Available Formats
Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000
By (Author) Lucille Clifton
BOA Editions, Limited
BOA Editions, Limited
3rd April 2000
United States
General
Non Fiction
Feminism and feminist theory
811.54
Winner of National Book Awards (Poetry) 2000
Paperback
144
Width 152mm, Height 228mm, Spine 12mm
212g
The long-awaited collection by one of the most distinguished poets working today.
Lucille Clifton won the 2007 Ruth Lilly Poetry Award. Her book, Blessing the Boats (BOA Editions), won the 2000 National Book Award for Poetry. Two of Clifton's BOA poetry collections were chosen as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Clifton's awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Emmy Award.