The Book of Light: Anniversary Edition by Lucille Clifton

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The Book of Light: Anniversary Edition by Lucille CliftonWith a powerful introduction by award winning author Ross Gay and a moving afterword by Sidney Clifton, this special anniversary edition of The Book of Light offers new meditations and insights on one of the most beloved voices of the 20th century. Though the collection opens with thirty nine names for light, we soon learn the most meaningful name is Lucilledaughter, mother, proud Black woman. Known for her ability to convey multitudes in few words,

complex assessment of selfhood and why it matters” (Elle)

' We confront an environmental logic here where 'each day

grief and depression

Aracelis Girmay

Matthew Gellman illuminates this dark domestic space while the speaker of these poems struggles with bullying

Its poems span thousands of miles

Yomalis Rosario & Zora Satchell

poetry and punk

Luther Hughes' debut poetry collection wrestles with the interior and exterior symbiosis of a gay Black man finding refuge from the threat of depression and death through love and desire

They smile with cigar stubsplugging the breach

” “A Diamond Guitar

and community

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