Black Lesbian in White America and Other Writings - Paperback
Black Lesbian in White America and Other Writings - Paperback
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by Briona Simone Jones (Editor), Anita Cornwell (Author)
A groundbreaking collection of essays and poetry by a Black lesbian feminist. Anita Cornwell's Black Lesbian in White America and Other Writings fearlessly explores the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in 20th-century America. This collection exposes the realities of heteropatriarchy, misogyny, racism, and white supremacy through a Black lesbian lens.
This reprint includes Cornwell's classic essays, a revelatory interview with Audre Lorde, and previously unpublished poetry. Scholar Briona Simone Jones provides an insightful introduction. Discover the power of Black lesbian voices as Cornwell chronicles her battles against oppression while attending to themes of love and familial loss.
This collection is for readers interested in Black lesbian studies, feminist theory, LGBTQ+ history, and social justice. Keywords: Black lesbian essays, Anita Cornwell writings, LGBTQ+ history, feminist theory.
Author Biography
Briona Simone Jones is an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut and the editor of Mouths of Rain. Anita Cornwell (1923-2023) was a Black lesbian feminist, essayist, journalist, poet, author, and cultural worker. Cornwell studied journalism at Temple University and graduated in 1948. She regularly contributed to both The Ladder and The Negro Digest in the 1950s and was the first Black woman writer to publicly identify as a lesbian in print. Her published work appeared in Philadelphia Tribune, and her poetry and essays were published in Feminist Review, Labyrinth, Azalea: A Magazine by Third-World Lesbians, and BLACK/OUT. Cornwell died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 100.
