File, Digital Video

Lucille Clifton
Reading/Reception
4/14/00

Digital video captured from a Video8 tape containing footage Lucille Clifton's presentation on April 14, 2000 for Marygrove College's 11th Annual Contempoary American Authors Lecture.

The tape opens with a series of title cards. This event is hosted by Dr. Frank Rashid, who provides opening remarks and announces the new website for the program. Further remarks follow from Dr. Glenda Price. Dr. Mary Helen Washington the provides and introduction for Clifton.

Lucille Clifton then talks briefly about her role as a poet before doing a series of readings with commentary between each. She reads, "homage to my hips," "fury," "dying," "out of body," "slaveships," "amazons," "lumpectomy eve," "dialysis," "donor (to lex)," "praise song," "study the masters," "what i think when i ride the train," "jasper texas 1998," "How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning?...," "remembering the birth of lucifer," "whispered to lucifer," "lucifer understanding at last," "lucifer speaks in his own voice," "them and us," "moonchild," and "won't you celebrate with me." Dr. Rashid them makes some closing remarks as the recording fades out.