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Cheryl Clarke


Born
in Washington DC, The United States
May 16, 1947

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Genre
Poetry, Gay and Lesbian


Cheryl L. Clarke is a lesbian poet, essayist, educator and a Black feminist community activist: she lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, and Hobart, New York. With her life partner, Barbara Balliet, she is co-owner of Bleinheim Hill Books, a used and rare bookstore in Hobart.

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Average rating: 4.51 · 6,855 ratings · 826 reviews · 52 distinct works • Similar authors
Living as a Lesbian: Poetry
4.17 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions
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Experimental Love: Poetry
4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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The Days of Good Looks: The...
4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
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Narratives: Poems in the Tr...
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By My Precise Haircut
4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions
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Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry
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Vivendo como uma lésbica
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Archive of Style: New and S...
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Dump Trump: Legacies of Res...
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Riley The Runner
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