Overview
Region
Diaspora
USA
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Memoir
About This Work
Lorde's 'biomythography' of growing up Black, female, and queer in 1950s New York, through her relationships with women, her political awakening, and the Caribbean inheritance of her mother.
Literary Significance
Foundational text of Black feminist and queer theory; Lorde coined the phrase 'the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house'