Description
Gathering all eleven of Lucille Clifton’s published poetry collections alongside more than fifty previously unpublished poems, this landmark volume traces the full arc of a vital American poetic voice from 1965 through 2010. Clifton’s spare, intimate, and deeply resonant poems explore race, gender, family, history, spirituality, the body, loss, and the everyday acts of love and survival. The collection includes early work, selections from the unfinished *The Book of Days*, and her poignant final poems, revealing a lifelong commitment to truth, dignity, and transformation. Framed by a foreword from Toni Morrison and an afterword by Kevin Young, this award-winning volume offers an essential portrait of Clifton’s enduring literary legacy.
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paperback
BOA Editions
Published Jan 1, 2012
769 pages
ISBN: 9781934414903
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First Published
2012
Language
eng
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