the terrible stories

By Lucille Clifton

The long-awaited tenth collection of poetry from the Shelley Memorial Prize-winning poet Lucille Clifton.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
• Release date: Aug 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9781880238462

Lucille Clifton

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.

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Reviews for the terrible stories

[whitewavedarling · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This collection moves deceptively quickly, and has a subtle power in nearly every poem. Arranged in sections that deal separately with slavery, legacies, fear/hatred, breast cancer, and racism, the collection explores strategies of survival and a move beyond legacies of hatred and fear toward progress. Clifton's poems are short and poignant, working together in a tapestry of societal engagement that moves with a personal voice and an eloquence that proves the collection to be both meaningful and memorable.A graceful work, absolutely recommended to all writers and readers of poetry, as well as readers interested in literature dealing with any of the topics listed above, each of which Clifton explores with grace and talent.