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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Audre Lorde; Rudolph P Byrd; Johnnetta B Cole; Beverly Guy-Sheftall |
| ISBN: | 9780195341485 0195341481 |
| OCLC Number: | 259266625 |
| Awards: | American Library Association Stonewall Book Awards Honor Book, 2010. |
| Description: | xv, 280 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : create your own fire : Audre Lorde and the tradition of black radical thought / Rudolph P. Byrd -- Pt. I: From Sister outsider and A burst of light. The transformation of silence into language and action ; Sexism : an American disease in blackface ; Sadomasochism : not about condemnation : an interview with Audre Lord / Susan Leigh Starr ; I am your sister : black women organizing across sexualities ; Apartheid U.S.A. ; Turning the beat around : lesbian parenting 1986 ; A burst of light : living with cancer -- Pt. II: My words will be there. Eva's man by Gayl Jones : a review ; Self-definition and my poetry ; Introduction : Movement in black by Pat Parker ; My words will be there ; Foreword to the English edition of Farbe bekennen : Afro-deutsche frauen auf den spuren ihrer geschichte ; Preface to a new edition of Need : A chorale for black woman voices ; Poet as teacher-human as poet-teacher as human ; Poetry makes something happen ; My mother's mortar -- Pt. III: Difference and survival. Difference and survival : an address at Hunter College ; The first black feminist retreat : July 6, 1977 ; When will the ignorance end? : keynote speech at the National Third World Gay and Lesbian Conference, October 13, 1979 ; An address delivered as part of the "litany of commitment" at the March on Washington, August 27, 1983 ; Commencement address : Oberlin College, May 29, 1989 ; There is no hierarchy of oppression ; What is at stake in lesbian and gay publishing today : the Bill Whitehead Award ceremony, 1990 ; Is your hair still political? -- Pt. IV: Reflections. Audre Lord : my shero, my teacher, my sister friend / Johnnetta Betsch Cole ; Audre's voice / Alice Walker ; Lorde : the imagination of justice / bell hooks ; Remembering Audre Lorde / Gloria I. Joseph ; Epilogue : bearing witness : the legacy of Audre Lorde / Beverly Guy-Sheftall -- Chronology. |
| Series Title: | Transgressing boundaries. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Rudolph P. Byrd, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall. |
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"The editors of this abundant feast of a book remind us of the importance of [Audre Lorde's] work, which for 40 years has served as a foundation and catalyst for questions of identity, difference, power and social justice. There is much to ponder, discuss, teach and revere in this compilation."--Ms. Magazine
"I Am Your Sister is a collection for those who want and need to be introduced to Audre Lorde's thinking, and it is a great anthology for those who have read and been inspired by Lorde's writing all of their lives...a celebration, an honoring, and a thoughtful presentation of who Lorde was...an eye opener to how the struggles of past times continue to be what we grapple with today...a tool for survival--a teacher to help us realize our possibilities for change."--Feminist Review
"I Am Your Sister combines some of Lorde's most powerful essays with previously unavailable writings, as well as reflections on her work from other influential artists and activists."--S
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