It’s the Stacks’ Book Club Day, and we’re discussing Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton with returning guest, Tiana Clark. We discuss how Clifton welcomes audiences usually excluded from poetry and how her work still manages to have urgency 25+ years later. We also work through some of the poems that were challenging for us, and uncover some hidden meanings.

Be sure to listen to the end of today’s episode to find out what our May book club pick will be.

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Ep. 369 Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton — The Stacks Book Club (Tiana Clark)