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In 1988, Clifton became the first author to have two books of poetry named finalists for one year's Pulitzer Prize. (The award dates from 1981, the announcement of finalists from 1980.) [ 22 ] She won the 1991/1992 Shelley Memorial Award , the 1996 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry , and for Blessing the Boats: New and Collected Poems 1988 ...
Zetta Elliott (born October 26, 1972) is a Canadian-American poet, playwright, and author. Her first picture book Bird, won many awards. [1] She has also been recognized for other contributions to children's literature, as well as for her essays, plays, and young adult novels.
National Book Award for Fiction winners, 1984 to present Year Author Title Ref 1984 Ellen Gilchrist: Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories: 1985 Don DeLillo: White Noise [22] 1986 E.L. Doctorow: World's Fair: 1987 Larry Heinemann: Paco's Story [23] 1988 Pete Dexter: Paris Trout: 1989 John Casey: Spartina: 1990 Charles Johnson: Middle Passage ...
I Can Read! is a line of beginning reading books published by HarperCollins.The series is rated by level and is widely used to teach children to read English. The first book in the series was Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear, published in 1957, and subsequent notable titles have included Amelia Bedelia and Frog and Toad.
Tyson reads "Three Wishes" by Lucille Clifton, a folktale about a girl who gets three wishes after finding a penny with her birth year on New Year's Day. Thomas, Kristofferson, and Coolidge sing "Circle of Friends" with their friends. Baby Brooks and Thomas bid each other farewell as they are taken away to live their own lives.
Published by William Morrow in 1995, [7] Most Way Home was selected by Lucille Clifton for the National Poetry Series and won Ploughshares ' John C. Zacharis First Book Award. [8] Writing in Ploughshares, Rob Arnold observes that in that first book Young "explores his own family's narratives, showing an uncanny awareness of voice and persona." [9]
December – Frank Munsey's The Argosy publishes its first all adult fiction issue, pioneering the pulp magazine genre in the United States. [8] December 5 – Connemara Public Library opens in Madras. December 10 – Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi (first published this Spring in Le Livre d'art) is premièred by the Théâtre de l'Œuvre in Paris.
Lucille Clifton ('Wii Nii Puun) [a] (1876–1962) was a leader of the Gitga'ata people, specifically the Laxsgiik (Eagle Clan). [2] She was designated a National Historic Person by the government of Canada on 4 July 2016. [3] Clifton took on a leadership role in the Hartley Bay community in approximately 1890.