"born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself?"

"… A lot of women have borne a lot of things; a lot of people have borne a lot of things. There’s a certain kind of hu…"

"… I am a grown-up, sensual woman, even at this age and size. People would think you wouldn't be. I'm open to the whol…"

"One thing poetry teaches us, if anything, is that everything is connected…There is so much history that we have not v…"

"(The book that...shaped my worldview:) Lucille Clifton’s poetry collection Good Woman. I have long considered her the…"

"Lucille Clifton is able to do something difficult: take the strengths of poetry and apply them in such a way that you…"

"I would also suggest that everyone read the poetry of Lucille Clifton, a black heterodox Christian woman who seems to…"

"Lucille stayed late, singing the song of/carrying on, admitting the truth.../"Things don't fall apart. Things hold. L…"

"People I read a lot to my son were people like Robert Bly and Lucille Clifton, Frank O’Hara for some reason, Chinese …"

"One of my favorite poets is Lucille Clifton, author of a good number of fine books, including Blessing the Boats, Qui…"