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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Lesson Plan

Introduction to Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches was originally published in 1984. The book consists of a collection of various essays, letters, and speeches Audre Lorde wrote throughout her life that focus on her international travel, activism, critique of white feminist writers, exploration of the erotic, theorizing on poetry, and discussions on the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality.

The first essay, "Notes from a Trip to Russia," is a culmination of journal entries from Lorde's two-week trip to the USSR in 1976. During the visit she attended the African-Asian Writers Conference, traveled to various cities across the country, participated in a number of interviews and...

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