In January, 2012 NPR books declared, "If you only read one poetry book in 2012, The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, out in September from BOA, ought to be it. This landmark book collects all the published poems of this major poet, plus a handful of unpublished ones, edited by the poets Kevin Young and Michael Glaser with an introduction by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison."
- Landmark volume by winner of National Book Award, Frost Medal, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and one of America's most beloved poets, Lucille Clifton.
- Contains all of Lucille Clifton's published poems.
- Contains 55 previously unpublished poems culled from Clifton's archives at Emory University.
- Foreword by Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison.
- Priced low to keep the collection available to all buyers.
- Blurbs from Maya Angelou and W.S. Merwin.
- Co-edited with an Afterword by celebrated African American poet Kevin Young.
- Co-edited by former Maryland Poet Laureate and Lucille Clifton's longtime friend and assistant Michael S. Glaser.