Description
Audre Lorde's *The Cancer Journals* offers a profound and unflinching exploration of her experience with breast cancer, weaving together journal entries, essays, and speeches. Lorde masterfully fuses the personal and the political, confronting themes of survival, sexuality, and self-care with raw honesty and poetic grace. This powerful work challenges societal norms by refusing to render invisible the experience of pain and difference, offering a deeply inspiring testament to resilience and self-acceptance. Lorde's voice, that of a Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, and poet, resonates throughout, making this a vital read for anyone navigating illness or seeking to understand the intersection of identity and adversity.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2020
96 pages
ISBN: 9780241453506
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Details
First Published
1980
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde.