Seductive with the simplicity of an atom, which is to say highly complex, explosive underneath an apparent quietude
Toni Morrison
Clifton was one of America's great poets, whose work throughout her lifetime was committed to chronicling and celebrating black lives. The honesty, joy, wisdom, and hope she brought to this task is regenerative
Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. Poet Laureate
Few poets have traversed such deserts, playgrounds and high castles of possibility in the briefest and seemingly effortless poetry. Her big-hearted work welcomes us and transports us with grace and mischief. It i ...
Professor Daljit Nagra, Brunel University London
Seductive with the simplicity of an atom, which is to say highly complex, explosive underneath an apparent quietude
Toni Morrison
Clifton was one of America's great poets, whose work throughout her lifetime was committed to chronicling and celebrating black lives. The honesty, joy, wisdom, and hope she brought to this task is regenerative
Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. Poet Laureate
Few poets have traversed such deserts, playgrounds and high castles of possibility in the briefest and seemingly effortless poetry. Her big-hearted work welcomes us and transports us with grace and mischief. It i ...
Professor Daljit Nagra, Brunel University London
Seductive with the simplicity of an atom, which is to say highly complex, explosive underneath an apparent quietude
Toni Morrison
Clifton was one of America's great poets, whose work throughout her lifetime was committed to chronicling and celebrating black lives. The honesty, joy, wisdom, and hope she brought to this task is regenerative
Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. Poet Laureate
Few poets have traversed such deserts, playgrounds and high castles of possibility in the briefest and seemingly effortless poetry. Her big-hearted work welcomes us and transports us with grace and mischief. It i ...