Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK

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Blending unvarnished realism with myth and fantasy

and exuberant wordplay

isolated in her apartment while men’s rights protestors rage outside

and of a young woman who refuses to be silenced

Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOKLike new, paperback A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde. We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity center walls. But even those who are inspired by Lordes teachings on the creative power of difference may be missing something fundamental about her life and work, and