CLIFTON, LUCILLE,
1936-2010.
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Subseries 7.2
Printed material about Lucille Clifton,
1969-2010
Boxes 64-68 and 90; OP 3-4
Scope and Content Note
The printed material about Clifton subseries contains a variety of published resources pertaining to the author, including newspaper, magazine and journal articles, brochures, invitations, flyers and posters, press releases, programs, promotional material, and reviews of her works. In addition, the section also contains a header entitled "other," which has a range of printed material from musical compositions written for her poetry to literary awards given out in her honor.
The general section, which contains magazine and newspaper articles, brochures, invitations, flyers and posters press releases and programs ranging from 1969 to 2005, highlights much of Clifton's public life during those years. Articles site Clifton's receipt of the National Book Award and her time spent sharing her Children's books in public school systems across the country. Programs and invitations of note concern Clifton's evening at the White House, and her numerous public poetry readings.
Promotional material includes articles, blurbs, postcards, and other materials meant to bring attention to Clifton's poetry and prose. Promotional material ranges from 1969, with her first poetry volume Good Times, continuing to Mercy, Clifton's 2004 book of poetry.
Reviews of Clifton's poetry and prose make up the final section, and they also range from 1969 to 2005.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type, then in chronological order.
| General | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | 1 | Articles, undated [1] |
| 90 | 3 | Articles, undated [2] |
| 64 | 2 | Articles, 1969-1979 |
| 64 | 3 | Articles, 1980-1983 |
| 64 | 4 | Articles, 1984-1987 |
| 64 | 5 | Articles, 1988-1989 |
| 64 | 6 | Articles, 1990-1993 |
| 90 | 4 | Articles, 1990, 2010 |
| 64 | 7 | Articles, 1994-1995 |
| 64 | 8 | Articles, 1996-1999 |
| 65 | 1 | Articles, 2000-2001 |
| 65 | 2 | Articles, 2002-2007 |
| 90 | Bookmarks | |
| 65 | 3 | Brochures, undated, 1988-1995 |
| 65 | 4 | Brochures, 1998-2003 |
| 65 | 5 | Flyers and Posters, 1969-1989 |
| 65 | 6 | Flyers and Posters, 1990-2008 |
| OP3 | 17 | Flyers and Posters, 1987-2002 |
| OP4 | 4 | Flyers and Posters, Furious Flower Conference, September 22-25, 2004 |
| 65 | 7 | Invitations, 1973-1989 |
| 65 | 8 | Obituaries, 2010 [includes obituary of Fredrica Clifton] |
| 65 | 9 | Other, 1983-1997 |
| 65 | 10 | Other, 1999-2003 |
| 65 | 11 | Poem, dedicated to Clifton, "Tribute to Lucille Clifton," Dried Rice & Potatoes, 1984 |
| 66 | 1 | Press Releases, 1975-2004 |
| 66 | 2 | Programs, undated, 1969-1976 |
| 66 | 3 | Programs, 1980-1988 |
| 66 | 4 | Programs, 1989-1990 |
| 66 | 5 | Programs, 1991-1997 |
| 90 | 6 | Programs, 1991, 2008 |
| 66 | 6 | Programs, 1998-1999 |
| 66 | 7 | Programs, 2000-2010 |
| 66 | 8 | Song lyrics, dedicated to Clifton, "Lost Woman Song," Ani Difranco, 1990 [self-titled album] |
| 66 | 9 | Trading cards, "Major League Poet Cards-All Star Series," 1995 [includes Lucille Clifton card] |
| Promotional materials | ||
| 67 | 1 | Good Times (1969), 1969 |
| 67 | 2 | Good News about the Earth (1972), 1972 |
| 67 | 3 | The Times They Used to Be (1974), 1974-2002 |
| 67 | 4 | My Brother Fine with Me (1975), undated |
| 67 | 5 | Three Wishes (1976), 1992 |
| 67 | 6 | Everett Anderson's Goodbye (1983), 1983-1988 |
| 67 | 7 | Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 (1987), 1987 |
| 67 | 8 | Next: New Poems (1987), 1987 |
| 67 | 9 | Ten Oxherding Pictures (1988), undated |
| 67 | 10 | The Terrible Stories (1996), 1996 |
| 67 | 11 | Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000 (2000) |
| 67 | 12 | Mercy (2004), 2004 |
| Reviews | ||
| 67 | 13 | Good Times (1969), 1969-1970 |
| 67 | 14 | The Black BC's (1970), 1970-1972 |
| 67 | 15 | Some of the Day's of Everett Anderson (1970), 1970 |
| 67 | 16 | Dices of Black Bones: Black Voices of the Seventies (1970), 1971 [an anthology] |
| 67 | 17 | Everett Anderson's Christmas Coming (1971), 1971-1972 |
| 67 | 18 | Good News about the Earth (1972), 1972 |
| 67 | 19 | All Us Come Cross the Water (1973), 1973-1974 |
| 67 | 20 | The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring (1973), 1973-1990 |
| 67 | 21 | Don't You Remember (1973), 1973-1976 |
| 67 | 22 | Good, Says Jerome (1973), 1973-1976 |
| 67 | 23 | An Ordinary Woman (1974), 1974-1975 |
| 67 | 24 | Everett Anderson's Year (1974), 1974-1975 |
| 67 | 25 | Free to Be...You and Me (1972), 1974 |
| 67 | 26 | The Times They Used to Be (1974), 1974-2001 |
| 67 | 27 | Three Wishes (1974), 1977-1992 |
| 67 | 28 | My Brother Fine With Me (1975), 1975 |
| 67 | 29 | Generations (1976), 1976 |
| 67 | 30 | Everett Anderson's Nine Month Long (1978), 1987 |
| 67 | 31 | Two-Headed Woman (1980), 1982 |
| 67 | 32 | Sonora Beautiful (1981), 1981 |
| 67 | 33 | Everett Anderson's Goodbye (1983), 1983-1990 |
| 67 | 34 | Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980 (1987), 1987-2004 [includes Next Reviews] |
| 68 | 1 | Quilting: Poems 1987-1990 (1990), 1991-1992 |
| 68 | 2 | The Book of Light (1992), 1993-1994 |
| 68 | 3 | The Terrible Stories (1996), 1996-1998 |
| 68 | 4 | Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1989-2000 (2000), 2000-2003 |
| 68 | 5 | One of the Problems of Everett Anderson (2001), 2002 |
| 68 | 6 | Mercy (2004), undated, 2004-2005 |
| Other | ||
| 68 | 7 | Black Box, number 5, The New Classroom, 1975 [packaging and program notes only; See Subseries 9.1: Audio recordings to access audio program] |
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