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Lucille Clifton
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born
June 27, 1936
place of birth
Depew (NY), The United States
genre
Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs
about this author
She was the first person in her family to finish high school and attend college. She started Howard University on scholarship as a drama major but lost the scholarship two years later.
Thus began her writing career.
"Good Times", her first book of poems, was published in 1969. She has since been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and has been honored as Maryland's Poet Laureate.
Ms. Clifton's foray into writing for children began with "Some of the Days of Everett Anderson", published in 1970.
In 1976, "Generations: A Memoir" was published. In 2000, she won the National Book Award for Poetry, for her work "Poems Seven".
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Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-20 by Lucille Clifton avg rating 4.19 — 193 ratings — published 2000 2 editions |
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Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 by Lucille Clifton avg rating 4.41 — 140 ratings — published 1987 2 editions |
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The Book of Light by Lucille Clifton avg rating 4.40 — 115 ratings — published 1993 2 editions |
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Quilting: Poems 1987-1990 by Lucille Clifton avg rating 4.28 — 65 ratings — published 1991 2 editions |
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the terrible stories by Lucille Clifton avg rating 4.10 — 51 ratings — published 1996 3 editions |
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Mercy by Lucille Clifton avg rating 3.94 — 50 ratings — published 2004 2 editions |
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Oranges & Sardines: Issue 3, Winter 2008 by Lucille Clifton, Galway Kinnell, I.M. Bess , Meghan Punschke , David Krump , John Korn (Goodreads author) , Grady Harp (Goodreads author) , Didi Menendez (Goodreads author) more... avg rating 4.90 — 21 ratings — published 2008 |
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Next: New Poems by Lucille Clifton avg rating 4.10 — 20 ratings — published 1987 2 editions |
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Voices by Lucille Clifton avg rating 4.27 — 11 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton avg rating 4.00 — 11 ratings — published 1988 2 editions |
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"won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed. "
— Lucille Clifton
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed. "
— Lucille Clifton
"the lost women
I need to know their names
those women I would have walked with,
jauntily the way men go in groups
swinging their arms, and the ones
those sweating women whom I would have joined
After a hard game to chew the fat
what would we have called each other laughing
joking into our beer? where are my gangs,
my teams, my mislaid sisters?
all the women who could have known me,
where in the world are their names?
"
— Lucille Clifton
I need to know their names
those women I would have walked with,
jauntily the way men go in groups
swinging their arms, and the ones
those sweating women whom I would have joined
After a hard game to chew the fat
what would we have called each other laughing
joking into our beer? where are my gangs,
my teams, my mislaid sisters?
all the women who could have known me,
where in the world are their names?
"
— Lucille Clifton
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camaraderie,
women
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"the lesson of the falling leaves
the leaves believe
such letting go is love
such love is faith
such faith is grace
such grace is god
i agree with the leaves"
— Lucille Clifton
the leaves believe
such letting go is love
such love is faith
such faith is grace
such grace is god
i agree with the leaves"
— Lucille Clifton
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