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No Language Is Neutral

by Dionne Brand · 1990

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A joyful, imagistic discovery of woman as speaker and subject. As a woman, a black, and a lesbian, Brand arrives at a rigorous and nakedly ruthless reclamation of the poetic.

Genre
LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thislesbianlesbianMore like thisLess of this
Themes
LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thisfeminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of thisCaribbeanCaribbeanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 56 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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