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The collected poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 / edited by Kevin Young and Michael S. Glaser ; foreword by Toni Morrison ; afterword by Kevin Young.
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 combines all eleven of Lucille clifton's published collections with more than sixty previously unpublished poems. The unpublished works feature early poems from 1965-1969, a collection-in-progress titled Book of Days (2008), and a poignant selection of final poems.
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- ISBN: 9781934414903 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1934414905 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xxxiv, 769 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, c2012.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 750-752) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Editor's note -- Foreword : Lucille Clifton / Toni Morrison -- Early uncollected poems (1965-1969) -- good times (1969) -- good news about the earth (1972). about the earth ; heroes ; some jesus -- Uncollected poems (1973-1974) -- an ordinary woman (1974). sisters ; i agree with the leaves -- Uncollected poems (ca. 1975) -- two-headed woman (1980). homage to mine ; two-headed woman ; the light that came to lucile clifton -- Next (1987). we are all next ; or next ; singing -- Quilting (1991). log cabin ; catalpa ; eight-pointed star ; tree of life ; prayer -- The book of light (1992). reflection ; lightning bolt ; splendor -- Uncollected Poems (1993) -- The terrible stories (1996). 1. A dream of foxes ; 2. From the cadaver ; 3. A term in Memphis ; 4. In the meantime ; 5. From the Book of David -- Blessing the boats (2000). new poems -- Mercy (2004). last words ; stories ; September song : a poem in 7 days ; the message form The ones (received in the late 70s) : beginning of message -- Voices (2008). hearing ; being heard ; ten oxherding pictures -- Uncollected poems (2006-2010). Book of days ; Last poems & drafts (2006-2010) -- won't you celebrate with me : the poetry of Lucille Clifton / Kevin Young. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 811.54 C639c 2012 (Text) | 33126018238067 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/18/2024 |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2012 September #1
"Who/ among us can imagine ourselves/ unimagined"? asks National Book Award winner Clifton, invoking "lost people" and "lost poems" that have fallen off the map into the mouths of dragons. The author of 18 children's books as well as this substantial body of poems, Clifton (who died in 2010) imagined for those who couldn't or wouldn'tâthe racist, the incestuous father, the victim, the tired, the poor, the overlooked, the dead, and her own buried self. Here are all the poems she published during her lifetime, in books and in journals, as well as some unpublished material from her archives at Emory University. Like many of these pieces, "Black Women" is an exercise in conceptual and linguistic contrast that makes startling use of the neologism: "America made us heroines/ not wives./ We hid our ladiness/ to save our lives." All the poems are filled with the people in Clifton's life. "When you poem this," says the speaker's sister, a well-read prostitute, "remember the book of Job." But to this dead sufferer she responds, "may heaven be filled/ with literate men/ may they bed you/ with respect." VERDICT For all collections, although some readers might prefer to begin with Blessing the Boats: New and Collected Poems, 1988â2000.âEllen Kaufman, New York (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.