Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010

The first career retrospective by the award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander, now available in paperback 
We crave radiance in this austere world, 
light in the spiritual darkness.
Learning is the one perfect religion, 
its path correct, narrow, certain, straight.
 --from Allegiance 
Over twenty years, Elizabeth Alexander has become one of America's most exciting and important poets, and her selection as the inaugural poet by President Barack Obama confirmed her place as one of the indispensable voices of our time. Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 gathers twenty pages of new poetry, along with generous selections from her previous work. The result is the definitive volume to date by this American master.


Author: Elizabeth Alexander
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 11/13/2012
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.61w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9781555976309
About the Author
Elizabeth Alexander is the author of five previous books of poetry, including American Sublime, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and two books of essays, including The Black Interior. She is the chair of the African American Studies Department at Yale University.