num_pages: 489
description: "These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page."—Adrienne Rich "The first declaration of a black, lesbian feminist identity took place in these poems, and set the terms—beautifully, forcefully—for contemporary multicultural and pluralist debate."—Publishers Weekly "This is an amazing collection of poetry by . . . one of our best contemporary poets. . . . Her poems are powerful, often political, always lyrical and profoundly moving."—Chuckanut Reader Magazine "What a deep pleasure to encounter Audre Lorde's most potent genius . . . you will welcome the sheer accessibility and the force and beauty of this volume."—Out Magazine
language: English
title: The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
titlecomplete: The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
genres: Social Justice, LGBT, Womens, Queer, Poetry, Race, Classics, Feminism, Nonfiction, African American
ratings_count: 3429
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company