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Our Dead Behind Us: Poems

by Audre Lorde · 1986

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As Marilyn Hacker has written, "Black, lesbian, mother, cancer survivor, urban woman: none of Lorde's selves has ever silenced the others; the counterpoint among them is often the material of her strongest poems."

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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thislesbianlesbianMore like thisLess of this
Themes
feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thisLGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 88 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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