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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

· Sold by Crossing Press
4.2
18 reviews
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192
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About this ebook

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

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

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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4.2
18 reviews
A Google user
May 14, 2019
I do not believe I have words to describe this incredible book. It's such a vivid description of how hatred and vitriol are destructive. Racism, xenophobia, they need to end. This is a cry to every American, including myself to dig deep and confront our demons and use them to make positive changes that are healing for ourselves, our community, and future generations. I have begun to recognize and confront my own xenophobia, in the many forms it takes. I am trying to change. Read this book, it will change u.
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Ashley Kizlyk
January 4, 2019
Read it thoroughly and slowly. Take stock of Audres words. Try reading it aloud to feel the intentionality and power.
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A Google user
May 30, 2014
Thanks to everyone
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About the author

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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