Harvard Book Store welcomes Elizabeth Alexander—prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author, renowned poet, educator, scholar, and cultural advocate—for a discussion of her new book, Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales. She will be joined in conversation by Tracy K. Smith—Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Life on Mars.

Charis Books and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum welcome Elizabeth Alexander in conversation with Jericho Brown for a celebration of Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales, a call to courage and connection from the prize-winning poet and champion of the arts and humanities.

Parnassus Books is thrilled to present an evening with Elizabeth Alexander to celebrate her new book, Signals Across Vast Distances, in conversation with Major Jackson.

The Author Events Series at The Free Library Foundation of Philadelphia presents Elizabeth Alexander | Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales in conversation with Farah Jasmine Griffin

Renowned poet, scholar, cultural advocate, and Mellon Foundation president Elizabeth Alexander will be joined by film scholar, archivist, and Turner Classic Movies host Jacqueline Stewart for a conversation about Alexander’s moving new collection of essays and stories, Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales. Alexander’s work combines profound cultural insight with deep emotional empathy and understanding.