The site American Passages: A Literary Survey, includes brief background on Audre Lorde. Open up the Author Questions on the page to spark analytical thinking about Coal and Black Mother Woman.
Two individual interpretations of Coal are offered in different blogs:
The following video provides a reading of Coal.
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- Audre Lorde, Poems. Authored by: Susan Oaks. Project: American Literature 1865-Present Resources. License: CC BY: Attribution
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- video Readings: Coal by Audre Lorde. Authored by: Troi Towel. Provided by: #ReadSoulLit. Located at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSttnhHzDjg. License: Other. License Terms: YouTube video
