Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

Title: Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde Author: Alexis Pauline Gumbs ISBN: 9780374603274 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Published: 2024 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New Biography 1612297 Publisher Description: A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde. We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity-center walls. But even those who are inspired by Lorde's teachings on "the creative power of difference" may be missing something fundamental about her life and work, and what they can mean for us today. Lorde's understanding of survival was not simply about getting through to the other side of oppression or being resilient in the face of cancer. It was about the total stak