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Audre Lorde Reads Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

By Audre Lorde — 2019

Audre Lorde reads the essay “Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power.” There are some ad-libs, but this reading is pretty faithful to the final text, which can be found in Lorde’s essay collection Sister Outsider, among other anthologies. One of the most important essays of the 20th century.

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Anna North
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Stand: A Memoir on Activism. A Manual for Progress. What Really Happens When We Stand on the Front Lines of Change.

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Roxane Gay
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The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

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Audre Lorde, Roxane Gay
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