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The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Title | The Selected Works of Audre Lorde |
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Date | 2025-06-30 23:18:59 |
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Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
* Duration: 8 hours and 11 minutes *A definitive selection of Audre Lorde's inspirational and thought provoking poetry, for a new generation of listeners.Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in 20th-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer woman. This essential collection her in showcases her indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, queer-theory, and critical race studies in 12 landmark essays and more than 60 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 National 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 the poems included here are: ✥ 'Martha' ✥ 'A Litany for Survival' ✥ 'Sister Outsider'✥ 'Making Love to Concrete'©2020 The Estate of Audre Lorde; copyright 1988, 1986, 1984, 1982, 1978, 1976, 1974, 1973, 1970, 1968 by Audre Lorde (P)2021
Review
I have to admit one of my favorite Audre Lorde poems is on the theme of motherhood, “Progress Report.” You can find it in this new collection, out just last September—now with a foreword by Roxane Gay. It also includes the seminal essay, The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.