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    <body><![CDATA[Clifton's reflections on the beauty and ugliness that are wrapped up in being a daughter, a sister, a friend, a mother, a wife, and a woman tear at the soul and remind us that we are all made up of poems. We can either give them life through words or allow them to die in silence, fear, and shame. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I could never choose a favorite poet, but if I had to, Lucille Clifton comes close. This &quot;new and selected&quot; collection is a great introduction to her poetry. Deceptively simple, surprisingly funny, and heartbreaking from cover to cover, Clifton pulls no punches.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Lucille Clifton.  I had the great honor of working with Lucille at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers.  She is truly the &quot;poem doctor&quot; and a wonderful poet herself.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I ran across Clifton's name while searching for African-American award-winning poets. (How on earth did I not know her?)  Because her book happened to be on the shelf in the library right at that moment, I picked it up and am so glad I did.  I don't read poetry regularly and so have a hard time crit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46696981">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As always, Lucille Clifton's work if accessble, lively, with a sense of humor about itself.  Nonetheless, I found this particular book not as powerful or interesting as some of her earlier pieces.  It was a quieter, tamer book...with less  to say -- at least less to say that moved me in the same way...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18163699">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Listening to Ms. Clifton read her poems enhances the experience.  I tend to read poetry too quickly, skipping to the end, and missing the point.  When she reads them it means so much more.  She taught at my college, so I had many opportunities to listen to her read her poems.  It was worth it every ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24230845">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great selection of poems that I really enjoyed. I had the pleasure to attend a reading by Lucille Clifton of her work this past April. I would highly recommend that you see her in person if given a chance. She can entertain an audience and bring the poems alive. A lot of her material is touches he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23812735">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite poems here are the ones based on historical realities, such as &quot;alabama 9/15/63&quot;:<br/><br/>. . . Have you heard the one about<br/>the four <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11036.Little_Birds" title="Little Birds by Anaïs Nin">little birds</a><br/>shattered into skylarks in the white<br/>light of Birmingham? . . .<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11025867">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fine selection of Clifton's life work.  I'm struck by how many of these poems focus on love for this world--and anger for it. (&quot;Jasper, Texas&quot; for instance)  Clifton takes on a dualistic approach in the sense that if she didn't care so much, she wouldn't feel such frustration about how we ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15319897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Clifton says so much with so little. I am pretty sure she was the first poet I read cover to cover.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite living poet.]]></body>
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