From the Washington Post (may require a password):
After a hiatus of more than a decade, poetry is returning to the inauguration of the American president.
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies announced today that Elizabeth Alexander, a prize-winning poet at Yale University who grew up in Washington, will read at the swearing in next month of President-elect Barack Obama.
5 comments:
Yep, just posted this myself. Very cool.
This is the greatest news - what a wonderful choice! I can't wait to see what she comes up with.
Fantastic news.
Aw, you were SO CLOSE, Jan! He got the Cave Canem part right, but...
booo. Perhaps for his second term?
Awesome! Strong incentive for me to pay more attention to the inauguration - I've never really cared all that much, to be honest.
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