{"product_id":"sister-outsider-essays-and-speeches","title":"Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches","description":"Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature.\n\n“[Lorde's] works will be important to those truly interested in growing up sensitive, intelligent, and aware.”—The New York Times\n\nIn 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.\n\nThese 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 . . . ”\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1580911862\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1580911862.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lorde, Audre|Clarke, Cheryl\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43868580249661,"sku":"BVV.1580911862.G","price":8.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1580911862-0.jpg?v=1792620874","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/sister-outsider-essays-and-speeches","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}