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Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-

LC control no.n 88298598
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3551.L3494
Personal name headingAlexander, Elizabeth, 1962-
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeNew Haven (Conn.)
LocatedWashington (D.C.)
Birth date1962-05-30
Place of birthHarlem (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Field of activityPoetry
African Americans--Study and teaching
African American studies
AffiliationYale University Boston University University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago Smith College
Profession or occupationPoets College teachers Authors Social reformers
University and college faculty members Literature teachers
Found inThe Venus Hottentot, 1990: CIP t.p. (Elizabeth Alexander)
Antebellum dream book, c2001: t.p. (Elizabeth Alexander)
Academy of American Poets, viewed Dec. 13, 2001: personal page (Elizabeth Alexander; b. 1962 in New York and grew up in Washington, D.C.; presently a Fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University)
African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 19, 2014: (Alexander, Elizabeth; poet, social reformer, educator; born 30 May 1962 in Harlem, New York, United States; raised in Washington, D.C; BA, Yale University (1984), MA, Boston University (1987); PhD, University of Pennsylvania (1992); assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago (1991-1997); National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship (1992); the first director of the Poetry Center, Smith College (1997); adjunct associate professor at Yale University's African American Studies Department (1999); won the first Jackson Prize for Poetry, awarded by Poets & Writers (2007); composed and delivered the poem "Praise Song for the Day" for the inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2009; chair of Yale's African American Studies Department (2011))
Associated languageeng