Lorde, Audre

Summary: "First published over forty years ago, The Cancer Journals is a startling, powerful account of Audre Lorde's experience with breast cancer and mastectomy. Long before narratives explored the silences around illness and women's pain, Lorde questioned the rules of conformity for women's body images and supported the need to confront physical loss not hidden by prosthesis. Living as a "black,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LORDE, AUDRE LOR

Harjo, Joy

Summary: In this lyrical meditation about the why of writing poetry, Joy Harjo reflects on significant points of illumination, experience, and questioning from her fifty years as a poet. Comprised of intimate vignettes that take us through the author's life journey as a youth in the late 1960s, a single mother, and a champion of Native nations, this book offers a fresh understanding of how poetry...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.9 HAR

Merrell, Billy

Summary: "Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston became a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HUG