Happy Monday, all you Loaded Questions readers. Last Friday, LL had a question about the author Audre Lorde which mentioned novels including “Zami” and “The Black Unicorn”. It was an instant get for me, because not only has Audre Lorde been covered at Loaded Questions, she was covered in the very first Loaded Questions. In the spirit of Audre Lorde, here’s 11 questions that I could very well see being asked on LL. If you want to stay afront of all things questions, subscribe today and get 11 questions daily. It might take 3,600 questions later, but something we ask here will probably come up later.
1. What flower names the 2003 debut novel of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which follows the Nigerian teenagers Kambili and Jaja?
2. "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts" is a 1976 book by what Chinese-American feminist?
3. In 2011, Toni Morrison wrote a play whose title character is what tragic Shakespearean character?
4. "Not like Cousteau with his assiduous team" describes the action of "Diving Into the Wreck", a work by what lesbian feminist poet, who also wrote "Twenty-One Love Poems" and "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"?
5. "Blood-Burning Moon", "Kabnis", and "Harvest Moon" which were featured in the collection "Cane" are works by what Harlem Renaissance poet?
6. What 1973 debut novel by Rita Mae Brown has a name that is slang for female genitals?
7. What 1974 book by Maya Angelou is a sequel to "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", describing Rita's life from 17 to 19?
8. American author and Jungian analyst Clarissa Pinkola Estés wrote the 1992 book "Women Who Run with the" what?
9. In the "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan, how does she describe the widespread unhappiness of women in the 1950s and early 1960s?
10. "Knoxville, Tennessee" and "Nikki-Rosa" are poems by what African-American poet, and who currently is a professor at Virginia Tech?
11. Effia and Esi are descended from the Asante woman Maame in what 2016 novel by Yaa Gyasi?
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1. What flower names the 2003 debut novel of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which follows the Nigerian teenagers Kambili and Jaja?
Purple Hibiscus
2. "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts" is a 1976 book by what Chinese-American feminist?
Maxine Hong Kingston
3. In 2011, Toni Morrison wrote a play whose title character is what tragic Shakespearean character?
Desdemona
4. "Not like Cousteau with his assiduous team" describes the action of "Diving Into the Wreck", a work by what lesbian feminist poet, who also wrote "Twenty-One Love Poems" and "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"?
Adrienne Rich
5. "Blood-Burning Moon", "Kabnis", and "Harvest Moon" which were featured in the collection "Cane" are works by what Harlem Renaissance poet?
Jean Toomer
6. What 1973 debut novel by Rita Mae Brown has a name that is slang for female genitals?
Rubyfruit Jungle
7. What 1974 book by Maya Angelou is a sequel to "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", describing Rita's life from 17 to 19?
Gather Together in My Name
8. American author and Jungian analyst Clarissa Pinkola Estés wrote the 1992 book "Women Who Run with the" what?
Wolves
9. In the "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan, how does she describe the widespread unhappiness of women in the 1950s and early 1960s?
The problem that has no name
10. "Knoxville, Tennessee" and "Nikki-Rosa" are poems by what African-American poet, and who currently is a professor at Virginia Tech?
Nikki Giovanni
11. Effia and Esi are descended from the Asante woman Maame in what 2016 novel by Yaa Gyasi?
Homegoing