Light of the World (Alexander) - Book Reviews

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Alexander was devastated by the death of her artist husband, who died of cardiac arrest at age 50.... This memoir is an elegiac narrative of the man she loved.... Alexander is grateful, patient, and willing to pursue a fit of magical thinking that he might just return.
Publishers Weekly


Expect truth and beauty in this heartrending memoir from poet Alexander, a Pulitzer Prize finalist who recited her "Praise Song for the Day" at President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration.
Library Journal


A distinguished poet meditates on the early death of her beloved artist husband.... At the same time, she celebrates how the love she and Ficre shared.... In letting go of—but never forgetting—her husband, Alexander realizes a simple truth: that death only deepens the richness of a life journey that must push on into the future. A delicate, existentially elegiac memoir.
Kirkus Reviews