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Elizabeth Alexander


Last night was the first Talking Volumes.  The author was Elizabeth Alexander.  I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I really didn't know anything about her.  Although I read her book, I didn't look into the author.  When we were sitting waiting for the discussion to start, J said she was a poet.  Instantly I knew what made her memoir so beautiful.  She was a poet.  As she started speaking I was enthralled.  She was is intelligent and kind and a true beautiful human.  Her memoir is about her loss, but it is really more of a love story.  I fell in love with her as she spoke.  It seems I should have known Elizabeth Alexander.  She read and inaugural poem at Obama's first inauguration (I was there!  BTW, Kerri asked if she was shaking.  "Yes," I whispered, "It was cold.").  Of course, I used the Google machine to find it as she spoke.  I knew the poem and not her.  Now, I know her.  When I get a chance (reading is piling up), I'm going to purchase a book of her poetry.

Oh, and Krista Tippet joined Elizabeth and Kerri on stage at the end for a couple of questions and a story.  Delightful.

The next author is Carl Hiaasen (next Wednesday).  When Kerri Miller (the host) stopped by our seats, I told her I had a question about his chauvinism to ask him next week.  I'll need to reword it...

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