{"product_id":"conversations-with-audre-lorde-paperback","title":"Conversations with Audre Lorde - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Wylie Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudre Lorde (1934-1992), the author of eleven books of poetry, described herself as a \"Black feminist lesbian poet warrior mother,\" but she added that this phrase was inadequate in capturing her full identity. The interviews in this collection portray the many additional sides of the Harlem-born author and activist. She was also a rebellious child of Caribbean parents, a mastectomy patient, a blue-collar worker, a college professor, a student of African mythology, an experimental autobiographer in her book titled Zami, a critic of imperialism, and a charismatic orator. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite her intense engagement with the major social movements of her time, Lorde told interviewers that she was always an outsider, a position of weakness and of strength. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Most of her schoolmates were white. She married a white legal-aid attorney, and after their divorce she was the partner of a white psychologist for many years. These intimate alliances with whites caused some African Americans of both genders to question the depth of her solidarity. Lorde expressed distrust of some white feminists and charged that they lacked real understanding of African American struggles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Writing proved to be her powerful weapon against injustice. Painfully aware that differences could provoke prejudice and violence, she promoted the bridging of barriers. These interviews reveal the sense of displacement that made Lorde a champion of the outcast and the forgotten--whether in New York, Mississippi, Berlin, or Soweto.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Wylie Hall\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the English Department at the University of Mississippi. She is author of \u003ci\u003eShirley Jackson: Studies in Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eConversations with Natasha Trethewey\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter published by University Press of Mississippi. Her work has also been published in numerous journals such as \u003ci\u003eLegacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSouthern Register, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMississippi Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFaulkner Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEudora Welty Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.96 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714647265343,"sku":"9781578066438","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3e02e265842bf1d0ccb34eb053e5b0dd.webp?v=1765068870","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/conversations-with-audre-lorde-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}