
works by contemporary poets, gathering together the articles,
interviews, and book reviews by which they have articulated the
poetics of a new generation.
Elizabeth Alexander is considered one of the country's most
gifted contemporary poets, and the publication of her essays in
"The Black Interior" in 2004 established her as an astute critic
and cultural commentator as well. Arnold Rampersad has called
Alexander "one of the brightest stars in our literary sky . . . a
superb, invaluable commentator on the American scene." In this new
collection of her essays, reviews, and interviews, Alexander again
focuses on African American artistic production, particularly
poetry, and the cultural contexts in which it is created and
experienced.
The book's first section, "Black Arts 101," takes up the poetry
of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Sterling Brown, Lucille Clifton, Gwendolyn
Brooks, and Rita Dove (among others); artist Romare Bearden; dancer
Bill T. Jones; and dramatist August Wilson. A second section,
"Black Feminist Thinking," provides engaging meditations ranging
from "My Grandmother's Hair" and "A Very Short History of Black
Women and Food" to essays on the legacies of Toni Cade, Audre
Lorde, and June Jordan. The collection's final section, "Talking,"
includes interviews, a commencement address---"Black
Graduation"---and the essay "Africa and the World."
Elizabeth Alexander received a B.A. from Yale University, an
M.A. from Boston University, and a Ph.D. in English from the
University of Pennsylvania. She has published four books of poems:
"The Venus Hottentot" (1990); "Body of Life" (1996); "Antebellum
Dream Book" (2001);and, most recently, "American Sublime" (2005),
which was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Her play,
"Diva Studies," was produced at the Yale School of Drama. She is
presently Professor of American and African American Studies at
Yale University.
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