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Quilting: Poems 1987-1990

Name: Quilting: Poems 1987-1990
Author: Lucille Clifton
ISBN: 9780918526816

by Lucille Clifton

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Synopsis

"Clifton mythologizes herself: that is, she illuminates her surroundings and history from within in a way that casts light on much beyond."

—Marilyn Hacker, The Women's Review of Books

eve's version

smooth talker

slides into my dreams

and fills them with apple

apple snug as my breast

in the palm of my hand

apple sleek apple sweet

and bright in my mouth

it is your own lush self

you hunger for

he whispers lucifer

honey-tongue.

About the Author, Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton won the 2007 Ruth Lilly Poetry Award. Her book, Blessing the Boats (BOA Editions), won the 2000 National Book Award for Poetry. Two of Clifton's BOA poetry collections were chosen as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Clifton's awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Emmy Award.