[The poems in Good News About The Earth] makes a sister want to give witness…. [At] some or several points in the god/spell according to Sister Lucille any body must holler. This woman … this poet … knows Something Other. Something like a whole and crafted Blackself.

Each section of history (Heroes), today (Abt the Earth), and myth (Some Jesus) is as real and profound as the other.

"The Lost Baby Poem" is an unforgettable experience: a steel-drivin poem. (p. 77)

If I tried to describe in subtle or brazen magnificents how much this woman has affected me you probably would not believe. So do not believe. But read this book. Read this woman with reverence. She is no cheater. Lucille Clifton and Good News About The Earth will make you shake you head. Ain't nothing else to say. (pp. 77-8)

Angela Jackson, "Poetry: 'Good News about the Earth'" (reprinted...