Alexander, Elizabeth (1962- )

How Cave Canem Has Nurtured Generations of Black Poets

The poets’ fellowship, which was founded in 1996, has worked with poets who have gone on to win many of the genre’s most important accolades.

For the American Prison Writing Archive, a ‘Shadow Canon’ Sheds Light

Buoyed by a $2.3 million grant, the archive hopes increased visibility on the first-person accounts of incarcerated people can serve as a road map for policy reforms.

Late Night Gets Why Putin’s Advisers Keep Him in the Dark

“Of course they’re afraid to be honest,” Stephen Colbert said. “No matter what you say to a psychotic boss, you lose.”

Review: ‘The Trayvon Generation,’ by Elizabeth Alexander

“The Trayvon Generation” traces the influences of racism and violence on American culture today.

12 New Books Coming in April

Novels from Jennifer Egan and Emily St. John Mandel, poetry by Ocean Vuong and nonfiction from Elizabeth Alexander. Plus: Did jealousy conceal the true inventor of the motion picture?