Alexis de Veaux
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde.
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. First printing. 0393019543 xviii/446 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in quarter maroon cloth and tan paper-covered boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Illustrated with four plates with b&w photos. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
Culled from the private writings of the black lesbian feminist poet, this chronicle of her uncompromising life covers Lorde's childhood in Harlem, her groundbreaking career as a poet, her advocacy for various causes, and her final ten years in St. Croix battling breast cancer.