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The correspondence between Audre Lorde and Pat Parker, which began in 1974, offers a unique insight into their friendship and creative processes. Their letters reveal the personal and artistic evolution of two influential poets, highlighting their shared experiences and perspectives during a transformative era in literature and social justice. This collection serves as a testament to their bond and the impact of their voices in the literary world.

Focusing on the intersection of anger and racism, the book features Audre Lorde's influential lecture delivered at the 1981 National Women's Studies Association conference. It explores women's responses to racism while reflecting on the responsibilities of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. The introduction by Gordon, Orozco Mendoza, and Zane emphasizes the importance of historical context in shaping contemporary discourse. The work concludes with a sankofic interview that further analyzes these themes, enriching the conversation on social justice and radical feminism.

Ein Memoir von großer literarischer Kraft: Wer ‚Zami‘ liest, „hat das Gefühl, Audre Lorde erlebt und nicht nur intellektualisiert zu haben.“ New York Times Als Tochter karibischer Einwanderer wächst Audre Lorde im Harlem der vierziger Jahre heran. Eine Zeit, die sie eindrucksvoll und zutiefst poetisch heraufbeschwört. Ihre Erinnerungen sind geprägt von bedeutsamen Beziehungen zu Frauen – ihrer Mutter, Freundinnen, Geliebten –, von ihren Erfahrungen in der queeren New Yorker Subkultur aber auch von schmerzhaften Momenten der Ausgrenzung. Wie in einem Bildungsroman entwirft Lorde in ihrem literarischen Hauptwerk ein Porträt der Künstlerin als junge Frau, erzählt die Geschichte einer Selbstfindung: vom hochbegabten Mädchen zur brillanten Schriftstellerin und zur „Schwarzen, Lesbe, Feministin, Mutter, Dichterin, Kriegerin“.

»Ich bin Schwarz, lesbisch, Feministin, Kriegerin, Dichterin, Mutter.« So beschrieb sich Audre Lorde. Noch heute, knapp dreißig Jahre nach ihrem Tod, ist sie unvergesslich als Ikone des Schwarzen Feminismus und des Civil Rights Movement. Ein strahlendes Licht ist die perfekte Einführung in ihr Werk, versammelt es doch Lordes wichtigste Schriften zum Kampf gegen Rassismus, gegen die Unterdrückung von Frauen und für eine gesellschaftliche Anerkennung nicht-heterosexueller Beziehungs- und Familienstrukturen, Themen, die uns noch immer umtreiben. Und so gibt dieses Buch auch prägnante Antworten auf brennende Fragen unserer Zeit. Ein zentraler Text in diesem Band ist Lordes Bericht über ihre Krebserkrankung, die für sie zum Katalysator gegen jede Art von Unterdrückung wurde. Lorde lehnt sich auf gegen all jene, die die Stimmen derer, die sie als »anders« empfinden, zum Schweigen bringen wollen und feiert zugleich weibliche Stärke und Solidarität. Und all das tut sie mit Verve, mit Wut, mit lyrischer Präzision.

A definitive selection of Audre Lorde’s "intelligent, fierce, powerful, sensual, provocative, indelible" (Roxane Gay) prose and poetry, for a new generation of readers. Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. This essential reader showcases her indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, queer theory, and critical race studies in twelve landmark essays and more than sixty poems—selected and introduced by one of our most powerful contemporary voices on race and gender, Roxane Gay. Among the essays included here are: "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action" "The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House" "I Am Your Sister" Excerpts from the American Book Award–winning A Burst of Light The poems are drawn from Lorde’s nine volumes, including The Black Unicorn and National Book Award finalist From a Land Where Other People Live. Among them are: "Martha" "A Litany for Survival" "Sister Outsider" "Making Love to Concrete"

The Cancer Journals is an intimate, poetic and invigorating account of the experience of breast cancer, from biopsy to mastectomy, told by the great feminist and activist Audre Lorde. Moving between journal entry, memoir, and essay, Lorde fuses the personal and political to reflect on the many questions breast cancer raises- questions of survival, sexuality, prosthesis and self-care. It is a journey of survival, friendship, and self-acceptance.

Digte. A poetry collection that speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal and revenge, goddesses and warriors, ancient magic and contemporary America

Essays on the power of women, poetry and anger from the self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet'

"African american women writer Audre Lorde and poet Pat Parker first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidences through the mail. They sent each other handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards often with inserted items including articles, money, and video tapes. This book gathers this correspondence for readers to eavesdrop on Lorde and Parker as they discuss their work as writers as well as intimate details of their lives, including periods when each lived with cancer."--Publisher.

Your Silence Will Not Protect You collects the essential essays and poems of Audre Lorde for the first time, including the classic 'The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House'. A trailblazer in intersectional feminism, Lorde's luminous writings have inspired a new generation of thinkers and writers charged by the Black Lives Matter movement. Her lyrical and incisive prose takes on sexism, racism, homophobia, and class; reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope that remain ever-more trenchant today. Also a celebrated poet, Lorde was New York State Poet Laureate until her death; her poetry and prose together produced an aphoristic and incomparably quotable style, as evidenced by her constant presence on many Women's Marches against Trump across the world. This beautiful edition honours the ways in which Lorde's work resonates more than ever thirty years after they were first published.