The First Cities
New York: The Poets Press, 1968. First edition. [32] pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Minor handling wear, slight rust from staples.
The first book, becoming uncommon, by a major African-American poet. Introduction by Diane di Prima. As Lorde stated in a 1971 flyer for a series of readings and workshops sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, “I am Black, Woman, and Poet- fact, and outside the realm of choice. I can choose only to be or not be, and in various combinations of myself. And as my breath is a part of my breathing, my eyes of my seeing, all that I am is of who I am, is of what I do. The shortest statement of philosophy I have is my living, or the word ‘I.’”. Item #2651
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