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Poetry Breaks; Poetry Breaks for Schools and Libraries: Lucille Clifton; Since you asked.., with Lucille Clifton
Part of New Television Workshop.
Emmy award-winning poet, Lucille Clifton, answers questions that students might typically ask a poet. The questions are: When did I start writing? When did I know I wanted to be a poet? Where do I get ideas? What do I write with? What is poetry anyway? Approximate date: 1993
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- Series
- Poetry Breaks
- Program
- Poetry Breaks for Schools and Libraries: Lucille Clifton
- Title
Since you asked.., with Lucille Clifton
- Series Description
2-5 minute filler programs with New England area writers reading their poetry. Poets include Martin Espada, Galway Kinnell, Sharon Olds. Series release date: 1988
- Program Description
This is one of three works designed for use in high schools. The tape features Lucille Clifton reading the following poems: “This Morning” “Turning” “In the inner city...” “Homage to My Hips” “The thirty eighth year...” Clifton introduces and comments on each work.
In a section entitled "Since You Asked," she answers the following questions: When did you start writing? What is a poet’s life like? What is poetry anyway? Where do your ideas come from?
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010
- Poetry
- Writing
- Genres
- Performance in a Studio
- Topics
- Literature
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Poetry Breaks; Poetry Breaks for Schools and Libraries: Lucille Clifton; Since you asked.., with Lucille Clifton,” GBH Archives, accessed April 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6DDB532C42764F1E8A256AAC452547B7.
- MLA: “Poetry Breaks; Poetry Breaks for Schools and Libraries: Lucille Clifton; Since you asked.., with Lucille Clifton.” GBH Archives. Web. April 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6DDB532C42764F1E8A256AAC452547B7>.
- APA: Poetry Breaks; Poetry Breaks for Schools and Libraries: Lucille Clifton; Since you asked.., with Lucille Clifton. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6DDB532C42764F1E8A256AAC452547B7