Sister Outsider

The lady’s place of energy inside every of us is neither white nor floor; it’s darkish, it’s historical, and it’s deep

The revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to these ‘exterior the circle of this society’s definition of acceptable girls’. Uncompromising, indignant and but filled with hope, this assortment of her important prose – essays, speeches, letters, interviews – explores race, sexuality, poetry, friendship, the erotic and the necessity for feminine solidarity, and contains her landmark piece ‘The Grasp’s Instruments Will By no means Dismantle the Grasp’s Home’.

‘The reality of her writing is as crucial at this time because it’s ever been’ Guardian