Elizabeth Alexander: The Light of the World

May 15, 2015 – Segment 3

We are joined by poet and playwright Elizabeth Alexander about her exquisitely written and deeply moving memoir The Light of the World. Alexander is the Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University. The Light of the World is about the death of her beloved husband.

Written by Marc Steiner

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