The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989
Introduction by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Edited by Julie R. Enszer
This edition of The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 is published exclusively by the87press for readers in the UK and Ireland, please visit Sinister Wisdom for everywhere else.
Poets Audre Lorde and Pat Parker first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidence through the mail. They sent each other handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards often with inserted items including articles, money, and videotapes.
The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 gathers this unique correspondence in which Lorde and Parker discuss their work as writers as well as the intimate details of their lives, including periods when each lived with cancer. These letters are a rare opportunity to glimpse inside the minds and friendship of two great twentieth century poets.
Introduction by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Edited by Julie R. Enszer
This edition of The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 is published exclusively by the87press for readers in the UK and Ireland, please visit Sinister Wisdom for everywhere else.
Poets Audre Lorde and Pat Parker first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidence through the mail. They sent each other handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards often with inserted items including articles, money, and videotapes.
The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 gathers this unique correspondence in which Lorde and Parker discuss their work as writers as well as the intimate details of their lives, including periods when each lived with cancer. These letters are a rare opportunity to glimpse inside the minds and friendship of two great twentieth century poets.
Introduction by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Edited by Julie R. Enszer
This edition of The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 is published exclusively by the87press for readers in the UK and Ireland, please visit Sinister Wisdom for everywhere else.
Poets Audre Lorde and Pat Parker first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidence through the mail. They sent each other handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards often with inserted items including articles, money, and videotapes.
The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 gathers this unique correspondence in which Lorde and Parker discuss their work as writers as well as the intimate details of their lives, including periods when each lived with cancer. These letters are a rare opportunity to glimpse inside the minds and friendship of two great twentieth century poets.
ISBN: 9781068644610
124 pages
Date published: 02/10/2024
Paperback
For Fans of Audre Lorde, Pat Parker, June Jordan, Dionne Brand
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was the author of ten volumes of poetry and five works of prose, including Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New, The Black Unicorn, and Zami: A New Spelling of My Name.
Pat Parker (1944-1989) was the author of five volumes of poetry, including Movement in Black, Jonestown & Other Madness, and Woman Slaughter.
