Audre Lorde was a poet, essayist, and novelist.  Her books include The First Cities (1968), Cables to Rage (1970), From a Land Where Other People Live (1972, National Book Award nominee), New York Head Shot and Museum (1974), Coal (1976), and The Black Unicorn (1976).  She died of breast cancer in 1992, and her collected poems were published in 1997.