Audre Lorde

‘Si no me definiera a mí misma por mí misma, me meterían en las fantasías de los demás para mí y me comerían viva’ Una niña negra abre los ojos en el Harlem de los años treinta. A su alrededor, un em

En aquesta col·lecció de quinze assajos i discursos, Lorde aborda el sexisme, el racisme, la discriminació per edat, l homofòbia i la classe social, i proposa la diferéncia social com a vehicle per a

A trailblazer in intersectional feminism, Lorde's luminous writings have inspired a new generation of thinkers and writers charged by the Black Lives Matter movement. Her lyrical and incisive prose takes on sexism, racism, homophobia, and class; reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope that remain ever-more trenchant today. Also a celebrated poet, Lorde was New York State Poet Laureate until her death; her poetry and prose together produced an aphoristic and incomparably quotable style, as evidenced by her constant presence on many Women's Marches against Trump across the world. This beautiful edition honours the ways in which Lorde's work resonates more than ever thirty years after they were first published.

De la mano de Audre Lorde "mujer, negra, poeta, feminista, madre, lesbiana, amante, guerrera" nos sumergimos en Los diarios del cáncer, publicado por primera vez en 1981. Este íntimo diario pone en evidencia como la escritura puede ser una preciada herramienta ante una crisis: permite revelar lo que duele, nombrar el sentir mas desgarrador a traves de la accion poetico-politica que implica decir, llevar a la palabra, inteligible para otras, lo que se hace alquimia en el cuerpo. Porque la palabra es la primera experiencia comun. Y, desde ese gesto de desandar el silencio, Audre propone una cercania que convierte su vivencia en la de una voz colectiva.Su esplendida poetica nos sumerge en su proceso de mastectomia. En las notas del diario personal que lleva en ese tiempo de su vida, Audre desovilla un dolor lacerante, nos invita a no quitarle la mirada al sufrimiento, a ese que habita en cada una de nosotras en forma de memoria-cuerpo. Y se zambulle en el analisis de lo que este cancer le regala, como una oportunidad: acercarse a las potencias del autocuidado personal y colectivo, del cuerpo como territorio politico, de la importancia de no ignorar lo que nos distingue como mujeres feministas, del poder de lo erotico, del amor lesbico y de lo indispensable que es la contencion de un calido circulo en el cuidado de un cuerpo enfermo. Entrar en este diario es acompañarla en su incesante lucha desbordada de poesia: memorias a veces agonicas, pero cargadas de una profunda dulzura y amor hacia la vida, de una espiritualidad que se va reconociendo cada vez mas con sus raices afrocaribeñas, una conexion llena de fuerza y sabiduria que la sostiene hasta el final de sus dias.

La autora reivindica la subjetividad de los marginados o excluidos por diferentes regímenes de opresión en los que se interrelacionan la homofobia, el racismo, el clasismo y el machismo. Reflexiones sobre la maternidad lesbiana, las relaciones entre la política, la economía y la salud de las mujeres y las limitaciones del mundo académico como espacio de reivindicación y denuncia.

Publicado originalmente em 1982 e até então inédito em português, este livro de Audre Lorde — poeta, ensaísta e ativista negra e lésbica — narra os primeiros passos de sua jornada até a "casa de si m

Els diaris del càncer és un text breu però d’una enorme densitat que s’endinsa en els clarobscurs emocionals d’Audre Lorde, una poeta i militant feminista afroamericana, nascuda al barri de Harlem de

I have been womanfor a long timebeware my smileI am treacherous with old magicFilled with rage and tenderness, Audre Lordes most acclaimed poetry collection speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal and revenge, goddesses and warriors, ancient magic and contemporary America. These are fearless assertions of identity, told with incantatory power.

Si no me definiera a mí misma por mí misma, me meterían en las fantasías de los demás para mí y me comerían viva Una niña negra abre los ojos en el Harlem de los años treinta. A su alrededor, un embriagador remolino de transeuntes, bocinas de coches, lamparas de queroseno, la caida de la bolsa, platanos fritos, historias de la Granada natal de sus padres. Caminando a la escuela publica por las aceras nevadas, se da cuenta de que tiene la lengua trabada, que es legalmente ciega y que sus hermanas mayores la han dejado atras. Sigue dando tumbos a traves del dolor y la soledad de la adolescencia, pero luego hacia la felicidad en la amistad, el trabajo y el sexo, desde Washington Heights hasta Mexico, siempre cambiando, siempre fuerte. Esta es la historia de Audre Lorde. Un relato arrebatador que alienta la vida, sobre la independencia, el amor, el trabajo, la fuerza, la sexualidad y el cambio. Su primera y unica novela, clasificada como una biomitografia, pues combina el mito, la historia y la biografia para detallar sus experiencias navegando por la vida como lesbiana negra en el Estados Unidos de los años cincuenta.

Zami: A Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and loversZami is a fast-moving chronicle. From the authors vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lordes work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization. It keeps unfolding page after page.Off Our BacksAmong the elements that make the book so good are its personal honesty and lack of pretentiousness, characteristics that shine through the writing bespeaking the evolution of a strong and remarkable character.The New York Times

Women so empowered are dangerousWritten with a black womans 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.One 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.

A brave, beautiful book that could double as a handbook to accompany anyone on their journey through cancerJackie Kay, New StatesmanThe Cancer Journals is 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.Moving 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. It is a journey of survival, friendship, and self-acceptance. Grief, terror, courage, the passion for survival and for more than survival, are here in the searchings of a great poetAdrienne RichThis book teaches me that with one breast or none, I am still meAlice Walker

I am Black because I come from the earths insidenow take my word for jewel in the open light. Impassioned and profound, the poems in Coal showcase Audre Lorde in all her dazzling elegance and multiplicity. 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 Lordes children, her sister and her parents, as well as an elegy for a dear childhood friend). These timeless poems resonate down the years.

One of the BBCs 100 Novels That Shaped Our WorldIf I didnt define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other peoples fantasies for me and eaten aliveA little black girl opens her eyes in 1930s Harlem, weak and half-blind. On she stumbles - through teenage pain and loneliness, but then to happiness in friendship, work and sex, from Washington Heights to Mexico, always changing, always strong. This is Audre Lordes story. A rapturous, life-affirming autobiographical novel by the Black, lesbian, mother, warrior poet, it changed the literary landscape.Her work shows us new ways to imagine the world ... so many themes of Audres work have endured Renni Eddo Lodge, author of Why Im No Longer Talking to White People About RaceI came across Audre Lordes Zami, and I cried to think how lucky I was to have found her. She was an inspiration Jackie Kay

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksI am Black because I come from the earths insidenow take my word for jewel in the open light. Impassioned and profound, the poems in Coal showcase Audre Lorde in all her dazzling elegance and multiplicity. Mournful, celebratory, politically conscious, this early collection is a testament to Lordes beloved and hugely influential lyric voice, which faithfully captures the complex interiority of the self. These timeless poems resonate down the years.

"Noire, lesbienne, mère, guerrière, poétesse", c’est ainsi que se présentait Audre Lorde (1934-1992), grande poétesse militante afro-américaine. Présentée ici dans une édition bilingue, cette Merveil

Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. [Lordes] works will be important to those truly interested in growing up sensitive, intelligent, and aware.The New York Times In 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 Lordes philosophies resonate more than twenty years after they were first published. These landmark writings are, in Lordes 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 . . .

Une ode à la sororité, un éloge de lamitié entre femmes à travers une correspondance inédite entre deux poétesses incontournables.À la fin des années 1960, les deux poétesses Pat Parker et Audre Lord

Une ode à la sororité, un éloge de lamitié entre femmes à travers une correspondance inédite entre deux poétesses incontournables.À la fin des années 1960, les deux poétesses Pat Parker et Audre Lord