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Born in June 27, 1936 / Died in February 13, 2010 / United States / English

Bibliography

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POETRY

  • Good Times, Random House (New York, NY), 1969.
  • Good News about the Earth: New Poems, Random House (New York, NY), 1972.
  • An Ordinary Woman, Random House (New York, NY), 1974.
  • Two-Headed Woman, University of Massachusetts Press (Amherst, MA), 1980.
  • Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980, BOA Editions (Brockport, NY), 1987.
  • Next: New Poems, BOA Editions (Brockport, NY), 1987.
  • Ten Oxherding Pictures, Moving Parts Press (Santa Cruz, CA), 1988.
  • Quilting: Poems 1987-1990, BOA Editions (Brockport, NY), 1991.
  • The Book of Light, Copper Canyon Press (Port Townsend, WA), 1993.
  • The Terrible Stories, BOA Editions (Brockport, NY), 1998.
  • Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000, BOA Editions (Brockport, NY), 2000.
  • Mercy: Poems, BOA Editions (Brockport, NY), 2004.
  • Voices, BOA Editions (Brockport, NY), 2008.

FOR CHILDREN

  • The Black BCs (alphabet poems), illustrations by Don Miller, Dutton (New York, NY), 1970.
  • Good, Says Jerome, illustrations by Stephanie Douglas, Dutton (New York, NY), 1973.
  • All Us Come 'cross the Water, pictures by John Steptoe, Holt (New York, NY), 1973.
  • Don't You Remember?, illustrations by Evaline Ness, Dutton (New York, NY), 1973.
  • The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring, pictures by Brinton Turkle, Dutton (New York, NY), 1973.
  • The Times They Used to Be, illustrations by Susan Jeschke, Holt (New York, NY), 1974.
  • My Brother Fine with Me, illustrations by Moneta Barnett, Holt (New York, NY), 1975.
  • Three Wishes, illustrations by Stephanie Douglas, Viking (New York, NY), 1976, illustrations by Michael Hays, Delacorte, 1992.
  • Amifika, illustrations by Thomas DiGrazia, Dutton (New York, NY), 1977.
  • The Lucky Stone, illustrations by Dale Payson, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1979, Yearling Books Random House (New York, NY), 1986.
  • My Friend Jacob, illustrations by Thomas DiGrazia, Dutton (New York, NY), 1980.
  • Sonora Beautiful, illustrations by Michael Garland, Dutton (New York, NY), 1981.
  • Dear Creator: A Week of Poems for Young People and Their Teachers, illustrations by Gail Gordon Carter, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1997.

Clifton's works have been translated into Spanish.

"EVERETT ANDERSON" SERIES; FOR CHILDREN

  • Some of the Days of Everett Anderson, illustrations by Evaline Ness, Holt (New York, NY), 1970.
  • Everett Anderson's Christmas Coming, illustrations by Evaline Ness, Holt (New York, NY), 1971, illustrations by Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Holt (New York, NY), 1991.
  • Everett Anderson's Year, illustrations by Ann Grifalconi, Holt (New York, NY), 1974.
  • Everett Anderson's Friend, illustrations by Ann Grifalconi, Holt (New York, NY), 1976.
  • Everett Anderson's 1 2 3, illustrations by Ann Grifalconi, Holt (New York, NY), 1977.
  • Everett Anderson's Nine Month Long, illustrations by Ann Grifalconi, Holt (New York, NY), 1978.
  • Everett Anderson's Goodbye, illustrations by Ann Grifalconi, Holt (New York, NY), 1983.
  • One of the Problems of Everett Anderson, illustrations by Ann Grifalconi, Holt (New York, NY), 2001.

OTHER

  • (Compiler, with Alexander MacGibbon) Composition: An Approach through Reading, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1968.
  • Generations: A Memoir (prose), Random House (New York, NY), 1976.
  • Lucille Clifton Reading Her Poems with Comment in the Montpelier Room, October 24, 2002 (sound recoring), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, Library of Congress (Washington, DC), 2002.
  • The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress. Lucille Clifton (sound recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, Library of Congress (Washington, DC), 2002.

Contributor to Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970, edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1970; (with Marlo Thomas and others) Free to Be ... You and Me, McGraw-Hill (New York, NY), 1974; Free to Be a Family, 1987; Robert Kapilow's 03: This New Immense Unbound World (printed music), G. Schirmer (New York, NY), 2003; and other anthologies, including Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, Coming into the Light, and Stealing the Language. Has made numerous additional sound and video recordings of poetry readings. Contributor of poetry to the New York Times. Contributor of fiction to Negro Digest, Redbook, House and Garden, and Atlantic. Contributor of nonfiction to Ms. and Essence.