At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010 by Lucille Clifton

At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010

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At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010 by Lucille Clifton
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At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010

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At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010

by Lucille Clifton

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At the Gate gathers more than seventy previously unpublished poems by the iconic American poet Lucille Clifton written over the last two decades of her life. Discovered in digital archives by poet and scholar Kazim Ali, these poems span a prolific and reflective period in Clifton's career as she shifted from typewriters to word processors and desktop computers. Many were originally drafted for publication, but set aside--until now.

Edited by Ali, this collection includes a contextual Foreword and detailed notes that illuminate Clifton's late writing process and the editorial journey of these poems--deepening and expanding the themes that defined Clifton's celebrated body of work.

At the Gate is a profound and necessary addition to Clifton's legacy--one that reaffirms her place as a poet of the body, the spirit, and the deep truths that we must endure--her voice as intimate, fearless, and luminous as ever.
Book Details
Publisher:
BOA Editions
ISBN:
9781960145987
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
139
Authors:
Lucille Clifton
Published Date:
2026-04-14
Language:
English
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About Lucille Clifton

A National Book Award winner and the first Black woman to receive the Poetry Foundation's Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Lucille Clifton (1936–2010) was born in Depew, New York, and studied at Howard University. Her debut, Good Times (Random House, 1969), was a New York Times best book of the year. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000 (BOA Editions, 2000) won the National Book Award for Poetry. In 1988 she became the first writer to have two collections, Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980 and Next: New Poems (both BOA Editions, 1987), named Pulitzer Prize finalists in the same year. The Poetry Society of America awarded her the Robert Frost Medal in 2010.

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