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Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000 (American Poets Continuum #59)

by Lucille Clifton

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Publisher Comments:

This long-awaited collection by one of the most distinguished poets writing today includes new poems written during the past four years as well as generous selections from Lucille Clifton's award-winning collections Next: New Poems, Quilting, The Book of Light and The Terrible Stories. Clifton employs brilliantly honed language, stunning images and sharp rhythms to address the whole of human experience: birth, death, children, family, illness, sexuality, spirituality and injustice in antebellum and contemporary America. Hers is a poetry that is passionate and wise, not afraid to rage or whisper.
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About the Author

Lucille Clifton won the 2007 Ruth Lilly Poetry Award. Her book, Blessing the Boats (BOA Editions), won the 2000 National Book Award for Poetry. Two of Clifton's BOA poetry collections were chosen as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Clifton's awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Emmy Award.
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Table of Contents

new poems (2000) — from next (1988) — from quilting (1991) — from the book of light (1993) — from The Terrible Stories (1996)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781880238882
Subtitle:
New and Selected Poems 1988-20
Author:
Clifton, Lucille
Publisher:
BOA Editions
Location:
Rochester, N.Y. :
Subject:
American poetry
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Afro-american authors
Subject:
Single Author - African American
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Afro-American women poets
Subject:
American - African American
Subject:
African-American women
Subject:
General Poetry
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
American poets continuum series ;
Series Volume:
59
Publication Date:
April 2000
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
145
Dimensions:
9.06x6.04x.41 in. .46 lbs.
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