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Date
Sponsors
UA Poetry Center
Reading Series
Location
Modern Languages Auditorium
Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton reads poems spanning two decades of work.
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Introduction
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By Alison Hawthorne Deming; recording begins mid-sentence.
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Opening Remarks and excerpt from "For My People"
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by Margaret Walker
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Walker, Margaret. "For My People." This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1989.
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"jasper texas 1998"
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Differs from published version.
Citation
Clifton, Lucille. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2000.
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"moonchild"
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Differs from published version.
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Clifton, Lucille. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2000.
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"the times"
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Differs slightly from published version.
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Clifton, Lucille. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2000.
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"study the masters"
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Clifton, Lucille. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2000.
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"lumpectomy eve"
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"1994"
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"dialysis"
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Differs from published version.
Citation
Clifton, Lucille. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2000.
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"donor"
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Differs from published version.
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Clifton, Lucille. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2000.
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"slaveships"
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Differs slightly from published version.
Citation
Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"auction street"
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Differs slightly from published version.
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"son of jesse"
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"david has slain his ten thousands"
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"enemies"
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"beloved"
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"bathsheba"
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"oh absolam my son my son"
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"what manner of man"
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Description
Differs slightly from published version.
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Clifton, Lucille. The Terrible Stories. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1996.
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"sonora desert poem"
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Clifton, Lucille. two-headed woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.
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"homage to my hips"
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Differs slightly from published version.
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Clifton, Lucille. two-headed woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.
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"won't you celebrate with me..."
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Citation
Clifton, Lucille. The Book of Light. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1993.
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