Literature and Poetry – Page 4

Anthology, Archive, and Authority: Teaching with Lucille Clifton’s Papers

Posted onFebruary 20, 2018August 17, 2023AuthorMarlo Starr

Marlo Starr (PhD Candidate, English Department) is the 2017-2018 Alice Walker Research Scholar in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Her project centers on the archives and scholarship of poet and children’s book writer Lucille Clifton who was contemporary of Alice Walker. Marlo will be contributing towards a blog series based on Read More …

“So be it”: Celebrating Lucille Clifton’s Life and Work

Posted onJanuary 16, 2018August 17, 2023AuthorCourtney E. Chartier

In perhaps her best recognized poem, “won’t you celebrate with me” Lucille Clifton invites readers to celebrate her life. Though “born in babylon / both nonwhite and woman,” the poem’s speaker explains that she has managed to forge a kind of life, and at the poem’s conclusion, she again asks us to celebrate: “that everyday Read More …