![]() ![]() ![]() During this time, she was politically active in civil rights, anti-war, and feminist movements. Lorde's poetry was published very regularly during the 1960s - in Langston Hughes' 1962 New Negro Poets, USA in several foreign anthologies and in black literary magazines. Here, Lorde demonstrates her mastery of the love poem, but she writes with equal passion and eloquence about everything from a conversation to her identity as a black woman.Īudre Lorde was a revolutionary Black feminist. Published just months before her death, 'Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New' (1992) covers 30 years of Lorde's poetry. ![]() It includes essays such as "Poetry Is Not a Luxury," in which she declares that poetry is "a vital necessity of our existence." Lorde tackles the complexities of her multiple identities in 'Sister Outsider' (1984). She must learn to deal with racism, sexism, and opposition to her lesbian identity, but she has the spirit to retain her individuality. Ultimately she discovers Afrekete, a kindred spirit whose passion and will match her own. Zami grows up, goes to high school and college in New York City, and looks for women like herself. 'Zami' combines biography, mythology, and history as it records Lorde's experiences as a West Indian in America and the growth of her emotional and sexual resonance with women. ![]() This exclusive edition brings together a selection of Audre Lorde's poetry and essays with "biomythography," the form that she created in 'Zami: A New Spelling of My Name' (1982). ![]()
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