Copyright ©2012 by The Estate of Lucille T. Clifton. Foreword copyright ©2012 by Toni Morrison. Afterword “won’t you celebrate with me?” © by Kevin Young.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clifton, Lucille, 1936–2010.
The collected poems of Lucille Clifton 1965–2010 / edited by Kevin Young and Michael S. Glaser ; foreword by Toni Morrison ; afterword by Kevin Young. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (American poets continuum series ; 134)
ISBN 978-1-934414-90-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)
I. Young, Kevin. II. Glaser, Michael S., 1943– III. Title.
PS3553.L45 2012
811'.54—dc23
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