The Black Unicorn: Poems

Rich continues: "Refusing to be circumscribed by any simple identity, Audre Lorde writes as a Black woman, a mother, a daughter, a Lesbian, a feminist, a visionary; poems of elemental wildness and healing, nightmare and lucidity. Her rhythms and accents have the timelessness of a poetry which extends beyond white Western politics, beyond the anger and wisdom of Black America, beyond the North American earth, to Abomey and the Dahomeyan Amazons. These are poems nourished in an oral tradition, which also blaze and pulse on the page, beneath the reader's eye."

The Black Unicorn: Poems stands as a landmark collection that merges personal narrative with mythological resonance. This work explores themes of identity, resilience, and transformation through carefully crafted verse that challenges conventional perspectives. Each poem functions as both an intimate reflection and a universal statement, inviting readers to examine their own relationship with power, belonging, and self-definition. The collection's distinctive voice and thematic depth make it essential reading for those seeking poetry that operates on multiple levels of interpretation. A significant contribution to contemporary American letters.