Audre Lorde
Born 18 February 1934 · Died 17 November 1992
Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction
writer and activist
Quotes
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
The Cancer Journals 1980 “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
The Uses of Anger : Women Responding to Racism 1981 “But we all hurt in so many different ways, all the time, and pain will either change or end. Death, on the other hand, is the final silence.”
The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action, p. 41 “Your silence will not protect you.”
The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action, p. 41 “The erotic is not a question only of what we do; it is a question of how acutely and fully we can feel in the doing.”
Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power, p. 54
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Audre Lorde in order
Books by Audre Lorde in the order they were published, from Cables to Rage (1970) to When I Dare to Be Powerful (2020).
- 1Cables to Rage
Cables to Rage1970 - 2Coal
Coal1976 - 3The Black Unicorn
The Black Unicorn1978 - 4The Cancer Journals
The Cancer Journals1980 - 5The Uses of the Erotic
The Uses of the Erotic1981 - 6Chosen Poems, Old and New
Chosen Poems, Old and New1982 - 7Zami, a New Spelling of My Name
Zami, a New Spelling of My Name1982 - 8Sister Outsider
Sister Outsider1984 - 9Apartheid U.S.A
Apartheid U.S.A1985 - 10Our Dead Behind Us
Our Dead Behind Us1986 - 11A Burst of Light
A Burst of Light1988 - 12Undersong
Undersong1992 - 13The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance
The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance1993 - 14Conversations with Audre Lorde
Conversations with Audre Lorde2004 - 15I Am Your Sister
I Am Your Sister2009 - 16Your Silence Will Not Protect You Essays
Your Silence Will Not Protect You Essays2017 - 17Sister Love
Sister Love2018 - 18The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House2018 - 19Entre Nosotras
Entre Nosotras2020 - 20The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde2020 - 21When I Dare to Be Powerful
When I Dare to Be Powerful2020 - 22The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde