Audre Lorde, Poetry Is Not a Luxury in Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches III. Poetry coins the language to express and charter this revolutionary demand, the implementation of that freedom. 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. The Black mother within each of us the poet whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free. 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. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde a UU reflection AudreLorde LGBT amreading As women, we have been taught either to ignore our differences, or to view them as. 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. “ works will be important to those truly interested in growing up sensitive, intelligent, and aware.”- The New York Times Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature.
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