{"product_id":"acts-of-resistance","title":"Acts of Resistance \/\/ Essential Essays, Archival Encounters, and New Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Cheryl Clarke's ongoing gumption continues to ask us how loudly and proudly will we do what we do.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eAlexis Pauline Gumbs \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese times need urgently Cheryl Clarke and her brilliant mind and words. Clarke's sharp, clear-eyed, forceful, and poetic essays offer readers both balm and provocation to action--and they continue to resonate in current political landscape. Clarke is a towering figure in the worlds of poetry, feminist and queer theory, and lesbian, feminist, and queer communities. She has been writing and thinking with and in her communities for over fifty years. Her work is prescient, classic, and timeless. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eActs of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gathers Clarke's most beloved essays alongside archival finds and recent poems. Many of Clarke's most influential essays, including \"Lesbianism: an Act of Resistance\" and \"The Failure to Transform: Homophobia in the Black Community,\" first appeared in landmark publications such as This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981) and Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (1983). These essays and others defined generations of lesbian, feminist, and queer thinkers, writers and activists. Discover--or revisit--the inimitable Cheryl Clarke through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eActs of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePoet, critic, and activist \u003cstrong\u003eCheryl Clarke \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in Washington, DC. She earned her degrees from Howard University and Rutgers University. Clarke is the author of five collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eNarratives: Poems in the Tradition of Black Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), \u003ci\u003eLiving as a Lesbian\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eHumid Pitch\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eExperimental Love\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eBy My Precise Haircut\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), which won a Hilary Tham Capital Competition, and \u003ci\u003eArchives of Style: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). She wrote the critical study \u003ci\u003e\" After Mecca\" Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eThe Days of Good Looks: Prose and Poetry of Cheryl Clarke, 1980- 2005\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). Clarke served as co-editor of \u003ci\u003eConditions\u003c\/i\u003e, \" a feminist journal of writing, with an emphasis on writing by lesbians.\" She currently lives in Hobart, New York, where, with her partner, Barbara J. Balliet, she owns and operates Blenheim Hill Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Sinister Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: May 19, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 200\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781944981938\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 8.0 X 5.0 X 0.5 inches | 0.5 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Literary Fiction\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cheryl Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49086055842027,"sku":"9781944981938","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781944981938.jpg?v=1784684141","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/acts-of-resistance","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}