Great Regulars: Lucille Clifton was a woman with a halo.

She was a person of sweet humility and deep pride. I loved her warmth. I look to Clifton poems to understand family, life and death.

song at midnight

... do not

from E. Ethelbert Miller: E-notes: The Good Woman
also E. Ethelbert Miller: E-notes: For Ahmos Zu-Bolton
from E. Ethelbert Miller: E-notes: Goodbye Lucille

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And this is what I call language work. We need to make sure that poets or fiction writers, that we interact with politicians and others in terms of making sure that the language is always clean.

from E. Ethelbert Miller: American Public Media: Speaking of Faith: Black & Universal

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