These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page. -Adrienne Rich The first declaration of a black, lesbian feminist identity took place in these poems, and set the terms-beautifully, forcefully-for contemporary multicultural and pluralist debate. -Publishers Weekly This is an amazing collection of poetry by … one of our best contemporary poets… . Her poems are powerful, often political, always lyrical and profoundly moving. -Chuckanut Reader Magazine What a deep pleasure to encounter Audre Lorde’s most potent genius … you will welcome the sheer accessibility and the force and beauty of this volume. -Out Magazine