Clifton, Lucille  , 1935-2000 <br/><br/>
Blessing the boats  : new and selected poems, 1988-2000 
/ by Lucille Clifton 
 - 1st ed 
 - Rochester, NY  : BOA Editions  , 2000. 
 - 132 p.  ; 24 cm. 
 - American poets continuum series  ; v. 60 .
<br/><br/>New poems (2000) -- from Next (1988) -- from Quilting (1991) -- from The book of light (1993) -- from The terrible stories (1996). 
<br/><br/> Culling from her last four books and including 19 new poems, Clifton's latest offers few surprises, but all of the joys and straight-talk readers have come to expect over 40 or so years of work. Proceeding chronologically, poems from next retell "my dream about the cows," "my dream about being white" and "the message of thelma sayles," among other poems and modes. Quilting juxtaposes updatings of Eden with poems on menstruation, and with, among others, the title poem. 
<br/><br/> National Book Award, 2000 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1880238888 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00131741 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans---Poetry
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3553.L45  / B58 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>811.508 CLI