Elizabeth Alexander

Dec 18, 2023 | poets.org | Jericho Brown |Ross Gay |Elizabeth Alexander |in Pittsburgh

Find and share the perfect poems. My uncles are the tallest men I know. Every doorway a chance to bow  Their heads, they love the Lord.   Skin so dark their last name is Lenoir.          Imagine growing up Black  In Louisiana with a name that French  But only able to pass for night.   By the time each one hits thirteen,                 He’s picked enough cotton for me  To think of blisters when I wear  A new shirt. At fourteen, he thinks  Of six feet with nostalgia.

Jul 30, 2023 | 3quarksdaily.com | Elizabeth Alexander |Jim Culleny

SmileWhen I see a black man smiling like that, nodding and smiling with both hands visible, mouthing"Yes, Officer," across the street, I think of my father, who taught us the words "cooperate," "officer,"to memorize badge numbers, who has seen black men shot at from behind in the warm months north. And I think of the fine line- hairline, eyelash, fingernail paring- the whisper that separatesobsequious from safe. Armstrong, Johnson, Robinson, Mays.

Jul 25, 2023 | dockets.justia.com | Elizabeth Alexander |Mark Martin

Tennessee Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Afrakhteh Plaintiff: Tennessee Riverkeeper, Inc. Defendant: Ardavan Afrakhteh Case Number: 3:2023cv00749 Filed: July 25, 2023 Court: US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Presiding Judge: Aleta A Trauger Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters Cause of Action: 33 U.S.C. ยง 1251 Clean Water Act Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff RSS Track this Docket Docket Report This docket was last retrieved on July 25, 2023.

Jun 25, 2023 | pshares.org | Cornelius Eady |James Randall |Jean Thompson |Elizabeth Alexander

The Spring 2002 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Cornelius Eady. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. Edited by award-winning poet Cornelius Eady (Kartunes, Victims of the Latest Dance Craze), this issue features new works from Elizabeth Alexander, Terrance Hayes, Shreela Ray, Al Young, and Yolanda Wisher.