The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989Poets Audre Lorde and Pat Parker first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidence through the mail. They sent each other handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards often with inserted items including articles, money, and videotapes. The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974 1989 gathers this unique correspondence in which Lorde

The book takes the form of a calendar of grief

while lust mingles with faith and celebrity in verse

There are curious stories: a parrot flies away but always returns to its master

and voyeurism by a writer Borges loved — only now in English translation

with WH Auden

reassuring and buoyant

a woman who births rabbits to changelings in the crib

life stories and musical styles of many remarkable musicians who played with stars like Louis Armstrong

interested in exploring the changing symbols of the natural world in literature

Ahmed Morsi’s first volume in English translation

‘that being in public is a dangerous thing’

This landmark publication of more than 300 poems reflects the sixty plus year publishing life of the late Leslie Norris