The Black Unicorn
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The Black Unicorn
| Full title | The Black Unicorn: Poems |
|---|---|
| Author | Audre Lorde |
| Published | 1978 |
| Pages | 134 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Audre Lorde’s 1978 poetry collection, drawing on West African cosmology and generally treated as the fullest statement of her poetic and political vision. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @SpencrGreenberg asking “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” (the thread, June 2025); the full list is on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
About this edition
The title is ambiguous: two fantasy novels also carry it — Terry Brooks’s 1987 Landover book and Tanith Lee’s 1991 Black Unicorn. On the list this line sits directly beneath A Room of One’s Own, which points at Lorde; but Lorde’s book is poetry, not the non-fiction the thread asked for, so treat the identification as provisional.
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Language of Discourse — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.