The Book of Light

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Winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Blessing the Boats: New and Selected 1988-2000Lifetime achievements: Winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2017) and the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)Two-time Pulitzer Prize for Poetry finalist (first author who had two books nominated the same year)Introduction by Ross GayAfterword by daughter, Sidney CliftonWith themes ranging from politics to war, comic books to the Bible, this text ages with grace and remains relevant and accessible even thirty years after its conceptionFun fact: Lucille was born Thelma Lucille Clifton and chose to go by "Lucille, " which in French means "light"Potential audiences: fans of Black female poets that speak to themes of the Black experience, motherhood, domestic abuse, and aging, readers who engage with American history, politics, and civil rights/social justice, readers familiar with Biblical, Greek mythology, and pop culture references (i.e. Superman)