Recs if you like Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde...
books your pretentious friend has heard of
Lesbian Herstory
Make your way through the lesbian herstorical canon.
This list features standalone non-fiction texts only.
Please request these books at your local library.
Most out-of-print texts can be requested through your library's ILL system or read on archive.org. 💝
Ungendered Life: Black & Caribbean Feminist Theory
Key texts in Caribbean and Black/feminist thought.
Prismatic Biographies
third-person memoirs (à la Imani Perry) that illuminate so much more than just one person
Mothers’ Gardens
personal, poetic, or literary Black Feminist/Womanist works. suggestions and/or corrections always welcome!
Feminist Killjoys
Works recommended in Sara Ahmed’s The Feminist Killjoy Handbook (2023)
This list includes all works from the recommended reading list as well as feminist and anti-racist works cited in the text.
Audre Lorde inspired list by Eleanor’s Norfolk
“This collection is in response to our collective readings of Audre Lorde.” https://www.eleanorsnfk.com/
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