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    A Study Guide for Lucille Clifton's "The Luckiest Time of All"
    A Study Guide for Lucille Clifton's "The Luckiest Time of All"
    A Study Guide for Lucille Clifton's "The Luckiest Time of All"
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    A Study Guide for Lucille Clifton's "The Luckiest Time of All"

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    A Study Guide for Lucille Clifton's "The Luckiest Time of All," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535838153
    A Study Guide for Lucille Clifton's "The Luckiest Time of All"

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      A Study Guide for Lucille Clifton's "The Luckiest Time of All" - Gale

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      The Lucky Stone

      Lucille Clifton

      1979

      Introduction

      Lucille Clifton, a poet best known for her vibrant verse celebrating womanhood, was also an award-winning author of books for children and young adults. Her illustrated volume The Lucky Stone (1979) lets the reader listen over the shoulder of the young Tee as she enjoys stories told by her great-grandmother, who is in her seventies, about a lucky stone that has been passed along through several pairs of hands over more than a century. The book's last chapter is narrated by Tee, who tells of emotional trials in the year she turned fourteen. Presenting snapshot images of African American life since the days of slavery—brought to life through the nuanced pencil illustrations by Dale Payson—the book is a moving read. It has been listed in the Stories for Younger Children section of The Black Experience in Children's Literature, published by the New York Public Library in 1989, and in the Fiction for Older Readers: Family Stories section of the seventh edition of Best Books for Children: Preschool through Grade 6, published by John T. Gillespie in 2002.

      Author Biography

      Clifton was born Thelma Lucille Sayles on June 27, 1936, in Depew, New York. Her father was a steelworker, and her mother was a homemaker and laborer. She was raised in the Baptist church to which her father belonged, and spirituality would come to play a significant role in her life. Like her own mother and her first daughter, Lucille was born with twelve fingers—a rarity superstitiously associated with witchcraft—but the extra digits were removed in her infancy. Finding herself to have a sixth sense for the sacred, as an adult she underwent mystical experiences, and her poetry reflects her intimate familiarity with the myths of the Bible. When Lucille was five, the family moved to Buffalo, New York. Inspired by her mother's poetry and her own love of words, Lucille began writing poems at the age of ten. After completing high school, she earned a scholarship to attend Howard University, in Washington, D. C., where she met future luminaries such as the literary

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