Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider by Audre LordeThe woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep The 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

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