Creative Writing

Alexander the Great

by Elizabeth Schmermund

Alum, 2010 - Creative Writing at The New School

Finishing Line Press, 2024

Beginning with the ancient conquest of Alexander the Great, these poems trace a journey through grief, as the poet mourns a child who did not live to have his name and deeds celebrated. Resisting a neat linear narrative to grief, these poems explore a mother’s quest for a meaningful life and even joy in the aftermath of great loss.

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