Ep. 102 Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde -- The Stacks Book Club (Asha Grant)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde is a foundation and timeless feminist text. It covers topics like the erasure of Black women in the feminist movement to living with cancer to raising Black sons. This collection of essays and speeches is dense and ripe for discussion. Asha Grant, the founder of the LA chapter of The Free Black Women's Library, is back and brings her love of Audre Lorde to our discussion for The Stacks Book Club.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast all about books. Today for the Stacks Book Club we are discussing Sister Outsider by
0:14.5	Audrey Lord. This book is a collection of Lord's essays and speeches that address
0:18.2	oppression, self-care, rage, and more all through Lord's unique lens as a queer black mother and daughter.
0:24.8	There are no spoilers on today's episode.
0:27.4	To help us discuss this book we have brought back Asha Grant, the founder of the LA
0:31.0	branch of the free Black Women's Library.
0:33.3	If you're interested in supporting the work that we do around here, please consider making a
0:36.7	contribution to our Patreon page, Patreon.com slash the Stacks, and you'll earn insider
0:41.8	perks like our video book club. There's also a bunch of new exciting stuff coming to our Patreon page in April.
0:47.4	Another way you can show us some love is by making sure to subscribe, rate and review. It's so easy and it goes a long way.
0:54.0	Don't forget everything we talk about on today's show can be found in the show
0:56.8	notes along with social media accounts for the Stacks and our guests.
1:00.2	Now it's time for the Stacks Book Club discussion of of sister outsider by Audrey Lord with our guest,
1:05.0	Aisha Grant.
1:08.6	All right you guys, we're back this week for the Sex Book Club.
1:11.5	We're discussing Sister Outsider with Audrey Loor or
1:14.1	by Audrey Lord and our guest today is Asha Grant.
1:17.8	Asha is the founder of the LA branch of the free Black Women's Library.
1:23.1	Asha, welcome back.
1:24.3	Hi, happy to be back.
1:26.3	Yay.
1:27.5	Okay, we're discussing Sister Outsider.
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