"A Woman Speaks"
Poem
By: Audre Lorde
Date: 1978
Source: Lorde, Audre. "A Woman Speaks." In The Black Unicorn: Poems by Audre Lorde. New York: Norton, 1978, 4–5.
About the Author: Audre Lorde (1934–1992) was frequently quoted as identifying herself as a "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet." A graduate of Columbia University and Hunter College, Lorde was a speaker and activist for women's voices being heard. Her struggles with cancer are documented in the 1980 volume, The Cancer Journals. New York governor Mario Cuomo appointed Lorde State Poet in 1991. She died of liver cancer the following year.
Introduction
Audre Lorde was the child of immigrants. During her childhood she had to attempt to merge the worlds of her parents, who were from Grenada, with the life around her in New York City. In Mari Evans's study of African American women writers, Audre Lorde...
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