by Audre Lorde
First published 1992
Haunting and intimate, Lorde's poems chart her coming of age, from the sensual rhythms of the city to the ache of family politics. Across five decades, her voice gathers power, with themes of love, anger, sexuality, and the body emerging with visceral clarity. This revised collection offers readers a rare window into the artistic choices that shaped a major American poet.
Genres: american-fiction, 20th-century, african-american, poetry, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: haunting, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: coming-of-age, emotional
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
224 pages · Paperback · W. W. Norton & Company