In her letter to Pat Parker, Evelynn Hammonds emphasizes the radical black feminist literature being created on the topic of “woman-bonding.” Hammonds defines woman-bonding as a certain romantic and intimate relationship shared between black women. Her reason for writing to Pat Parker is to solicit her input in generating an anthology of interviews with black female authors regarding black lesbianism in literature. In a sense, Hammonds hopes to create an archive on black woman-bonding which is interesting as this letter is in an archive for Pat Parker, a known black lesbian feminist. Hammonds begs the question “What do black women who love women want to call themselves?” She cites authors like Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, Alexis DeVeaux, and Ntozake Shange as black female writers who have explored black homosexuality in their literature. In her biomythography Zami: A New Spelling of my Name, Lorde offers an interesting perspective on why she is attracted to women: “I would like to enter a woman the way any man can, and to be entered--to leave and to be left--to be hot and hard and soft all at the same time in the cause of our loving” (7). Lorde notes there is power in the duality of having sexual relations with someone of the same biological gender. It appears that when Lorde is with a woman, she feels that she has the components of both woman and man, feminine and masculine. Hammonds exploration of black woman-bonding suggests that voices like Lorde’s are in demand to be heard. There are black women out in the world who are looking for literature that relates to their experience and Hammonds wants to better understand said pieces. Hammonds goes on to point out that perhaps the term “lesbian” is not the appropriate choice for relations between black women and thus she offers “woman-bonding.” She is eager to find out what is the proper name for this intimacy and is it unique from the homosexuality that already exists. Hammonds concludes by acknowledging that black female writers, like Parker, are important radical thinkers as their thoughts greatly impact a broader mass of black women.