Lucille Clifton's poetry carries her deep concerns for the
world's children, the stratification of American society, those
people lost or forgotten amid the crushing race of Western
materialism and technology. In turns sad, troubled and angry, her
voice has always been one of great empathy, knowing, as she says,
"the only mercy is memory." In this, her 12th book of poetry, the
National Book Award-winner speaks to the tenuous relationship
between mothers and daughters, the debilitating power of cancer,
the open wound of racial prejudice, the redemptive gift of
story-telling. "September Song," a sequence of seven poems,
featured on National Public Radio, presents a modern-day Orpheus
who, through her grief, attempts to heart-intelligently respond to
the events of September 11th. The last sequence of poems--a
tightly-woven fabric of caveats and prayers--was initially written
in the 1970s, then revised and reshaped in the last few years.
Lucille Clifton is an award-winning poet, fiction writer and
author of children's books. Her most recent poetry book, "Blessing
the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1969-1999" (BOA), won the 2000
National Book Award for Poetry. Two of Clifton's BOA poetry
collections, "Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980" and "Next:
New Poems," were chosen as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in
1988, while Clifton's "The Terrible Stories" (BOA) was a finalist
for the 1996 National Book Award. Clifton has received fellowships
from the NEA, an Emmy Award from the American Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, the Shelley Memorial Prize and the Charity
Randall Citation. She is a Distinguished Professor of Humanities as
St. Mary's College in Maryland. She was appointed a Fellow of The
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and elected as Chancellor of
The Academy of American Poets in 1999. She lives in Columbia,
MD.
General
Imprint: |
B O a Editions, Limited
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
American Poets Continuum |
Release date: |
September 2004 |
First published: |
September 2004 |
Authors: |
Lucille Clifton
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
79 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-929918-55-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
1-929918-55-0 |
Barcode: |
9781929918553 |
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