Lucille Clifton: Her Life and Letters

Lucille Clifton: Her Life and Letters

by Mary Jane Lupton
Lucille Clifton: Her Life and Letters

Lucille Clifton: Her Life and Letters

by Mary Jane Lupton

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Overview

Writing and composing with honesty and humanism, Lucille Clifton is known for her themes of the body, family, community, politics, womanhood, and the spirit. While much of her work deals with the African American experience, she does not limit herself to that perspective, addressing topics common to all women, to all people. This timely and important biography will give readers a glimpse into the life and work of this important and revered African American poet, writer, and educator, exploring themes that run throughout her writing, as well as the personal obstacles she faced and overcame.

Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, in 1936. Today, she is one of the most important and revered African American poets, writers, and educators in the nation. In addition to several works of poetry, she has written more than 15 children's books. Her work has been nominated for three Pulitzer Prizes and two National Book Awards, one of which she won for Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000 in 2000. In 1999, she was appointed and remains a Chancellor of the American Academy of Poets, one of the most prestigious honors in American letters. Among her best known works is the poem miss rosie, anthologized many times over and a standard part of high school curriculums. She has won an Emmy award, a Lannan Literary Award, two fellowships from the National Endowmant for the the Arts, and many other prestigious awards. Writing and composing with honesty and humanism, Clifton is known for her themes of the body, family, community, politics, womanhood, and the spirit. While much of her work deals with the African American experience, she does not limit herself to that perspective, addressing topics common to all women, to all people. This biography covers Clifton's life and work, addressing themes that run throughout her writing as well as the personal obstacles she faced and overcame, including her own faultering health. This timely and important biography will give readers a glimpse into the life of one of America's most important, influential, and enduring writers.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275984694
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 06/30/2006
Series: Women Writers of Color
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Mary Jane Lupton is Professor Emeritus at Morgan State University. She is the author of numerous essays in the areas of feminism, Indian Studies, and Black Studies. She is the author of two Greenwood Critical Companions: Maya Angelou (1998) and James Welch (2004). Her book Menstruation and Psychoanalysis was published in 1993.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Series Foreword by Joanne M. Braxton
Introduction
One An Early Dreamer
Two Children and Other Good News
Three Teaching, Politics, and So On
Four Generations Coming and Going
Five Keeping the Story Alive
Six Fallen Body, Rising Star
Seven Her Lasting Gift
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

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