Clifton, Lucille

Lucille Clifton

October 22, 1975

Photographer

Lois Shelton

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Lucille Clifton

October 22, 1975

Photographer

LaVerne Harrell Clark

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Lucille Clifton

October 11, 1983

Photographer

Lois Shelton

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Lucille Clifton

September 23, 1987

Photographer

Lois Shelton

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Lucille Clifton

November 1, 2007

Photographer

Christine Krikliwy

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Lucille Clifton and Lois Shelton

December 2, 1998

Photographer

Alison Hawthorne Deming

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Lucille Clifton

December 2, 1998

Photographer

Alison Hawthorne Deming

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Readings from this author

November 1, 2007 - Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton reads widely from her extensive body of work. This performance includes poems from her final collection, Voices (2008), as well as several uncollected and unpublished poems.

December 2, 1998 - Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton reads poems spanning two decades of work.

September 23, 1987 - Lucille Clifton

In this performance, Lucille Clifton reads primarily from Next: New Poems and begins the performance with an excerpt from her children's book Sonora Beautiful. Clifton remarks that this is her first public reading of the poem series "Ten Oxherding Pictures."

October 12, 1983 - Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton reads poems on many subjects, including family and illness, as well as a series of Rastafarian-inspired poems about the life of the Biblical figure Mary. In addition to poems, Clifton reads excerpts from Generations: A Memoir and her children's book Sonora Beautiful.

October 22, 1975 - Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton reads poems published from 1969 to 1980. Her reading also includes exciting performances of drafts and unpublished poems.