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At the Gate

Lucille Clifton
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Black Feminism
Black woman poets
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Clifton poems
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Feminist Poetry
late poems
Poems on Loss.
Poems on motherhood
Poems on Women's History
rare poems
Social Commentary
unreleased
Women Authors

Product details

  • ISBN 9781960145970
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 28 May 2026
  • Publisher: BOA Editions, Limited
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

At the Gate gathers more than seventy previously unpublished poems by the iconic American poet Lucille Clifton written over the last two decades of her life. Discovered in digital archives by poet and scholar Kazim Ali, these poems span a prolific and reflective period in Clifton’s career as she shifted from typewriters to word processors and desktop computers. Many were originally drafted for publication, but set aside—until now.

Edited by Ali, this collection includes a contextual Foreword and detailed notes that illuminate Clifton’s late writing process and the editorial journey of these poems—deepening and expanding the themes that defined Clifton’s celebrated body of work. 

At the Gate is a profound and necessary addition to Clifton’s legacy—one that reaffirms her place as a poet of the body, the spirit, and the deep truths that we must endure—her voice as intimate, fearless, and luminous as ever.
About Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010) was an award winning poet, fiction writer, and author of children’s books. Her poetry collection, Blessing the Boats: New & Selected Poems 1988-2000 (BOA, 2000), won the National Book Award for Poetry. In 1988 she became the only author to have two collections selected in the same year as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, Good Woman (BOA), and Next (BOA). Among her many other awards and accolades are the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Frost Medal, and an Emmy Award. In 2013, her posthumously published collection The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (BOA), was awarded the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry.

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