The Writer's Almanac from Thursday, June 27, 2013 "Autobiographia Literaria" by Frank O'Hara, from The Selected Poems of Frank O'Hara. © Vintage Books. ORIGINAL TEXT AND AUDIO - 2013 It's the birthday of poet Lucille Clifton, born in Depew, New York (1936). Her family descended from slaves; her father was a steelworker and her mother worked in a laundry. Her mother, though uneducated, was also a poet. She was once offered the chance to publish her poems, but her husband refused to let her. Clifton wrote about this in her poem "fury":
Thank you for including Lucille Clifton.
Please remember, when talking about Helen Keller, to refer to her decades of work on behalf of women and workers internationally.
Thank you for including Lucille Clifton.
Please remember, when talking about Helen Keller, to refer to her decades of work on behalf of women and workers internationally.