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.
Tag: Alexander, Elizabeth (1962- )
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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.
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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.”
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Review: ‘The Trayvon Generation,’ by Elizabeth Alexander
“The Trayvon Generation” traces the influences of racism and violence on American culture today.