The evolution of Leukemia as a dream/ritual is subtle; however, Lucille Clifton shows the importance of every single word through her tedious drafting. Lucille Clifton — in Leukemia as a dream/ritual — translates the pain of cancer into the...

"You can walk in another’s shoes, the saying goes, but you cannot walk in his skin.” -Tracey Mishkin

Lucille Clifton is an author whose work brings forth attention to “forms of oppression such as the exploitation of women, people of colour, and...