The Light of the World
Elizabeth Alexander
<p><b>"PULITZER PRIZE IN LETTERS: BIOGRAPHY FINALIST"</b><p><b>"NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRLE AWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY FINALIST"</b><p><b><i><br></i></b><p><b><i>New York Times </i>Bestseller</b><p><b>First Lady Michelle Obama's Favorite Book of 2015</b><p><b>A <i>New Yorker,</i> NPR,</b><b> <i>Boston Globe,</i></b><b> <i>Publisher's Weekly, </i></b><b><i>Newsday, Library Journal, </i>People.com, Shelf Awareness, <i>The Root</i>, and <i>St. Louis Dispact </i>Best Book of 2015 Pick</b><p><b><i>New York Times Book Review </i>Editor's Choice</b><p><b>An Amazon's Best Book of the Month, April 2015</b><p><b>IndieBound Indie Next #1 Pick, May 2015</b><p><br><p>A deeply resonant<i> </i>memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander.<br> <p>In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid price,...