Lucille Clifton - November 1, 2007

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UA Poetry Center

Reading Series
Location
St. Philip's in the Hills
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 This performance includes poems from her final collection, Voices (2008), as well as several uncollected and unpublished poems.

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Welcome and Introduction
Description

by Frances Sjoberg and Richard Shelton

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Opening Remarks and "sonora desert poem"
Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1987.

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"why some people be mad at me sometimes"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1987.

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"aunt jemima"
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Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"cream of wheat"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"mataoka"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"miriam"
Description

Unpublished.

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"magdala"
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Unpublished.

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"end of the world"
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Unpublished.

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"alexandra's shadow"
Description

Unpublished.

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"lu 1942"
Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"lu 1958"
Description

Published as "[i]this is what i know[/i]." Differs from published version.

Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"faith"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"in amira's room"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"horse prayer"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"sorrows"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.

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"slaveships"
Citation

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. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2000.

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"1994"
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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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"to my last period"
Citation

Clifton, Lucille. Quilting: Poems 1987-1990. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions Ltd., 1991.

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From "september song: a poem in 7 days"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Clifton, Lucille. Mercy. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2004.

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"won't you celebrate with me"
Citation

Clifton, Lucille. The Book of Light. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1993.

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Question and Answer Session 1
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Question and Answer Session 2
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Lucille Clifton
Photographer
Christine Krikliwy
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