The Cancer Journals
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde, published by Penguin on October 13, 2020, is a poignant exploration of the author’s journey through breast cancer and radical mastectomy. In this 96-page edition, Lorde blends journal entries, memoir, and exposition to reflect on her personal experiences, addressing the intersection of illness and identity. This work stands as a significant contribution to discussions surrounding women’s health, body image, and the societal expectations placed upon women.
Readers will find that Lorde’s narrative not only recounts her struggles but also challenges the norms surrounding women’s pain and physical loss. Through her candid reflections, she emphasizes the importance of confronting these issues rather than concealing them. The Cancer Journals serves as a powerful testament to resilience, offering insights into the complexities of living with cancer while advocating for visibility and self-definition among women facing similar challenges. This edition provides a platform for Lorde’s voice, which resonates with themes of feminism and personal empowerment.
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Moving between journal entry, memoir, and exposition, Audre Lorde fuses the personal and political as she reflects on her experience coping with breast cancer and a radical mastectomy.
A Penguin Classic
First published over forty years ago, The Cancer Journals is a startling, powerful account of Audre Lorde’s experience with breast cancer and mastectomy. Long before narratives explored the silences around illness and women’s pain, Lorde questioned the rules of conformity for women’s body images and supported the need to confront physical loss not hidden by prosthesis. Living as a “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Lorde heals and re-envisions herself on her own terms and offers her voice, grief, resistance, and courage to those dealing with their own diagnosis. Poetic and profoundly feminist, Lorde’s testament gives visibility and strength to women with cancer to define themselves, and to transform their silence into language and action.
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