{"product_id":"9781620976258","title":"Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Anthology\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, Publishing Triangle Awards\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eMs\u003c\/i\u003e. magazine, Refinery29, and Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Read of 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking collection tracing the history of intellectual thought by Black Lesbian writers, in the tradition of The New Press's perennial seller \u003ci\u003eWords of Fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAfrican American lesbian writers and theorists have made extraordinary contributions to feminist theory, activism, and writing. \u003ci\u003eMouths of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, the companion anthology to Beverly Guy-Sheftall's classic \u003ci\u003eWords of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, traces the long history of intellectual thought produced by Black Lesbian writers, spanning the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing \"Black Lesbian\" as a capacious signifier, \u003ci\u003eMouths of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e includes writing by Black women who have shared intimate and loving relationships with other women, as well as Black women who see bonding as mutual, Black women who have self-identified as lesbian, Black women who have written about Black Lesbians, and Black women who theorize about and see the word lesbian as a political descriptor that disrupts and critiques capitalism, heterosexism, and heteropatriarchy. Taking its title from a poem by Audre Lorde, \u003ci\u003eMouths of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e addresses pervasive issues such as misogynoir and anti-blackness while also attending to love, romance, \"coming out,\" and the erotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBarbara Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Beverly Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Bettina Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Dionne Brand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Cheryl Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Cathy J. Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Angelina Weld Grimke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Alexis Pauline Gumbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Audre Lorde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Dawn Lundy Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Pauli Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Michelle Parkerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Mecca Jamilah Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Alice Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Jewelle Gomez","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46505584197873,"sku":"9781620976258","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781620976258_p0.jpg?v=1766594893","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620976258","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}