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This is a powerful treatise on the humanity of Black Americans and how it has been denied, how generations of people have persisted despite that fact, and how it continues to be one of the most pressing issues we face as a nation. A dynamic critique on the sprawling effects of racism and its effects on today's youth. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The Trayvon Generation is definitely essential reading for every generation. -- Cosmopolitan Alexander deftly blends family history and cultural criticism in this bittersweet essay collection on race, memory, and memorialization...Alexander is a thoughtful and eloquent chronicler of racial anxiety and pain. -- Booklist (starred review) Capturing the rich spectrum of Black culture in America, Alexander offers hope and instruction for younger generations. The result is a thought-provoking must-read. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) This is a powerful treatise on the humanity of Black Americans and how it has been denied...one of the most pressing issues we face as a nation. A dynamic critique on the sprawling effects of racism and its effects on today's youth. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Elizabeth Alexander is an American poet, essayist, and playwright. She is the inaugural Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry and a Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of African American Studies at Yale University. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 2005, and in 2010 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in poetry by the AnisfieldWolf Book Awards.

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