A Yale professor will get a major honor next month when she reads a poem during President-elect Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.
Elizabeth Alexander, a professor of African American studies, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2005 for her collection "American Sublime." Last year, she won the $50,000 Jackson poetry prize.
For more on Alexander, visit her Web site.
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