Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde7/7/2023 ![]() If you don’t have time to read the whole collection, focus on three of the well-known essays: “Poetry is Not a Luxury” – “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” – and “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism.” She was a recipient of many distinguished honors and awards, including honorary doctorates from Hunter, Oberlin, and Haverford Colleges, and was named New York State Poet (1991-1993). ” ABOUT THE AUTHORĪudre Lorde (1934-1992) published nine volumes of poetry and five works of prose. ![]() 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. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope. ![]() 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. ![]()
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