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The Day I Started Dreaming
The Day I Started Dreaming tells the story of Elizabeth Alexander, from her humble beginnings in St. Thomas, Jamaica, through rejection, learning challenges, and two failed marriages. Elizabeth’s faith in God made her a stronger, fulfilled woman and resurrected her desire to pursue her dreams.
Elizabeth’s journey of self-discovery has driven her passion, and desire to share her adventure and offer encouragement to others who have their own trials, with the hope that it will help them find their own God-given purpose.
Elizabeth’s journey of self-discovery has driven her passion, and desire to share her adventure and offer encouragement to others who have their own trials, with the hope that it will help them find their own God-given purpose.
66 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 18, 2019
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About the author
Elizabeth Alexander
105 books457 followersElizabeth Alexander is a Quantrell Award-winning American poet, essayist, playwright, university professor, and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She teaches English language/literature, African-American literature, and gender studies at Yale University. Alexander was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard during the 2007-08 academic year.
Alexander's poems, short stories, and critical writings have been widely published in such journals and periodicals as The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Village Voice, The Women's Review of Books, and The Washington Post. Her play Diva Studies, which was performed at Yale's School of Drama, garnered her a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship as well as an Illinois Arts Council award.
On December 17th, 2008 it was announced that she will compose a poem which she shall recite at the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama in January 2009.
Alexander's poems, short stories, and critical writings have been widely published in such journals and periodicals as The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Village Voice, The Women's Review of Books, and The Washington Post. Her play Diva Studies, which was performed at Yale's School of Drama, garnered her a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship as well as an Illinois Arts Council award.
On December 17th, 2008 it was announced that she will compose a poem which she shall recite at the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama in January 2009.
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June 28, 2019
Cathartic and Inspirational
I love the candor and raw emotion behind every word. The author’s perspective was illuminating. It’s beautifully written and shows what God can do with your life. I haven’t read anything this moving in almost a decade.
I love the candor and raw emotion behind every word. The author’s perspective was illuminating. It’s beautifully written and shows what God can do with your life. I haven’t read anything this moving in almost a decade.
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