The quality of writing in Lorde's autobiography gives a good indication of how eloquent her essays and poetry are. Her accounts of growing up under the oppression of racism and grappling with her emerging status as a black, lesbian, feminist are wonderfully described and create an incredibly intimate portrait of a woman struggling to support and nourish herself while finding her identity. It is a very honest and human portrayal of a woman's journey of self-discovery and I would highly recommend it.

I'd only ever read Audre Lorde's poetry before. Black Unicorn is blisteringly brilliant but this autobiographical account of her life from childhood to truly belonging to herself as an adult is sublime. Thoughtful, funny, tender and at times angry, this is such a compelling read. I didn't want it to stop, I enjoyed it so much.