The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde

The Black Unicorn by Audre LordeI have been womanfor a long timebeware my smileI am treacherous with old magicFilled with rage and tenderness, Audre Lorde's most acclaimed poetry collection speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal and revenge, goddesses and warriors, ancient magic and contemporary America. These are fearless assertions of identity, told with incantatory power. 'Audre Lorde writes as a black woman, a mother, a daughter, a lesbian, a

'A magnificent book

From the long-haired Petrosinella who escaped the tower and broke the spell that the ogress had cast over her and Nana Miriam who beat a hippo using politeness and magic

In addition to many short stories

'A book I could not put down' ANN PATCHETT

Or will their experience challenge every ounce of strength they possess

A darkly comic and unflinchingly raw depiction of a young woman trying to navigate her way in the world

where his deadlines were dependent on the bus schedule

including China

and peat itself

perfectly happy we are

As she traces her path from Irish immigrant to war correspondent and activist to eventually becoming the youngest-ever US Ambassador to the United Nations

Éamon de Valera