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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

by Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

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Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature.

In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope. This commemorative edition includes a new foreword by Lorde-scholar and poet Cheryl Clarke, who celebrates the ways in which Lorde's philosophies resonate more than twenty years after they were first published.

These landmark writings are, in Lorde's own words, a call to "never close our eyes to the terror, to the chaos which is Black which is creative which is female which is dark which is rejected which is messy which is..."

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"[Lorde's] works will be important to those truly interested in growing up sensitive, intelligent, and aware." New York Times

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"[Sister Outsider is] another indication of the depth of analysis that black women writers are contributing to feminist thought." Barbara Christian, PhD, author of Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers

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"An eye-opener" Publishers Weekly

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A writer, activist, and mother of two, Audre Lorde grew up in 1930s Harlem. She earned a master's degree in library science from Columbia University, received a National Endowment for the Arts grant for poetry, and was New York State's Poet Laureate from 1991 to 1993. She is the author of twelve books, including Zami and The Black Unicorn. Lorde died of cancer at the age of fifty-eight in 1992.

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10/10 would recommend to any aspiring feminist who is interested in engaging with intersectionality politics in texts. Lorde, really is the mother of intersectional feminism and challenges traditional feminism by highlighting her struggle. Her writing will change your life and is a must read for my fellow women of color, and folks who want to be better allies and thinkers.

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ISBN:
9781580911863
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/01/2007
Publisher:
CROSSING PRESS
Pages:
190
Height:
.56IN
Width:
6.14IN
Thickness:
.50
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2007
UPC Code:
2801580911865
Foreword:
Cheryl Clarke
Author:
Audre Lorde
Subject:
Feminism
Subject:
Anthologies-Essays
Subject:
Lesbianism
Subject:
African-American women

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