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Lucille Clifton

How to Carry Water: Selected Poems

How to Carry Water: Selected Poems

A comprehensive collection of poetry by Lucille Clifton, celebrating her influential voice and exploration of womanhood, race, and identity.

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    “This book is etched in my soul. I find Clifton‘s poetry, deeply relatable as a woman, mother, and daughter. Simultaneously, as a white woman she gave me an intimate window into the story of being a Black woman in America. gorgeous.”

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