Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000

Selections from Clifton's previous collections have been widely anthologized and adapted for everything from college curriculums to rock music. Clifton was recently named a Chancellor for The Academy of American Poets. BOA's best-selling and most honored author: The Terrible Stories : #1-880238-37-3 (7,844 copies) Quilting: Poems 1987-1990 : #0-918526-81-8 (14,157 copies) Next: New Poems : # 0-918526-81-8 (8,108 copies) Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980:: #0-981526-59-0 (14,748 copies) This includes 20 new poems.