Voices: Poems
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- Synopsis
- In 2007, Lucille Clifton became the first African American woman to win the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, one of the most prestigious American poetry awards and one of the largest literary honors for work in the English language. Clifton has also won the National Book Award in poetry for Blessing the Boats (BOA Editions, 2000), and is the only author ever to have two collections,Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir (BOA Editions, 1987) and Next: New Poems (BOA Editions, 1987), named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in one year. In Voices, Clifton continues her celebrated aesthetic of writing poems for the disempowered and the underprivileged while finding humor and redemption among life's many hardships. This book also highlights Clifton's ability to write inventive dramatic monologues. Voices includes monologues spoken by animals, as well as by the food product spokespeople Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and the apparently nameless guy on the Cream of Wheat box.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 63 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781934414125
- Publisher:
- BOA Editions, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 06/02/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Lucille Clifton
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Jon Pielaet
- Proofread By:
- Lena
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
Reviews
4 out of 5
By LAURA MCWHORTER on Jun 5, 2012
Borrow this very short book of poetry from your library for an hour's cerebral entertainment. The Poet gives an imagined voice to those who have no opportunity to speak. My favorites are Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, the cream of wheat guy, horse, raccoon and dog. All of the poems are super short.