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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780044409489
Format: Import
ISBN: 0044409486
Label: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List
Manufacturer: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: January 25, 1996
Publisher: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List
Sales Rank: 4336891
Studio: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List
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Rating:  - Thank You
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Rating:  - I love women
I had been putting off this book for about 4 years and I finally read it. I was putting it off because I read the first chapter and it was dry. I have to tell you that it gets better down the road. Audre is not just talking about lesbianism, she is talking about being a woman and general. You can get good relationship advice by NOT following what she did in her relationships. I was exposed to lesbianism of 20-30 years ago in this book. It's so different now and for women (of all sexualities and colors) ... Read More
Rating: - A Memorable Portrait of a Difficult Life Shaped By Zami
In "Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography," Audre Lorde writes that "[e]very woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me." Thus, "Zami" serves as a window into Lorde's experiences with other women-especially her mother-who informed and shaped her life from childhood into adulthood within the context of romantic links and friendships, especially during turbulent and conflicting periods in American history. For example, Lorde describes a difficult childhood at school and at home during ... Read More
Rating:  - Fascinating, but also commonplace
A strong voice in both African-American women's literature and lesbian literature, Audre Lorde is likely someone as alien to my experience as anyone could possibly be. Well, at least someone who was born and raised in the U.S. At first, I found this biography fascinating, but it began to tire me about halfway through. I don't know what I was expecting, but I felt like everything was commonplace, rather than distinct and unique.
But then, maybe that's her point. That lesbians, blacks, women, or ... Read More
Rating: - An essential American life story
In "Zami: A New Spelling of My Name," poet Audre Lorde has written a text she calls a "biomythography." I think of "biomythography" as a literary form that blends elements of autobiography, the novel, and personal mythology. But however you define the word, "Zami" is a powerful and beautiful text which illuminates the life of an African-American lesbian in the mid-20th century.
"Zami" begins with the young Audre and her parents, a Black immigrant couple who had settled in New York City. Lorde writes ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780044409489
Format: Import
ISBN: 0044409486
Label: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List
Manufacturer: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: January 25, 1996
Publisher: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List
Sales Rank: 4336891
Studio: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List