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.“cream of wheat”sometimes at nightwe stroll the market aislesben and jemima and me theywalk in front humming this and thati lag behindtrying to remove my chef’s capwondering what ever pictured methen left me personlessrastusi read in an old paper that i was called rastusbut no mother evergave that to her sontoward dawn we head backto our shelvesour boxes ben and jemima and mewe pose and smile i simmerto myself what is my nameBOA Editions is thrilled to present the newest poetry collection by the one and only Lucille Clifton.

Product Description: The long-awaited collection by one of the most distinguished poets working today.

Everett Anderson has a difficult time coming to terms with his grief after his father dies.

A young black girl relates the adventures of the summer her Uncle Sunny died and her best friend broke out in sin because she wasn't saved.

As a small boy's mother considers remarriage, he considers the numbers one, two, and three--sometimes they're lonely, sometimes crowded, but sometimes just right.

A heartwarming and bittersweet story follows Everett Anderson, who doesn't know what to do when his friend Greg keeps coming to school with bruises, as he finally tells his mother, who helps him deal with the situation and find a solution. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: The Sarasota Review is an international anthology of poetry featuring established and upcoming poets, including Robert Creeley, Clayton Eshleman, Maude Meehan, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and others.

A collection of short poems for each of the days of the week, some expressing the point of view of students, others that of teachers.

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Two skeptical city boys set out to find spring which they've heard is 'just around the corner'

Relates, in verse, the excitement and joy of a young boy anticipating as well as celebrating Christmas in the city.

Poems celebrate the simple joys of a Black youth living in a city apartment

A collection of poems written by Afro-American children celebrating what it means to be Black

An inspiring and enlightening collection of free verse, written by African-American children, ranging in age from six to eight years old, explores and interprets their feelings about their heritage.

A prizewinning collection of energetic poetry by twenty inner-city children offers moving works, accentuated by heartfelt illustrations, that capture the special joy of African-American culture. Reprint. K.

Self-revealing poems discuss such topics as cancer, mastectomy, and the poet's animal self--the fox (view table of contents)

Two skeptical city boys set out to find spring which they've heard is 'just around the corner'

When a young girl finds a good luck penny and makes three wishes on it, she learns that friendship is her most valued possession.

A collection of poetry by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet features works that locate the eternal sublime amid mundane experience (view table of contents)

Although he is initially disappointed that the new neighbor is not a boy, Everett Anderson, a young African-American boy living in the city, decides that a girl can be just as much fun. Reissue.

Everett Anderson, a young African-American boy living in the city, experiences the joys that each month of the year has to offer, playing in the February snow and enjoying his freedom on a June afternoon. Reissue.

A collection of poems that focus on the issues in a woman's life, with quilting as the central theme

Two skeptical city boys set out to find spring which they've heard is 'just around the corner.'