Description
This powerful poetry collection confronts the wounds and legacies carried through Black history, family, womanhood, and the body. With unflinching honesty, the poems explore violence, sexuality, motherhood, memory, faith, and survival, transforming personal and collective suffering into language that is both intimate and defiant. Lucille Clifton’s spare, direct style gives each poem extraordinary emotional force, balancing the terrible with moments of tenderness, resilience, and hard-won hope.
Available Editions
paperback
Slow Dancer Press
Published Jan 1, 1998
71 pages
ISBN: 187103342X
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Details
First Published
1996
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Terrible Stories by Lucille Clifton.
Abuse
Racism/Discrimination
Death/Grief
Sexual Violence