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The Trayvon Generation

The Trayvon Generation Hardcover - 2022

by Alexander, Elizabeth (Author)

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New York, New York: Grand Central Publishing. Hardcover. New/New. New Book: Hard Cover
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  • Title The Trayvon Generation
  • Author Alexander, Elizabeth (Author)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grand Central Publishing, New York, New York
  • Date 2022-04-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 929505
  • ISBN 9781538737897 / 1538737892
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.8 in (18.03 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
  • Library of Congress subjects Racism - United States, African Americans - Crimes against
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2021041296
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.896

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  • Booklist, 02/01/2022, Page 4
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2022, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 03/01/2022, Page 148
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/31/2022, Page 0

About the author

Elizabeth Alexander is a prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author, renowned poet, educator, scholar, and cultural advocate. Her most recent book, The Trayvon Generation (2022), is a galvanizing meditation on the power of art and culture to illuminate America's unresolved problem with race and the challenges facing young Black America. Among the fifteen books she has authored or co-authored, her memoir, The Light of the World, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2015 and her poetry collection American Sublime was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2006. Notably, Dr. Alexander composed and recited "Praise Song for the Day" for President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration. Over the course of an esteemed career in education, she has held distinguished professorships at Smith College, Columbia University, and Yale University, where she taught for fifteen years and chaired the African American Studies Department. Dr. Alexander is currently president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation's largest funder in the arts, culture, and humanities.