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In this deeply personal book, Elizabeth Alexander gives us profound and galvanizing lessons from culture and life to mov
The Charis CircleSeptember 25, 2026

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In this deeply personal book, Elizabeth Alexander gives us profound and galvanizing lessons from culture and life to move through challenging times.

⁠ ⁠ In close readings of visionary and beloved poets and writers—Muriel Rukeyser, Gwendolyn Brooks, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, and June Jordan, among others—Dr. Alexander meditates on how words and values can sustain and inspire us, interweaving her voice with revelatory works of art by some of our most extraordinary visual artists, richly reproduced in the book’s pages.⁠ ⁠ Tonight at 7pm, Charis and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum (@carterlibrary39) welcome Elizabeth Alexander (@elizabethalexanderbooks) in conversation with Jericho Brown (@jerichobrown1) for a celebration of Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales, a call to courage and connection from prize-winning poet and champion of the arts and humanities Elizabeth Alexander.⁠ ⁠ This event is in-person at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Please register at the link in our bio!
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