Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000
poetry by Clifton
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Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000 is a poetry collection by Lucille Clifton. Clifton's work often explores themes of family, racism, and gender. She was born in 1936 and passed away in 2010. Her first book of poetry, Good Times, was published in 1969. Blessing the Boats was published in 2000 and received the National Book Award for poetry in that year.12
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