She states, "My silences had not protected me. "Your Silence Will Not Protect You" is a quote from the first essay to appear in the collection, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action". As Silver Press states, "Her extraordinary belief in the power of language – of speaking – to articulate selfhood, confront injustice and bring about change in the world remains as transformative today as it was then, and no less urgent". Your Silence Will Not Protect You was published posthumously in order to bring together Lorde's essential poetry, speeches, and essays, into one volume for the first time. Further, Lorde often revised early poems and re-published them, so many of the poems in this collection are the latest versions of Lorde's work. As the Note on the Text states, many of the essays in the collection were given as papers at conferences across the U.S. The collection is made up of five sections: a preface by Reni Eddo-Lodge, an introduction by Sara Ahmed, 13 essays, and 17 poems, and a Note on the Text. Lorde describes herself as a "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet", and addresses the difficulties in communication between Black and white women. The collection focuses on key themes such as: shifting language into action, silence as a form of violence, and the importance of history. It is the first time a British publisher collected Lorde's work into one volume. Your Silence Will Not Protect You is a 2017 posthumous collection of essays, speeches, and poems by African American author and poet Audre Lorde.
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