Warrior Poet

By Alexis De Veaux

Subjects: New york (n.y.), biography, Feminists, Biography, African american authors, African American women poets, African American women, Lambda Literary Awards, American Poets, African American poets, Social reformers, Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ biography and memoir, African American lesbians, Stonewall Book Awards, Lesbian authors, collection:judy_grahn_award=finalist, Lesbians, Poets, biography

Description: Culled from the private writings of the black lesbian feminist poet, this chronicle of her uncompromising life covers Lorde's childhood in Harlem, her groundbreaking career as a poet, her advocacy for various causes, and her final ten years in St. Croix battling breast cancer. 15,000 first printing.