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Elizabeth Alexander

Praise Song for the Day: A Poem for Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration (Graywolf); American Sublime (Graywolf) When Elizabeth Alexander presented Barack Obama's inaugural poem, few of us had considered that in the history of the United States there had been only three previous inaugural poets...

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By Michael Silverblatt • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read
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    Elizabeth Alexander

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