Audre Lorde
American writer and professor
Audre Lorde was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil rights activist. Wikipedia
Born: February 18, 1934, Harlem, New York, NY
Died: November 17, 1992 (age 58 years), Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Parents: Linda Gertrude Belmar Lorde and Frederick Byron Lorde
Spouse: Edwin Rollins (m. 1962–1970)
Education: Columbia University (1961), Hunter College, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and more
Children: 2
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Audre Lorde is the voice of the eloquent outsider who speaks in a language that can reach and touch people everywhere.” Her works include: A ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, and autobiographer known for her passionate writings on lesbian feminism and racial issues.
Sep 17, 2020 · The intelligent, fierce, powerful, sensual, provocative, indelible work of Audre Lorde is as relevant in this century as it was in her own.
Aug 12, 2012 · The anger of others was to be avoided at all costs because there was nothing to be learned from it but pain, a judgment that we had been bad ...
Audre Lorde was a revolutionary Black feminist. Lorde's poetry was published very regularly during the 1960s — in Langston Hughes' 1962 New Negro Poets, ...
Feb 16, 2024 · Lorde grew up in proximity to death—something Gumbs sees in today's fight for racial, gender, ability, environmental and reproductive justice ...
Lorde was a professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Hunter College. She received many honors throughout her career including the 1990 ...