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A  rapturous, life-affirming autobiographical novel by the 'Black, lesbian,  mother, warrior poet', it changed the literary landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Her work shows us new ways to imagine the world ... so many themes of Audre's work have endured' Renni Eddo Lodge, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I came across Audre Lorde's \u003ci\u003eZami\u003c\/i\u003e, and I cried to think how lucky I was to have found her. 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These are fearless assertions of  identity, told with incantatory power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Audre Lorde writes as a  black woman, a mother, a daughter, a lesbian, a feminist, a visionary;  poems of elemental wildness and healing, nightmare and lucidity ...  which blaze and pulse on the page' Adrienne Rich\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201585283250,"sku":"9780241396865","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241396865_67a5a8a1-52a7-44ea-ba46-a1da3aa31a94.jpg?v=1786012360"},{"product_id":"9780241410509","title":"Sister Outsider","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the  circle of this society's definition of acceptable women'.  Uncompromising, angry and yet full of hope, this collection of her  essential prose - essays, speeches, letters, interviews - explores race,  sexuality, poetry, friendship, the erotic and the need for female  solidarity, and includes her landmark piece 'The Master's Tools Will  Never Dismantle the Master's House'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The truth of her writing is as necessary today as it's ever been' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201638465714,"sku":"9780241410509","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241410509_a4458c5d-c525-43a7-b0c8-2b52b1d2e979.jpg?v=1786012520"},{"product_id":"9780241473153","title":"When I Dare to Be Powerful","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Women so empowered are dangerous'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female strength and solidarity, and a cry to speak out against those who seek to silence anyone they see as 'other'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56229123162485,"sku":"9780241473153","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241473153_429d5615-ec5c-42d7-a38e-5d06add02751.jpg?v=1786012519"},{"product_id":"9780241339725","title":"The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet', these soaring, urgent essays on the power of women, poetry and anger are filled with darkness and light. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56229436686709,"sku":"9780241339725","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241339725_4ae25dec-2582-47f3-ae76-64ac8331be5a.jpg?v=1786012474"},{"product_id":"9780241453506","title":"The Cancer Journals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brave, beautiful book that could double as a handbook to accompany anyone on their journey through cancer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJackie Kay, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cancer Journals \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eis an intimate, poetic and invigorating account of the experience of breast cancer, from biopsy to mastectomy, told by the great feminist and activist Audre Lorde.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving between journal entry, memoir, and essay, Lorde fuses the personal and political to reflect on the many questions breast cancer raises: questions of survival, sexuality, prosthesis and self-care. 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Mournful, celebratory, politically conscious, this early collection is a testament to Lorde’s beloved and hugely influential lyric voice, which faithfully captures the complex interiority of the self. These timeless poems resonate down the years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56231902380405,"sku":"9780241752418","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241752418_673b6726-309c-4080-a324-ff2ea37b8096.jpg?v=1786012303"},{"product_id":"9780486818993","title":"A Burst of Light","description":"\"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 MagazineA great American theorist of race, gender, living, and dying, poet and activist Audre Lorde created a body of work that was ahead of its time in its embrace of intersectionality. Lorde's writings have become increasingly influential since her death in 1992, contributing to the timeliness of her 1988 American Book Award-winning collection, A Burst of Light.From reflections on her struggle with cancer to thoughts on lesbian sexuality and African-American identity in a straight white man's world, Lorde's voice remains enduringly relevant. 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.\"When I don't know what to do, I turn to the Lorde.\" — Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Bitch Media","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290188231029,"sku":"9780486818993","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780486818993_c89d413b-ffe9-4022-8afa-bbcdaa5f4612.jpg?v=1786013800"},{"product_id":"9780995716223","title":"Your Silence Will Not Protect You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYour Silence Will Not Protect You\u003c\/em\u003e collects the essential essays and poems of Audre Lorde for the first time, including the classic ‘The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House’. 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Mournful, celebratory, politically conscious, this early collection faithfully captures the complex interiority of the self. With insight and great feeling, these poems explore racial and sexual politics, liberation and love; they are strongly autobiographical (including poems about Lorde’s children, her sister and her parents, as well as an elegy for a dear childhood friend). These timeless poems resonate down the years.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367894724981,"sku":"9780241782965","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241782965_d0988731-2a16-415f-9bcc-a85affd4d8f1.jpg?v=1786012716"},{"product_id":"the-letters-of-audre-lorde-and-pat-parker-1974-1989","title":"The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoets Audre Lorde and Pat Parker first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. 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