How long does it take to read A Burst of Light?
essays
Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, Jen Keenan
A Burst of Light by Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, Jen Keenan takes about 2 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 27 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1988. 134 pages, about 36,850 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Winner of the 1988 Before Columbus Foundation National Book Award, this path-breaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities that nurture our spirit. Lorde announces the need for a radical politics of intersectionality while struggling to maintain her own faith as she wages a battle against liver cancer. From reflections on her struggle with the disease to thoughts on lesbian sexuality and African-American identity in a straight white man's world, Lorde's voice remains enduringly relevant in today's political landscape. Those who practice and encourage social justice activism frequently quote her exhortation, "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." In addition to the journal entries of "A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer," this edition includes an interview, "Sadomasochism: Not About Condemnation," and three essays, "I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities," "Apartheid U.S.A.," and "Turning the Beat Around: Lesbian Parenting 1986," as well as a new Foreword by Sonia Sanchez.
Subjects: Biography, Cancer, African American poets, American Poets, Patients, Breast
