The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems: 1987-1992 (First Edition)

Lorde, Audre

ISBN 10: 0393035131 / ISBN 13: 9780393035131

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1993

About this Item

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on jacket flap ($18.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy with no faults. Octavo, viii + 60 pages. Russet cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. A collection of late poems confronting mortality, legacy, and social justice, written during Audre Lorde s final years. Lorde (1934 1992) was an American poet, essayist, and activist, known for her influential works on race, gender, and sexuality, including "The Black Unicorn" and "Sister Outsider." "The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance" is her final poetry collection, published posthumously.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems: 1987-1992 (First Edition)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393035131
• ISBN 13: 9780393035131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

This collection, 39 poems written between 1987 and 1992, is the final volume by "a major American poet whose concerns are international, and whose words have left their mark on many lives," in the words of Adrienne Rich.

About the Author

Audre Lorde (1934-1992) published eleven volumes of poetry and five works of prose. Her constellation of honors includes honorary doctorates from Hunter, Oberlin, and Haverford colleges.