This author defined poetry as a "vital necessity of existence" for women in "Poetry is Not a Luxury."
This author defined poetry as a "vital necessity of existence" for women in "Poetry is Not a Luxury." She linked the erotic with unexpressed female power in her essay "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power," and recounted her battle with breast cancer in her Cancer Journals. This author described growing up among a group of outcasts who called themselves "the Branded" in a book she termed a "biomythography." This author of the poetry collection The Black Unicorn wrote the essay "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House," as well as a book describing her decision to remove the letter Y from her first name. For 10 points, name this African-American feminist author of Sister Outsider and Zami: A New Spelling of My Name.
This author defined poetry as a "vital necessity of existence" for women in "Poetry is Not a Luxury."
Audre Lorde