The Cancer Journals
“Grief, terror, courage, the passion for survival and for more than survival, are here in the searchings of a great poet.”—Adrienne Rich“This book teaches me that with one breast or none, I am still me.”—Alice Walker“The forthrightness and ferocity with which Audre Lorde greeted every social...
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“Grief, terror, courage, the passion for survival and for more than survival, are here in the searchings of a great poet.”—Adrienne Rich“This book teaches me that with one breast or none, I am still me.”—Alice Walker“The forthrightness and ferocity with which Audre Lorde greeted every social injustice is in full force in this courageous exploration.”—Amazon.comMoving between journal entry, memoir, and exposition, Audre Lorde fuses the personal and political as she reflects on her experience coping with breast cancer and a radical mastectomy. Includes photos and tributes to Lorde written after her death in 1992.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781879960732 (1879960737)
Publish date: September 1st 2006
Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Feminism,
Health,
Poetry,
Glbt,
Queer,
Disability
Thoughtful. Inspires courage. Race, gender, mortality, bravery.
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