Generations : a memoir
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Smith, Tracy K., writer of foreword.
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New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
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Forest Ave. Library - Biographies - Adult
B Clifton, L.
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
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Book
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87 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English

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"Buffalo. A father's funeral. Memory. In Generations, Louise Clifton's formidable poetic gift emerges in prose, giving us a memoir of stark and profound beauty. Her story focuses on the lives of the Sayles family: Caroline, "born among the Dahomey people in 1822," who walked north from New Orleans to Virginia in 1830 when she was eight years old; Lucy, the first black woman to be hanged in Virginia; and Gene, born with a withered arm, the son of a carpetbagger and the author's grandmother. Lucille Clifton tells us about the life of an African-American family through slavery and hard times and beyond, of the death of her father and grandmother, but also of all the life and love and triumph that came before and remains even now. Generations is a powerful work of determination and affirmation. "I look at my husband," Clifton writes, "and my children and I feel the Dahomey women gathering in my bones.""--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Clifton, L., & Smith, T. K. (2021). Generations: a memoir . New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010 and Tracy K., Smith. 2021. Generations: A Memoir. New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010 and Tracy K., Smith. Generations: A Memoir New York Review Books, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Clifton, Lucille, and Tracy K. Smith. Generations: A Memoir New York Review Books, 2021.

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