Cover of Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980

Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980

Finalist, 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. "Lucille Clifton is one of the four or five most authentic and profound living American poets."—Denise Levertov

Subject
biography
Themes
feminismafrican americanracegender
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 276 pages
Form
poetry

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