Coal Author:Audre Lorde Coal is one of the earliest collections of poems by a woman who, Adrienne Rich writes, "for the complexity of her vision, for her moral courage and the catalytic passion of her language, has already become, for many, an indispensable poet." — Marilyn Hacker captures the essence of Lorde and her poetry: "Black, lesbian, mot... more »her, urban woman: none of Lorde's selves has ever silenced the others; the counterpoint among them is often the material of her strongest poems." « less