{"product_id":"signals-across-vast-distances-essays-and-tales","title":"Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Elizabeth Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Elizabeth Alexander is a student, and dare I say, master of the craft. Her work is inspirational in a way that \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e...is inspirational, in that it just says so much about who we are.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of \u003cem\u003eBetween the World and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A prose writer of deep talent and affecting skill.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- James McBride, author of the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Color of Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A virtuosic writer and a shrewd analyst of American letters.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eThe Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A marvelous poet, an incisive and influential scholar, and one of the great citizens of the literary world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Alice Quinn, former executive director of the Poetry Society of America and former poetry editor for \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Elizabeth Alexander] seems much like Walt Whitman. She sings the American song.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Maya Angelou\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply personal book, Elizabeth Alexander gives us profound and galvanizing lessons from culture and life to move through challenging times. In close readings of visionary and beloved poets and writers--Muriel Rukeyser, Gwendolyn Brooks, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, and June Jordan, among others--Dr. Alexander meditates on how words and values can sustain and inspire us, interweaving her voice with revelatory works of art by some of our most extraordinary visual artists, richly reproduced in the book's pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer stories of connection--as a daughter, wife, widow, and mother of two sons; reflecting at midlife on her younger days as an aspiring dancer; as a poet at President Obama's inauguration on the dais alongside her father, a civil rights pioneer; urging radical welcome in our families, communities, and country--engage and move us. Her reflections on the public project of acknowledging historical truths, a focus of her leadership at the Mellon Foundation, model courageous action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, Alexander poses questions, encouraging readers to recognize the abundant resources we carry within or can access: language, history, art, community, family, our bodies, our stories, and love itself. In luminous and powerful prose, \u003cem\u003eSignals Across Vast Distances\u003c\/em\u003e calls us to imagine possibilities, take courage, and--in Alexander's closing words--\u003cem\u003elead with love\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eAlexander, Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e is a prize-winning and \n\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author, renowned poet, educator, scholar, and cultural advocate. Her memoir, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Light of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award. She composed and recited \"Praise Song for the Day\" for President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration and is currently president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation's largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities. She lives and works in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496127430934,"sku":"9781324118008","price":32.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781324118008.jpg?v=1783053610","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/signals-across-vast-distances-essays-and-tales","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}