The Light Of The World Elizabeth Alexander

A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost from acclaimed poet and pulitzer prize finalist elizabeth alexander.

The light of the world elizabeth alexander.

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. It is not often that i read a book as beautiful and powerful as the light of the world. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich lucid prose alexander tells a love story that is itself a story of loss. Theirs was a strong love recognized at first sight and forged through a shared love of art food language and family.

I just finished the light of the world by elizabeth alexander. The light of the world from grand central publishing. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich lucid prose alexander tells a love story that is itself a story of loss. In the light of the world elizabeth alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband.

Written by the poet elizabeth alexander it is an homage to her beloved husband ficre who died suddenly at the age of 50. Date april 21 2015 elizabeth alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband.