1985 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. "For nearly 25 years Carolyn Kizer has been writing poetry that is imaginative, moving and funny...she is still at the top of her powers. This is a wonderful book."--Washington Post Book World
In musical verse, Harrington tells the story of a black family living a hardscrabble life in the rural South more than 60 years ago. Set on the eve of the Civil Rights era, this collection is the winner of the 2008 Kate Tufts Discovery Award.
Combines all 11 of Clifton's published collections with more than 50 previously unpublished poems. The unpublished poems feature early poems from 1965D1969, a collection-in-progress "The Book of Days, " and a poignant selection of final poems.
Contents I.Furious Versionis II. The InterrogationThis Hour And What Is DeadArise, Go DownMy Father, In Heaven, Is Reading Out LoudFor A New Citizen Of These United StatesWith Ruins III.This Room And Everything In ItThe City In Which I Love You IV. The WaitingA StoryGoodnightYou Must SingHere I AmA Final Thing V.The Cleaving
Written in the New Wave Fabulist tradition, these historically-grounded stories blend the fantastic and the macabre in astonishing, unforgettable ways.
