Audre Lorde (Critical Survey of Poetry)
Other Literary Forms
The Cancer Journals (1980) is a personal account of Audre Lorde’s struggles with breast cancer. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982), which Lorde called a “biomythography,” is a retrospective narrative of her emerging sexuality. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984) and A Burst of Light: Essays (1988) are collections of essays and speeches on poetry, feminism, lesbianism, and racism.
Achievements
Audre Lorde received a National Endowment for the Arts grant and was a poet in residence at Tougaloo...
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