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Lucille Clifton

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Born
June 26 1936
Died
1212 02 20102010
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Lucille Clifton was an American poet, writer, and educator from New York. Common topics in her poetry include the celebration of her African American heritage, and feminist themes, with particular emphasis on the female body.

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".

From 1985 to 1989, Clifton was a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was Distinguished Professor of Humanities at St. Mary's College of Maryland. From 1995 to 1999, she was a visiting professor at Columbia University. In 2006, she was a fellow at Dartmouth College.

Clifton received the Robert Frost Medal for lifetime achievement posthumously, from the Poetry Society of America.

Lucille Clifton

4.2/5 ( ratings)
Born
June 26 1936
Died
1212 02 20102010
Website
Go to Website
Lucille Clifton was an American poet, writer, and educator from New York. Common topics in her poetry include the celebration of her African American heritage, and feminist themes, with particular emphasis on the female body.

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".

From 1985 to 1989, Clifton was a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was Distinguished Professor of Humanities at St. Mary's College of Maryland. From 1995 to 1999, she was a visiting professor at Columbia University. In 2006, she was a fellow at Dartmouth College.

Clifton received the Robert Frost Medal for lifetime achievement posthumously, from the Poetry Society of America.

Books from Lucille Clifton

Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000

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Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980

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The Book of Light

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Quilting: Poems 1987-1990

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The Terrible Stories

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Everett Anderson's Goodbye

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Generations: A Memoir

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How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton

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Soul Looks Back in Wonder

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The Lucky Stone

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The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (American Poets Continuum Book 134)

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Oranges & Sardines Issue 3, Winter 2008

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The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry

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Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry

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Divining Poets: Clifton: A Quotable Deck from Turtle Point Press (Divining Poets: A Quotable Deck from Turtle Point Press)

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Stone Gathering: A Reader, Volume 2: Issue 2

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Entrenar la lengua

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USA-poesi: 700 dikter från 1010-1983

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Poetry in Person: Twenty-five Years of Conversation with America's Poets

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She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems

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