The Light Of The World Book Elizabeth Alexander

A memoir kindle edition by alexander elizabeth.

The light of the world book elizabeth alexander.

Use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading the light of the world. Elizabeth alexander s most popular book is the light of the world. Elizabeth alexander has 60 books on goodreads with 37188 ratings. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich lucid prose alexander tells a love story that is itself a story of loss.

Her book of poems american sublime was a finalist for the pulitzer prize in poetry in 2006 and her memoir the light of the world was a finalist for the pulitzer. Date april 21 2015 elizabeth alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost from acclaimed poet and pulitzer prize finalist elizabeth alexander. From grand central publishing.

Graceful in its simplicity sweeping in scope this book is proof that behind the boarded up windows of america s roiled marriages and ruined affairs true love still exists and where it does exist it graces the world and us with light and hope. The light of the world is her memoir of love and loss. As a former yale professor a poetry lover and a memoirist of loss myself i expected to like alexander s book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets.

Now a widow with two teenage sons alexander began the lengthy often wrenching process of mourning the man who had been the light of her world with tenderness and fierce poetic precision alexander recalls the hours days months and years after her husband s death. Many books talk when we first met we told each other about every single lover every crush every assignation every heartbreak. Notably alexander composed and delivered praise song for the day for the inauguration of president barack obama in 2009 and is author or co author of fourteen books. In the light of the world pub.

The light of the world. Elizabeth alexander is a prose writer of deep talent and affecting skill. The light of the world is elizabeth alexander s beautifully written but heart wrenching memoir about the life and love of her husband.