| Edition |
Anniversary edition. |
| Description |
xv, 77 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Ross Gay -- LIGHT -- reflection : climbing ; june 20 ; daughters ; sam ; my lost father ; thel ; imagining bear ; c.c. rider ; 11/10 again ; she lived ; for roddy ; them and us ; the women you are accustomed to ; song at midnight ; won't you celebrate with me -- lightning bolt : it was a dream ; each morning i pull myself ; here yet be dragons ; the yeti poet returns to his village to tell his story ; crabbing ; the earth is a living thing ; move ; samson predicts from gaza the philadelphia fire ; january 1991 ; dear jesse helms ; if i should ; further note to clark ; begin here ; night vision ; fury ; cigarettes ; final note to clark ; note, passed to superman ; the rough weight of it -- splendor : seeker of visions ; nothing about the moment ; atlas ; sarah's promise ; naomi watches as ruth sleeps ; cain ; leda 1 ; leda 2 ; leda 3 ; far memory ; brothers -- Afterword / Sidney Clifton. |
| Summary |
"An anniversary edition of Lucille Clifton's Book of Light, a collection of poems"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
American poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Gay, Ross, 1974- writer of foreword.
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Clifton, Sidney, writer of afterword.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Clifton, Lucille. Book of light Anniversary Edition. Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2023] 9781619320437 (DLC) 2022057778 |
| ISBN |
9781556596780 (hardcover) |
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1556596782 (hardcover) |
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