Despite the success of these volumes, it was the release of "Coal" in 1976 that established Lorde as an influential voice in the Black Arts Movement, and the large publishing house behind it – Norton – helped introduce her to a wider audience. The volume includes poems from both "The First Cities" and "Cables to Rage", and it unites many of the themes Lorde would become known for throughout her career: her rage at racial injustice, her celebration of her black identity, and her call for an intersectional consideration of women's experiences. Lorde followed "Coal" up with "Between Our Selves" (also in 1976) and "Hanging Fire" (1978).