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General Information:
Full Name: Lucille Clifton
Biography:
(1936-2010) Poet. Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, and died in Baltimore, Maryland.
Author's Timeline:
1936 Erie County
Lucille Clifton was born Thelma Lucille Sayles in Depew, New York, on June 27, 1936.  
2010 (Unknown) County
Lucille Clifton died in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 13, 2010. 
2000 (Unknown) County
Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000
(Pub: BOA Editions, Ltd. ISBN: 188023887X ISBN-13: 978-1880238875)
Collection of poetry; winner of a National Book Award in 2000. 
1987 (Unknown) County
Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980
(Pub: BOA Editions Ltd. ISBN: 0918526590 ISBN-13: 978-0918526595)
Collection of poetry. 
1969 (Unknown) County
Good Times
(Pub: New York: Random House ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1980 (Unknown) County
Two-Headed Woman
(Pub: University of Massachusetts Press ISBN: 0870233106 ISBN-13: 978-0870233104)
Collection of poetry. 
1991 (Unknown) County
Quilting: Poems, 1987-1990
(Pub: BOA Editions, Ltd. ISBN: 0918526809 ISBN-13: 978-0918526809)
Collection of poetry. 
1992 (Unknown) County
The Book of Light
(Pub: Copper Canyon Press ISBN: 1556590520 ISBN-13: 978-1556590528)
Collection of poetry. 
1955 Chautauqua County
Ms. Clifton attended Fredonia State Teachers College in Fredonia, New York, in 1955. 
1995 New York County
Ms. Clifton was Visiting Professor at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, from 1995 to 1999. 
1976 (Unknown) County
Generations: A Memoir
(Pub: New York: Random House ISBN: 039446155X ISBN-13: 978-0394461557)
Memoir. 
2008 (Unknown) County
Voices
(Pub: Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd. ISBN: 1934414115 ISBN-13: 978-1934414118)
Collection of poetry. 
2004 (Unknown) County
Mercy
(Pub: Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd. ISBN: 1929918542 ISBN-13: 978-1929918546)
Collection of poetry. 
1996 (Unknown) County
The Terrible Stories
(Pub: Brockport, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd. ISBN: 1880238365 ISBN-13: 978-1880238363)
Collection of poetry. 
1958 Erie County
Ms. Clifton worked in the New York State Division of Employment in Buffalo, New York from 1958 to 1960. 
1953 Erie County
Ms. Clifton graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School in Buffalo, New York, in 1953. 
? Erie County
As a child, Ms. Clifton lived in Buffalo, New York. 

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