A Guardian and Lit Hub most anticipated book of 2024
An exhilarating biography of the iconic poet, essayist and activist Audre Lorde
Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions. Understand each word as an opportunity for Audre-s fierce love, which is the same love that birthed the volcanoes and split the continents, to reach you, wherever you are.
Audre Lorde was a survivor: of childhood disability injustice, of her best friend-s suicide, of the atomic age. She was a college activist against nuclear arms. A mother who knew poetry could help her children survive a racist world. And, ultimately, a cancer survivor, who understood the war going on within her cells was connected to the struggle against oppression taking place all around her.
This stunning new account of Lorde-s life and work illuminates how, for Lorde, survival was not simply about getting through, or about resilie
