{"product_id":"how-to-carry-water-selected-poems-of-lucille-clifton-9781950774159","title":"How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton","description":"Selected poems from celebrated poet Lucille Clifton's 50-year career selected by Whiting Award-winning poet Aracelis Girmay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucille Clifton (1936-2010) was an award winning poet, fiction writer, and author of children's books. Her poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eBlessing the Boats: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems 1988-2000 \u003c\/i\u003e(BOA, 2000), won the National Book Award for Poetry. In 1988 she became the only author to have two collections selected in the same year as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, \u003ci\u003eGood Woman: Poems and a Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 1987), and \u003ci\u003eNext: New Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 1987). In 1996, her collection \u003ci\u003eThe Terrible Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 1996), was a finalist for the National Book Award. Among her many other awards and accolades are the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Frost Medal, and an Emmy Award. In 2013, her posthumously published collection \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 2012), was awarded the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601352888594,"sku":"9781950774159","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69678cbf-c6f0-4ab1-997a-837ba52d8d37.jpg?v=1766485923","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-carry-water-selected-poems-of-lucille-clifton-9781950774159","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}