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Book of Light

- Anniversary Edition
Af: Lucille Clifton Engelsk Paperback

Book of Light

- Anniversary Edition
Af: Lucille Clifton Engelsk Paperback
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With a powerful introduction by 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 Book of Light opens with thirty-nine names for light, we soon learn the most meaningful name is Lucille—daughter, mother, proud Black woman. Known for her ability to convey multitudes in few words, Clifton writes into the shadows—her father’s violations, a Black neighborhood bombed, death, loss—all while illuminating the full spectrum of human emotion: grief and celebration, anger and joy, empowerment and so much grace. 

A meeting place of myth and the Divine, The Book of Light exists “between starshine and clay” as Clifton’s personas allow us to bear the world’s weight with Atlas and witness conversations between Lucifer and God. While names and dates mark this text as a social commentary responding to her time, it is haunting how easily this collection serves as a political palimpsest of today. We leave these poems inspired—Clifton shows us Superman is not our hero. Our hero is the Black female narrator who decides to live. And what a life she creates! “Won’t you celebrate with me?”
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With a powerful introduction by 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 Book of Light opens with thirty-nine names for light, we soon learn the most meaningful name is Lucille—daughter, mother, proud Black woman. Known for her ability to convey multitudes in few words, Clifton writes into the shadows—her father’s violations, a Black neighborhood bombed, death, loss—all while illuminating the full spectrum of human emotion: grief and celebration, anger and joy, empowerment and so much grace. 

A meeting place of myth and the Divine, The Book of Light exists “between starshine and clay” as Clifton’s personas allow us to bear the world’s weight with Atlas and witness conversations between Lucifer and God. While names and dates mark this text as a social commentary responding to her time, it is haunting how easily this collection serves as a political palimpsest of today. We leave these poems inspired—Clifton shows us Superman is not our hero. Our hero is the Black female narrator who decides to live. And what a life she creates! “Won’t you celebrate with me?”
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 96
ISBN-13: 9781556596780
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1556596782
Kategori: Etniske studier
Udg. Dato: 12 okt 2023
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 237mm
Højde: 157mm
Forlag: Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
Oplagsdato: 12 okt 2023
Forfatter(e): Lucille Clifton
Forfatter(e) Lucille Clifton


Kategori Etniske studier


ISBN-13 9781556596780


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 96


Udgave


Længde 15mm


Bredde 237mm


Højde 157mm


Udg. Dato 12 okt 2023


Oplagsdato 12 okt 2023


Forlag Copper Canyon Press,U.S.

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