“She Sang So Sweet”: Lucille Clifton’s Children’s Literature

Everett Anderson’s Year, by Lucille Clifton The Lucille Clifton Exhibition “She Sang So Sweet:” Lucille Clifton’s Children’s Literature is currently on display on the 2nd Floor of the Robert W. Woodruff Library. The exhibit is curated by Amy Hildreth Chen, Emory PhD student in English. The following is the essay which accompanies the exhibition, written Read More …

Come Celebrate With Me: An Exhibition on the Work of Lucille Clifton

The Lucille Clifton Exhibition Come Celebrate With Me: The Work of Lucille Clifton is currently on display in the MARBL gallery on the 10th Floor of the Robert W. Woodruff Library. The exhibit is co-curated by Kevin Young, Curator of Literary Collections and the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at MARBL, and Amy Hildreth Chen, Emory Read More …

MARBL’s Digital Archives Program Continues to Evolve and Expand

Lucille Clifton's Word Processor and Monitor, Digital Archives, MARBL     Share Related Story: The Digital Archives Program Settles Into MARBL. Related Links:  Digital Archives Digital Access    Join the discussion MARBL'S Digital Archives program is still new, only in its second year, deeply collaborative, and, in keeping with the larger field, constantly evolving. Our Read More …

What Watches Me?: A Preview of the Upcoming Lucille Clifton Exhibit

by Amy Hildreth Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English, Research Assistant to Kevin Young   What “early in the morning/it shines its glassy eye”? The Window. What “sees me wander/ in and out/ and never stops to cry”? The Door.   These riddles and more can be found in Lucille Clifton‘s first children’s book, What Read More …

Lucille Clifton papers fully processed and available for research

The Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL) is pleased to announce that the papers of Lucille Clifton, African American poet and children's book author, are fully processed and open to the public. Spanning the years 1930 to 2009, the collection documents Clifton's career as a poet, children's book author, and teacher, her participation in Read More …