Lorde and Parker were both Black lesbian poets, mothers, activists, and cancer patients. Beginning in the 1970s, they wrote each other regularly, grappling with the issues we confront fifty years later: social justice, women’s rights, and critical race theory. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.
Poets Lorde and Parker were decades ahead of their time
Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship
