She documented her fourteen-year battle against cancer in her award-winning books The Cancer Journals (1980) Cancer Journals, The (Lorde) and A Burst of Light (1988). Lorde was a strong supporter for gay and lesbian rights and spoke at the first national march on Washington for lesbian and gay liberation, in 1979. Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press Women of Color Press, Kitchen Table: She was active in the Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s, and promoted throughout her life institutions that celebrated African American culture. She graduated from Columbia University and Hunter College, went on to publish more than one dozen books of poetry and prose, and cofounded Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press.
The book helped to broaden understandings of the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality, and it has been noted for its telling details of lesbian relationships and sexuality.Īudre Lorde was the daughter of Caribbean immigrants. In her groundbreaking autobiography, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, African American writer and poet Audre Lorde reflects upon her childhood experiences in Harlem and upon lesbian life since the postwar period.
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