num_pages: 70
description: “This volume resonates with some of the finest poems Audre Lorde ever wrote: sinewy, lyrical, celebratory even in the face of death, and always political in the best sense. Now the poet is gone―but the work lives, and sings.” ―Robin Morgan This collection, 39 poems written between 1987 and 1992, is the final volume by "a major American poet whose concerns are international, and whose words have left their mark on many lives,” in the words of Adrienne Rich. Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was the author of ten volumes of poetry and five works of prose. She was named New York State Poet in 1991; her other honors include the Manhattan Borough President’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1994.
language: English
title: The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems, 1987-1992
titlecomplete: The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems, 1987-1992
genres: American, Feminism, Queer, Womens, African American, LGBT, African American Literature, Poetry, Lesbian
ratings_count: 397
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Poetry, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Poetry
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company