Consumer number one: The perfect collection. A well-balanced mix of essays, journal entries and poems. The collection reads like a journey. It also makes one more interested in the rest of Lorde's works and life. She was truly underrepresented and overlooked. A wonderful, poetic, heartfelt activist. Honest, raw and important.
United States on Apr 21, 2022
Frida Ortigoza Mayoral: It came in excellent conditions
Mexico on Dec 26, 2021
Lesly: Very inspiring, magical, helpful and admirable
United States on Jul 22, 2021
Sofía Y.Sofía Y.: Excelente libro, pero quedo inconforme con el estado en el que llegó. Tiene un golpe en la parte superior que hizo que se doblara, el borde inferior de la contraportada se ve desgastado, y la unión de la portada con las hojas se está despegando como se puede ver en la foto
Mexico on Apr 11, 2021
Trish: critical writings that has the potential to send you on your true path. I'm on my way....
United States on Feb 17, 2021
BettyGee: A Litany for Survival was my introduction to this amazing woman's talents with words. I have never been a lover of poetry, probably because most of the ones I had read made no sense to me. This author speaks clearly plainly and her words fill me with a special feeling. Many novels I've read have had that impact, but before reading the words of this amazing woman poetry did not. If you have wanted to give poetry a chance then let it be with this book, you will come away feeling - I mean really feeling.
United States on Oct 30, 2020
| Audre Lorde's Essential Readings: A Collection of Selected Works | Uncovering Our Stories, Empowering Ourselves: A Guide for Well-Read Black Girls | Patti Smith's Just Kids: An Anthology of Stories for Young Readers | |
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| Sale off | $2 OFF | $6 OFF | |
| Total Reviews | 12 reviews | 61 reviews | 91 reviews |
| Literary Criticism & Theory | Literary Criticism & Theory | Literary Criticism & Theory | |
| Customer Reviews | 4.9/5 stars of 451 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 2,533 ratings | 4.5/5 stars of 9,531 ratings |
| Paperback | 384 pages | 320 pages | |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.3 inches | 5.7 x 0.9 x 7.53 inches | 0.9 x 5.4 x 8.2 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #25 in Black & African American Poetry #73 in Literary Criticism & Theory#140 in Essays | #709 in Literary Criticism & Theory#816 in Essays #13,515 in Literary Fiction | #4 in Artist & Architect Biographies#51 in Women's Biographies#249 in Memoirs |
| Reading age | 1 year and up | ||
| Language | English | English | English |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1324004615 | 978-0525619772 | 978-0060936228 |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company | Ballantine Books; Illustrated edition | Ecco; Reprint edition |
| Essays (Books) | Essays | Essays | |
| Item Weight | 11.2 ounces | 12.8 ounces | 12.8 ounces |
| ISBN-10 | 1324004614 | 0525619771 | 0060936223 |
| Black & African American Poetry (Books) | Black & African American Poetry |
I wish Gay had given us more background about Lorde because it is interesting and would have helped us understand her better. Instead, Lorde's Wikipedia page and a BBC discussion found on YouTube gave us valuable information.
One reader found the quote "What woman here is so enamoured of her own oppression that she cannot see her heelprint upon another woman's face?" a good summary of Lorde's works. Her rhetoric is powerful and, all these years later, still accurate. She raises the issues of intersectionality and questions whether...
United States on Feb 14, 2023