LORDE, AUDRE
Your Silence Will Not Protect You collects the essential essays and poems of Audre Lorde for the first time, including the classic âThe Masterâs Tools Will Never Dismantle the Masterâs Houseâ. A trailblazer in intersectional feminism, Lordeâs luminous writings have inspired a new generation of thinkers and writers charged by the Black Lives Matter movement. Her lyrical and incisive prose takes on sexism, racism, homophobia, and class; reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope that remain ever-more trenchant today.
Also a celebrated poet, Lorde was New York State Poet Laureate until her death; her poetry and prose together produced an aphoristic and incomparably quotable style, as evidenced by her constant presence on many Womenâs Marches against Trump across the world. This beautiful edition honours the ways in which Lordeâs work resonates more than ever thirty years after they were first published.
