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Living as a Lesbian

Living as a Lesbian

Clarke, Cheryl

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Series: Sapphic Classic

Black American StudiesGeneral PoetryGLBTQIA Studies

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ISBN10: 193833406X
ISBN13: 9781938334061
Publisher: Sinister Wisdom
Published: Jan 15 2014
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Living as a Lesbian is Cheryl Clarke's paean to lesbian life. Filled with sounds from her childhood in Washington, DC, the riffs of jazz musicians, and bluesy incantations, Living as a Lesbian sings like a marimba, whispering i am, i am in love with you.

Living as a Lesbian chronicles Clarke's years of literary and political activism with anger, passion, and determination. Clarke mourns the death of Kimako Baraka ( sister of famous artist brother ), celebrates the life of Indira Gandhi, and chronicles all kinds of disasters-- natural and human-made. The world is large in Living as a Lesbian but also personal and intimate. These poems are closely observed and finely wrought, with Clarke's characteristic charm and wit shining throughout.

In 1986, Living as a Lesbian captured the vitality and volatility of the lesbian world; today, in a world both changed and unchanged, Clarke's poems continue to illuminate our lives and make new meanings for Living as a Lesbian.

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