While there is no shortage of editions of Voltairine de Cleyre’s writings, I’ve put together a collection which includes those I use most often, or recommend most often to others. The “basic writings” pamphlet includes “Anarchism and American Traditions,” “The Economic Tendency of Freethought,” and the two essays relating to individualism and communism. Invisible Molotov also has much of this material, in more confrontational packaging. Pick the package that fits your audience.
obituaries and funeral orations
Voltairine de Cleyre, “Kate Austin” (1902)
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] Kate Austin “It’s aw a muddle.” That’s how I feel, thinking of the death of her. Why should she have died, she who was so full […]
The Sex Question
Leonard D. Abbott, “Voltairine de Cleyre’s Posthumous Book” (1914)
VOLTAIRINE DE CLEYRE’S POSTHUMOUS BOOK By Leonard D. Abbott. THERE is a famous painting which shows the Statue of Liberty looming up through the mists of New York Harbor. At the base of the statue […]
The Sex Question
Voltairine de Cleyre, “The Quaker City” (1888)
It was nearing the close of that May-time which is the morning of summer, when one fair, bright day I was borne away to the southward, through long, shining levels of grassy sea, shot over […]