a powerful political message in Obama's selection of her. "By bringing poetry into such a prominent place on that extraordinary day, he's demonstrating his own belief that words matter, that using language with care and precision--we poets try to be exemplars of that--really matters. We must take care with the words we live in."[by Elizabeth Alexander]
Emancipation
from John Timpane: Philadelpia Inquirer: Obama chooses 'the perfect inaugural poet'
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