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Of Audre Lorde and Her Biomythography, Zami

Tanvi Gupta | MA in English Literature from the University of Delhi is an independent researcher.

Abstract

A civil rights activist who fought against hypocrisy and inequity, Audre Lorde (February, – November, ), was an African-Caribbean American writer, or as she identified herself, “a black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet’.

In her book Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (), which she describes as “…an unfolding of my life and loves” and a Biomythography, i.e. an amalgamation of history, myth, and biography, Lorde subtly placed her own story in light of everything that was essentially wrong with America in the fifties (Lorde ).

Keywords: Audre Lorde, African-Caribbean American writer, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Biomythography.

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A civil rights activist who fought against hypocrisy and inequity, Audre Lorde (February, – November, ), was