Lucille Clifton (1936-2010)
MSA SC 3520-13587
Sources:
Primary Works -
Poetry:
Mercy: Poems. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 2004.
Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems. Rochester,
NY: BOA Editions, 2000.
Winner of the National Book Award
The Terrible Stories: Poems. Borckport, NY: BOA Editions,
1996.
The Book of Light. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon, 1993.
Quilting: Poems, 1987-1990. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions,
1991.
Next: New Poems. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1987.
Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions,1987.
Two-Headed Woman. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press,
1980.
Pulitzer Prize nominee and winner of the Juniper
Prize
An Ordinary Woman. New York: Random House, 1974.
Good News About the Earth: New Poems. New York: Random
House, 1972.
Good Times: Poems. New York: Random House, 1969.
Prose:
Generations: A Memoir. New York: Random House, 1976.
Works for Children:
One of the Problems of Everett Anderson. New York: Henry
Holt, 2001.
Everett Anderson’s Goodbye. New York: Holt, Rinehart,
and Winston, 1983.
Won Coretta Scott King Award for 1984.
Sonora Beautiful. New York: Dutton, 1981.
My Friend Jacob. New York: Dutton, 1980.
The Lucky Stone. New York: Delacorte, 1979.
Everett Anderson’s Nine Month Long. New York: Holt, Rinehart,
and Winston, 1978.
Everett Anderson’s 1 2 3. New York: Holt, Rinehart,
and Winston, 1977.
Amifika. New York: Dutton, 1977.
Everett Anderson’s Friend. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and
Winston, 1976.
Three Wishes. New York: Viking, 1976.
My Brother Fine with Me. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and
Winston. 1975.
Everett Anderson’s Year. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and
Winston, 1974.
The Times They Used to Be. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
1974.
The Boy Who Didn’t Believe in Spring. New York: Dutton,
1973.
All Us Come Cross the Water. New York: Holt, Rinehart
and Winston. 1973.
Everett Anderson’s Christmas Coming. New York: Holt, Rinehart,
and Winston, 1971.
The Blank BC’s. New York: Dutton, 1970.
Some of the Days of Everett Anderson. New York: Holt,
Rinehart, and Winston, 1970.
Archival Sources -
Articles -
Phelps, Timothy M. “Lucille Clifton, Prominent Black Writer,
Named to Curios Job of Poet Laureate.” The Baltimore Sun,
8 August 1979.
“State Briefs: Poet Laureate.” The Evening Capital, 8 August 1979.
Kneale, Dennis. “A New Kind of Poet Laureate Won't Write ‘Greeting Cards'; No Greeting Cards for This Maryland Poet.” The Washington Post, 9 August 1979.
Scharper, Diane. “Poet Lucille Clifton Draws Inspiration from Family.” The Baltimore Sun, 20 May 1995.
Marbella, Jean. “Versed in Life.” The Baltimore Sun, 6 November 1996.
Crockett, Sandra. “Columbia Poet Wins Book Award Honor.” The Baltimore Sun, 16 November 2000.
Weeks, Linton. “Poetry's Persistent Listener; Lucille Clifton Pays Attention to the Voice of What Is True.” The Washington Post, 18 November 2000.
“Lucille Clifton's Magic; Grand Laurels: The Lyrical Chronicler of our Lives and Ttimes Wins the National Book Award.” Editorial. The Baltimore Sun, 22 November 2000.
Gray, Steven. “A Quiet Poet Gains the Spotlight; National Book Award Recognizes Work of St. Mary's College Professor.” The Washington Post, 23 November 2000.
Crockett, Sandra. “'Roller Coaster' Ride Continues for Clifton.” The Baltimore Sun, 7 February 2001.
“Women's Commission Selects Six for its Hall of Fame.” The Baltimore Sun, 18 February 2001.
McCauley, Mary Carole. "Wise Woman of Words." The Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2007.
"Tributes planned for Maryland poet Clifton." The Baltimore Sun, 17 February 2010.
Davis, Eisa. “Lucille Clifton and Sonia Sanchez: A Conversation.” Callaloo: A Journal of African-American Arts and Letters 25.4 (2002).
Glaser, Michael. “I’d Like to Not Be a Stranger in the World: A Conversation/Interview with Lucille Clifton.” Antioch Review 58.3 (2000).
Harris, Trudier and Thadious Davis, eds. Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Poets Since 1955. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1985.
Hine, Darlene Clark, Elsa Barkley Brown, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, eds. Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993. 254-55.
Ostriker, Alicia. “’Kin and Kin’: The Poetry of Lucille Clifton.” In Literary Influence and African-American Writers. New York: Garland, 1996.
Pettis, Joyce Owens. African-American Poets: Lives, Works, and Sources. Westpot, CN: Greenwood P, 2002.
Rowell, Charles H. “An Interview with Lucille Clifton.” Callaloo: A Journal of African-American Arts and Letters 22.1 (1999).
Whitley, Edward. “Lucille Clifton (1936- ).” In African American Autobiographies: A Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.
Academy of American Poets. Poets.org, “Lucille Clifton,” November 16, 2000. http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=80.
English Department, University of Minnesota. Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, September, 18, 1998. http://voices.cla.umn.edu/newsite/authors/CLIFTONlucille.htm.
Maryland State Archives. Maryland Manual On-Line, “Maryland at a Glance: Literature,” March 19, 2004. http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/lit.html.
Maryland State Archives. Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/whfhome.html
Modern American Poetry Society. Modern American Poetry, “Lucille Clifton,” January 1, 2002. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/clifton/clifton.htm.
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