Lucille Clifton's pride in being black and in being a woman helps her transform difficult circumstances into a qualified affirmation about the black urban world she portrays. She perceives in her own African heritage models for courage and endurance that...

Thelma Lucille Sayles Clifton was born in Depew, New York, on 27 June 1936 and was educated at Fredonia State Teachers College, Fredonia, New York, and at Howard University, Washington, D.C. She began composing poems and writing stories at an early age a...

Byline: CATHERINE KOZAK HATTERAS VILLAGE -- BY CATHERINE KOZAK THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT HATTERAS VILLAGE - Gloomy skies and a chilly drizzle at sunset Saturday were nothing compared with last year, when Hurricane Isabel ripped up this tight-knit fishing community. ...

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Sekou Sundiata, a Grammy-nominated poet whose work blurred the barriers between music, theater and literature, has died at the age of 58.The New York professor died Wednesday, of heart failure at Westchester Medical Center, said family spokeswoman April Silver.Sundiata performed his work on HBO's DEF...

Sekou Sundiata, a Grammy-nominated poet whose work blurred the barriers between music, theater and literature, has died at the age of 58.Sundiata, who taught writing at New School University, died Wednesday of heart failure at Westchester Medical Center, family spokeswoman April Silver said.Sundiata performed his...