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Published as the first volume of Sapphic Classics, *Crime Against Nature* gathers Minnie Bruce Pratt’s sharp, elegant poems that explore themes of loss, recovery, and the link between personal disenfranchisement and the oppression of minorities. With its focus on lesbian experience, feminist insight, and a strong, sensuous poetics, the collection has been recognized for extending both love poetry and feminist lesbian poetry. Pratt’s work is noted for its cadences of speech that capture the music of language, making the collection a significant contribution to American LGBTQ poetry and women’s literature.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Minnie Bruce Pratt
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