Much like her hit TV show, I Love Lucy, Americans in the 1950s fell in love with Lucy. Born in New York in 1911, Lucille Ball was always a natural performer. She danced in the chorus of Broadway shows
Everyone loved Lucy, the scheming, madcap redhead who ruled television for more than twenty years. In life, however, Lucille Ball presented a far more complex and contradictory personality than was ev
Follows the lives of two teenagers, Lucille and Arthur, as they struggle with the complex legacies inherited from their families, and journey together across Europe, hoping to make their own destinies
"The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 may be the most important book of poetry to appear in years."--Publishers Weekly"All poetry readers will want to own this book; almost everything is i
Writing and composing with honesty and humanism, Lucille Clifton is known for her themes of the body, family, community, politics, womanhood, and the spirit. While much of her work deals with the Afr
Widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanhood, spirituality, and mortality, poet Lucille Clifton has published ten volumes of poems since 1969 and has received numerous accolades f
"We can all be heroes" is the message of this picture-book biography series from #1New York Times Bestselling author Brad Meltzer. Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well
Watch Me explores the artist's quintessential style of expression and compiles the best images as seen and exhibited all over the world. The book covers shots from successful exhibitions such as Velat
In Wild Blessings, Hilary Holladay offers the first full-length study of Lucille Clifton's acclaimed poetry, drawing on a broad knowledge of the American poetic tradition and African American poetry i
The true, behind-the-scenes story of television's happiest couple, andHollywood's most tumultuous marriage.Fifty years ago the magical union of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz enthralled American audienc
A picture book biography of Lucille Mulhall, a Wild West performer in the early 1900s whose skills were as considerable as her male counterparts and who is often regarded as "the original cowgirl."
The behind-the-scenes story of television?s happiest couple, and Hollywood?s most tumultuous marriage The magical union of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz created I Love Lucy?the greatest, most enduring
Although countless books and articles have been written about Lucille Ball, most people know only the surface details of her personal life and some basic facts about her popular television series. Lu
As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exempl
Born in New York in 1900, Lortel was to move from her career as a Broadway actress to a career as an Off-Broadway theater producer, leading the Off-Broadway movement of the 1950s and 60s. Relying on t
