{"product_id":"clenched-fists-burning-crosses-cris-south-9781469691152","title":"Clenched Fists, Burning Crosses","description":"Inspired by the horrors of the Greensboro Massacre, Cris South penned \u003ci\u003eClenched Fists, Burning Crosses\u003c\/i\u003e as part of the noted Feminary collective. The book, a thinly fictionalized representation of her own life and activism, centers on Jessie, a working-class printer whose antiracist and anti-Klan activism come to the attention of Klan members, with harrowing results. Jessie's story mirrors that of the author's and offers a vision of what multiple intersectional coalitions of oppressed people look like: lesbian feminists, Black activists, and, perhaps most memorably, a woman who confronts her abuser swinging an axe, Lizzie Borden style, to reclaim her agency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Jessie's suffering--and the suffering of the women around her--is stark in its realism, the book ends with a celebration of both resistance and love. This is the novel's distinctive contribution: it refuses abjection and claims the healing power of political resistance and coalition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cris South\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469691159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469691152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Cris South","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46807225401599,"sku":"9781469691152","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b05b2c4c-607d-44af-9e1d-4d880038f0f7.jpg?v=1745378876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clenched-fists-burning-crosses-cris-south-9781469691152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}