{"product_id":"the-cancer-journals-audre-lorde","title":"The Cancer Journals (Audre Lorde)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brave, beautiful book that could double as a handbook to accompany anyone on their journey through cancer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJackie Kay, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cancer Journals \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eis an intimate, poetic and invigorating account of the experience of breast cancer, from biopsy to mastectomy, told by the great feminist and activist Audre Lorde.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving between journal entry, memoir, and essay, Lorde fuses the personal and political to reflect on the many questions breast cancer raises: questions of survival, sexuality, prosthesis and self-care. It is a journey of survival, friendship, and self-acceptance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Grief, terror, courage, the passion for survival and for more than survival, are here in the searchings of a great poet' \u003cb\u003eAdrienne Rich\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book teaches me that with one breast or none, I am still me' \u003cb\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAudre Lorde\u003c\/b\u003e was a writer, feminist and civil rights activist - or, as she famously put it, 'Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet'.  Born in New York in 1934, she had her first poem published while she was still in high school. After stints as a factory worker, ghost writer, social worker, X-ray technician, medical clerk, and arts and crafts supervisor, she became a librarian in Manhattan and gradually rose to prominence as a poet, essayist and speaker, anthologised by Langston Hughes, lauded by Adrienne Rich, and befriended by James Baldwin. She was made Poet Laureate of New York State in 1991, when she was awarded the Walt Whitman prize; she was also awarded honorary doctorates from Hunter, Oberlin and Haverford colleges. She died of cancer in 1992, aged 58.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 96 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65806299267421,"sku":"K087125778","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8712577800001A.jpg?v=1788472762","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-cancer-journals-audre-lorde","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}