Lucille Clifton and W.S. Merwin

Lucille Clifton’s “poems are made with an unerring ear and a burning mind,” wrote Adrienne Rich. “There are very large psychological reaches within this taut, spare poetry.” Clifton is the author of Good Woman; Next; Blessing the Boats, winner of the National Book Award; and, most recently, Voices. “The intentions of [W.S.] Merwin’s poetry are as broad as the biosphere yet as intimate as a whisper,” wrote The Atlantic Monthly. “He conveys in the sweet simplicity of grounded language a sense of the self where it belongs, floating between heaven, earth, and the underground.” Merwin’s Migration: New and Selected Poems won the National Book Award in 2005. His new collection is Shadow of Sirius. Are You 35 or Younger? Buy tickets to any Reading Series or After