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Malinowski, Sharon, ed. "(Thelma) Lucille Clifton." Black Writers. Detroit: Gale Research, Inc., 1994. 134 - 139.Founders Library
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Hine, Darlene C., ed. "Lucille Clifton." Black Women in America: an Historical Encyclopedia. V.1. New York: Carlson, 1993. 254 - 255.E185.86 B542 1993 v.1. Founders Libraries

Salzman, Jack, David L. Smith, and Cornel West, eds. "Thelma Lucille Clifton."  Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. V.2. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. 599 - 600. Founders Library. E185 E54 1996.

Smith, Jessie C., ed. "Lucille Clifton." Notable Black American Women: Book II. New York: Gale Research, 1996. 108 - 112. Founders Libraries. E185.96 N68 1996. 

Clifton, Lucille. "Lucille Clifton." The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry L. Gates Jr. and Nelly Y. McKay. New York: Norton & Company, 1997. 2219 - 2227. Ref PS508 N3 N67 1997 Founders Libraries

Smith, Valerie, ed.  “Lucille Clifton.”  African American Writers. V.1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2001.  123 - 134.
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Draper, James P., ed.  “Lucille Clifton.”  Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Most Significant Works of Black Authors over the Past 200 Years. V.1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.  458 - 469. PS153 N5 B556 1992, Founders Libraries

Clifton, Lucille. " A Simple Language." Black Women Writers: A Critical Evaluation, Ed. Mari Evans. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1984. 137-138. PS153 N5 B558 1984, Founders Libraries

Cluskey, Audrey T. " Tell the Good ." Black Women Writers : A Critical Evaluation, Ed. Mari Evans. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1984. 137-138. PS153 N5 B558 1984, HU Libraries

Madhubuti, Haki.  “Lucille Clifton: Warm Water, Greased Legs, and Dangerous Poetry.”  Black Women Writers: A Critical Evaluation, Ed. Mari Evans.  Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1984.  150 - 160. Founders Libraries. PS153 N5 B558 1984,

Clifton, Lucille. The Book of Light. Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 1993. Founders Libraries. PS3553.L45 B66 1993

Clifton, Lucille.  Good Times: Poems.  New York: Random House, 1969. Founders Libraries. PS3553.L45 G

Clifton, Lucille.  Good Women: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980.  Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1987. Founders Library PS3553 L45 G68 1987

Clifton, Lucille.  Next: New Poems.  Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1987. PS3553 L45 N4 1987 Founders Libraries

Clifton, Lucille.  Quilting: Poems, 1987-1990.  Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1991. M811.54 C613q 1991, Founders Libraries

Clifton, Lucille.  Two-Headed Woman.  Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980. PS3553 L45 T8, Founders Libraries