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A burst of light : essays / by Audre Lorde.
LIBRA Special PS3562.O75 Z463 1988
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Van Pelt Library PS3562.O75 Z463 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lorde, Audre.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lorde, Audre.
- Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
- Poets, American.
- African American lesbians--Social conditions.
- African American lesbians.
- Breast--Cancer--Patients--United States--Biography.
- Breast.
- Breast--Cancer--Patients.
- United States.
- Feminists--United States--Biography.
- Feminists.
- American poetry--African American authors--Biography.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--African American authors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 134 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Firebrand Books, 1988.
- Summary:
- Black freedom fighter's strength and signifying words. Essays. 1989 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award.
- Contents:
- Sadomasochism: Not About Condemnation
- I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities
- Apartheid U.S.A.
- Turning the Beat Around: Lesbian Parenting 1986
- A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer.
- Notes:
- "Book and cover design by Mary A. Scott. Cover photo by Audre Lorde."
- Publisher's advertisements: [1] page at end.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0932379400
- 0932379397
- OCLC:
- 17619136
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