Clifton, Lucille

Clifton is one of our great truth-tellers, and this work stands among her best. Elegiac and celebratory, unfussy and profound, full of pain and healing and thanks for the ties that hold, this slim memorial contains multitudes, and every word of it is true, “even the lies.”

For all collections, although some readers might prefer to begin with Blessing the Boats: New and Collected Poems, 1988–2000.