Lucille Clifton - October 12, 1983

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Modern Languages Auditorium
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.

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Introduction
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by Lois Shelton

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"homage to my hips"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"what the mirror said"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"i was born with twelve fingers"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"there is a girl inside"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"sisters"
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Clifton, Lucille. An Ordinary Woman. New York: Random House, 1974.

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"the lost baby poem"
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Clifton, Lucille. Good News About the Earth. New York: Random House, 1972.

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"after reading a poem by stephen spender"
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Unpublished.

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"my dream about time"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"my dream about being white"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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excerpt from Generations: A Memoir
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Clifton, Lucille. Generations: A Memoir. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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excerpt from Generations: A Memoir and "here is another bone to pick with you..."
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Clifton, Lucille. Generations: A Memoir. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"for al"
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Unpublished.

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"the death of joanne c."
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"leukemia as white rabbit"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"incantation"
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Introduced as "leukemia incantation."

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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"chemotherapy"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"she won't ever forgive me"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"the one in the next bed is dying"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"leukemia as dream/ritual"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"the message of jo"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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excerpts from Sonora Beautiful
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Clifton, Lucille. Sonora Beautiful. New York: Dutton, 1981.

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"the astrologer predicts at mary's birth"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"anna speaks of the childhood of mary her daughter"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"mary's dream"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"holy night"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"a song of mary"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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"island mary"
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Clifton, Lucille. Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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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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"the woman in the camp"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"cruelty. don't talk to me about cruelty"
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Clifton, Lucille. Next: New Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1987.

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"song"
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Clifton, Lucille. Good News About the Earth. New York: Random House, 1972.

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Lucille Clifton
Photographer
Lois Shelton
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