Ashley Benitez SmithFeb 5, 2023
Matthew Cheney

A new piece by @lavelleporter for JSTOR Daily on the essential poet Lucille Clifton, whose "work has always been timely and urgent, but since she left this earthly realm in 2010 her work has blossomed into something more."

https://daily.jstor.org/remembering-her-memories-lucille-cliftons-generations-in-our-time/

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Remembering Her Memories: Lucille Clifton’s Generations in Our Time - JSTOR Daily

The poet stares history down in an artful, Whitman-infused exploration of traumas her family endured and survived.

JSTOR Daily
Feb 5, 2023 at 2:43amWeb
Show threadthe roamerFeb 5, 2023

@melikhovo @lavelleporter @bookstodon

Thank you for linking to this empathetic article by @lavelleporter about Lucille Clifton, her poetry, her memoir Generations, her poetic strategy as a preserver of memories and forger of resistance and forgiveness. Eye-opening.

#LucilleClifton #poetry #family #BlackHistory #resistance