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.
