Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992)

Audre Geraldine Lorde (February 18, 1934 in Harlem, New York City - 1992) was a multi-faceted writer and activist. In her own words, she was a "black lesbian, mother, warrior poet". Her parents were from Grenada.

She died of cancer in 1992 after a 14 year struggle. She is famous for her poetic works (18 published books), for which she became State Poet of New York from 1991-1993.

The poems are by default sorted according to volume, but you can also choose to sort them alphabetically or by page views.

Miscellaneous
	Coal	7 Comments
	Hanging Fire	28 Comments
	The Black Unicorn	6 Comments
	Who Said It Was Simple	1 Comment
	Never To Dream Of Spiders	1 Comment
The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance, pub. by W.W. Norton & Co.
	Making Love To Concrete
The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance, publ. W.W. Norton
	Inheritance—His
	The Electric Slide Boogie