Lucille Clifton
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Language
English
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Description
"Buffalo. A father's funeral. Memory. In Generations, Louise Clifton's formidable poetic gift emerges in prose, giving us a memoir of stark and profound beauty. Her story focuses on the lives of the Sayles family: Caroline, "born among the Dahomey people in 1822," who walked north from New Orleans to Virginia in 1830 when she was eight years old; Lucy, the first black woman to be hanged in Virginia; and Gene, born with a withered arm, the son of a...
Author
Series
American poets continuum volume 14
Language
English
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Description
A retrospective collection of all this black poet's work plus a memoir in prose.
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An anniversary edition of Lucille Clifton's Book of Light, a collection of poems"--
With a powerful introduction by Ross Gay and a moving afterword by Sidney Clifton, this special anniversary edition of The Book of Light offers new meditations and insights on one of the most beloved voices of the 20th century. Though The Book of Light opens with thirty-nine names for light, we soon learn the most meaningful name is Lucille-daughter, mother, proud...
Publisher
Woodhall Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Editors Darien Hsu Gee and Carla Crujido bring together 131 personal narratives written by established and emerging women of color. In 300 words or less, these true stories speak to otherness, familial relationships, impossible beauty standards, ancestral heritage, coming of age, and owning one's place in the world. This singular collection, inspired by Lucille Clifton's luminous poem, "won't you celebrate with me," sings to the beauty of how these...