{"product_id":"a-burst-of-light-and-other-essays-lorde","title":"A Burst of Light: and Other Essays by Audre Lorde","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBy Audre Lorde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lorde's words - on race  cancer  intersectionality  parenthood  injustice - burn with relevance 25 years after her death.\" - O  The Oprah Magazine  Winner of the 1988 Before Columbus Foundation National Book Award  this path-breaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities that nurture our spirit. Lorde announces the need for a radical politics of intersectionality while struggling to maintain her own faith as she wages a battle against liver cancer. From reflections on her struggle with the disease to thoughts on lesbian sexuality and African-American identity in a straight white man's world  Lorde's voice remains enduringly relevant in today's political landscape.  Those who practice and encourage social justice activism frequently quote her exhortation  \"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence  it is self-preservation  and that is an act of political warfare.\" In addition to the journal entries of \"A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer \" this edition includes an interview  \"Sadomasochism: Not About Condemnation \" and three essays  \"I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities \" \"Apartheid U.S.A. \" and \"Turning the Beat Around: Lesbian Parenting 1986 \" as well as a new Foreword by Sonia Sanchez.   \"You don't read Audre Lorde  you feel her.\" - Essence  \"Lorde's timeless prose in this collection provides contemporary social justice warriors the language  strategies  and lessons around resistance  through the power of intersectionality  a Pan-African vision  and - ultimately - through the power of love and radical self-care.\" - NBC News  \"When I don't know what to do  I turn to the Lorde.\" - Alexis Pauline Gumbs  Bitch Media  \"Whenever my mind is heavy with questions and my heart thirsts for nourishment  I turn to the writing of Audre Lorde. Every time I revisit the words of Audre Lorde  I marvel over how relevant they continue to be.\" - AfterEllen.com \"The self-described black feminist lesbian mother poet used a mixture of prose  theory  poetry  and experience to interrogate oppressions and uplift marginalized communities. She was one of the first black feminists to target heteronormativity  and to encourage black feminists to expand their understanding of erotic pleasure. She amplified anti-oppression  even as breast cancer ravaged her ailing body.\" - Evette Dionne  Bustle Magazine   \"This was my first time reading Audre Lorde (finally!) and now I can't wait to devour everything she ever wrote. This was the kind of book that you end up highlighting so many great quotes  words you want to memorize  apply  breathe. Empowering read.","brand":"Lushena Books","offers":[{"title":"PAPERBACK","offer_id":52502325461272,"sku":"9798890961310","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"HARDCOVER","offer_id":52502325494040,"sku":"9798890961389","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/8203\/8296\/files\/9798890961310.jpg?v=1786282716","url":"https:\/\/lushenabooksinc.com\/products\/a-burst-of-light-and-other-essays-lorde","provider":"Lushena","version":"1.0","type":"link"}