Acts of Resistance gather Cheryl Clarke’s most beloved essays alongside archival finds and recent poems. Many of Clarke’s most influential essays, including “Lesbiansim: 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 (1983). These essays and others defined generations of lesbian, feminist, and queer thinkers, writers and activists. Discover - or revisit- the inimitable Cheryl Clarke through Acts of Resistance.