Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989

Pat Parker and Audre Lorde first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidences through the mail. They sent each other handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards often with inserted items including articles, money, and video tapes. Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 gathers this correspondence for readers to eavesdrop on Lorde and Parker. They discuss their work as writers as well as intimate details of their lives, including periods when each lived with cancer. Sister Love is a rare opportunity to glimpse inside the minds and friendship of two great twentieth century poets.

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Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989

Pat Parker and Audre Lorde first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidences through the mail. They sent each other handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards often with inserted items including articles, money, and video tapes. Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 gathers this correspondence for readers to eavesdrop on Lorde and Parker. They discuss their work as writers as well as intimate details of their lives, including periods when each lived with cancer. Sister Love is a rare opportunity to glimpse inside the minds and friendship of two great twentieth century poets.

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Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989

Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989

Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989

Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989

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Overview

Pat Parker and Audre Lorde first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidences through the mail. They sent each other handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards often with inserted items including articles, money, and video tapes. Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 gathers this correspondence for readers to eavesdrop on Lorde and Parker. They discuss their work as writers as well as intimate details of their lives, including periods when each lived with cancer. Sister Love is a rare opportunity to glimpse inside the minds and friendship of two great twentieth century poets.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781944981211
Publisher: Sinister Wisdom
Publication date: 02/01/2018
Series: Sapphic Classic
Sold by: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was the author of ten volumes of poetry and five works of prose, including Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New, The Black Unicorn, and Zami A New Spelling of My Name.

Pat Parker (1944-1989) was the author of five volumes of poetry, including Movement in Black, Jonestown & Other Madness, and Womanslaughter.

Table of Contents

Introduction Mecca Jamilah Sullivan 11

Letters 25

Editor's Note 115

Acknowledgments 117

Audre Lorde Partial Bibliography 119

Pat Parker Partial Bibliography 121

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