{"product_id":"black-lesbian-in-white-america-briona-simone-jones-9781944981778","title":"Black Lesbian in White America and Other Writings","description":"Black lesbian feminist, essayist, journalist, poet, author, and cultural worker, Anita Cornwell wrote extensively about her experiences as a Black lesbian in the United States during the twentieth century exposing the innerworkings of heteropatriarchy, misogyny, racism, the Jim Crow South, and white supremacy. A scholar of Black Lesbian Studies, Cornwell wrote the first collection of essays by a Black lesbian, \u003ci\u003eBlack Lesbian in White America, \u003c\/i\u003e published by Naiad Press in 1983. These essays chronicle her experiences battling against misogyny, homophobia, and racism. Her writing also attends to love and familial loss. This reprint of Cornwell's classic essays on being black and lesbian, include a groundbreaking interview that Cornwell did with Audre Lorde. \u003ci\u003eBlack Lesbian in White America and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e also includes previous unpublished poetry by Cornwell and features a revelatory introduction by scholar Briona Simone Jones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Briona Simone Jones, Anita Cornwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944981772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944981778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sinister Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Briona Simone Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526678827263,"sku":"9781944981778","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d191138c-1cf1-40ff-ba57-c26165ca3557.jpg?v=1737556857","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-lesbian-in-white-america-briona-simone-jones-9781944981778","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}