Selected Media Appearances

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October 2026 Feature: Elizabeth Alexander | torch literary arts, 2026
For Elizabeth Alexander, words have always carried power | UATL, 2026
Elizabeth Alexander on Finding Life in the Second Spring of Middle Age | Lit Hub, 2026
How to Be a Poet: Elizabeth Alexander on the Yin-Yang of Connection and Contradiction by maria popova | The Marginalian, 2026
Best New Books: Week of 9/15/26 | AFPL Journal, 2026
Publishing in September | Buzz Books, 2026
TIME100 ART 2026
Elizabeth Alexander on Grief | Harper's Bazaar, 2026
Fall Preview 2026: Elizabeth Alexander | KIRKUS, 2026
Signals Across Vast Distances, Starred Review | Publisher's Weekly, 2026
mellon foundation names next president | the new york times, 2025
TIME100 PHILANTHROPY 2025
THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE | time, 2022
a poet's tale from obama's first inaugural | the new yorker, 2017
Elizabeth Alexander Wants to Know if Art Can Solve America's Problems | time, 2022

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Poet and Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander’s New Book Examines How Art Can Bridge Distances | KQED FORUM, 2026
Dr. Elizabeth Alexander | DREAMLEAPERS® with Harriette Cole, 2026
Elizabeth Alexander on Why Democracy Needs Imagination | Sean Carroll's Mindscape, 2026
Elizabeth Alexander | First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing, 2026
Elizabeth Alexander | the culture show, 2026
Jericho Brown Reads Elizabeth Alexander | the new yorker, 2025
Moving Forward in the Face of Adversity | TIME SENSITIVE, 2021
The Desire to Know Each Other | On Being with Krista Tippett, 2016
Weaving words for the inaugural poem | npr's weekend edition, 2009

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