Lucille Clifton talks of her books of poems, including "Good Times"

Former Maryland poet laureate Roland Flint hosts Lucille Clifton, who won the National Book Award for Blessing of the Boats. Flint and Clifton discuss her work.
Clifton reads "Good Times," which was the title poem of her first book, published in 1969; "The 1st" (about an eviction); "flowers"; "lucy one eye"; "forgiving my father"; an untitled poem beginning "cruelty"; "crabbing: the poet crab speaks"; "Samson predicts the Philadelphia fires from Gaza"; "What the Mirror said"; and "carved on a gravestone in a southern baptist churchyard." Many of those poems are collected in her books Good Woman, a few are from Next, and several others were in manuscript at the time of the taping.
This show first aired in September, 1991.
For more information about "The Writing Life" and HoCoPoLitSo (the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society), visit www.hocopolitso.org.

[@41yearoldnewdriver]

I love Lucille Clifton! I have to get her memoir, Good Woman and read it. I write poetry, I'm writing a memoir and I write for teenagers.

[@Neferkit1]

I miss her. My teacher, my mentor, my friend.

[@gloriamitchell3518]

Wonderful, wonderful.

[@vivianagamino3831]

Love this interview, I've watched it nearly 10 times now

[@lilliannieswender266]

Such a lovely lady, I wish she was still with us.

[@hocopolitso]

We were lucky to have Lucille Clifton as an artistic advisor and a guest reader spanning thirty-five years. She was a national treasure, and we miss her every day. Her poems pop up in my mind so frequently ("wishes for sons," "blessing the boats," "won't you celebrate with me," "lesson of the falling leaves," that I like to think of her whispering in my ear. Thank you for appreciating her!

[@lolam.5062]

Oh but she is❤🎉

[@mesamies123]

Lucille Clifton: ❤❤

[@rievans57]

If I knew where poems came from I would go get them, I couldn't agree more.

[@tomhill7729]

TA Hill, a pleasure, both of you.

[@MsCassie272]

Beautiful

[@vbiakte]

10:42 “Forgiving my Father”

[@TTTCubed712]

Thank you.

[@poetryprose4810]

This woman should be Famous.

[@fayebradford5763]

Seem like you know her!

[@flightoftheeights]

YHWH

[@reginaldfairfield]

I have listened to her read "Good Times" at least 10x!
PLEASE! 😍😍🥹

[@hocopolitso]

Isn't she just amazing? I would love to have been a fly on the wall in that kitchen where everyone was dancing.