| Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 Contributor(s): Clifton, Lucille (Author) |
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ISBN: 0918526590 ISBN-13: 9780918526595 Publisher: BOA Editions OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Poetry | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 87071302 |
| Series: American Poets Continuum |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.14" (1.00 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Finalist, 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Lucille Clifton is one of the four or five most authentic and profound living American poets.--Denise Levertov |
Contributor Bio(s): Clifton, Lucille: - "Lucille Clifton (1936 - 2010) was an award winning poet, fiction writer, and author of children's books. Her poetry collection, Blessing the Boats: New & Selected Poems 1988-2000 (BOA, 2000), won the National Book Award for poetry. In 1988 she became the only author to have two collections selected in the same year as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir (BOA, 1987), and Next: New Poems (BOA, 1987). In 1996, her collection The Terrible Stories (BOA, 1996), was a finalist for the National Book Award. Among her many other awards and accolades are the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Frost Medal, and an Emmy Award. In 2013, her posthumously published collection The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (BOA, 2012), was awarded the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry." |