Zami A New Spelling of My Name - Audre Lorde
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography A writer, activist, and mother of two, Audre Lorde grew up in 1930s Harlem.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name is Audre Lorde's biomythography.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography
A writer, activist, and mother of two, Audre Lorde grew up in 1930s Harlem. She earned a master’s degree in library science from Columbia University, received a National Endowment for the Arts grant for poetry, and was New York State’s Poet Laureate from 1991 to 1993. She is the author of twelve books, including ZAMI and THE BLACK UNICORN. Lorde died of cancer at the age of fifty-eight in 1992.
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The page describes Audre Lorde as a writer, activist and mother of two who grew up in 1930s Harlem. She earned a master's degree in library science from Columbia University, received a National Endowment for the Arts grant for poetry, and served as New York State's Poet Laureate from 1991 to 1993.
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The page calls it a biomythography by Audre Lorde. It describes her as a writer, activist and mother of two who grew up in 1930s Harlem and wrote twelve books. Order online with nationwide shipping, or stop by our Black-owned bookstore at 1396 Fulton Street in Brooklyn.
What did Audre Lorde do besides write?
The page says she earned a master's degree in library science from Columbia University, received a National Endowment for the Arts grant for poetry, and was New York State's Poet Laureate from 1991 to 1993.
