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Audre Lorde ( 1934-1992 )

Audre Lorde ( 1934-1992 ). " When I dare to be powerful -- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.". Lorde: Some of the Works. The First Cities (1968) Cables to Rage (1970) From a Land Where Other People Live (1973)

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Audre Lorde ( 1934-1992 )

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  1. Audre Lorde( 1934-1992 ) "When I dare to be powerful -- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." Duncan "Lorde"

  2. Lorde: Some of the Works • The First Cities (1968) • Cables to Rage (1970) • From a Land Where Other People Live (1973) • New York Head Shop and Museum (1974) • Coal (1976) • The Black Unicorn (1978) • The Cancer Journals (1980) • Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power (1981) Duncan "Lorde"

  3. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name(1982) Chosen Poems Old and New(1982) Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches(1984) Our Dead Behind Us(1986) A Burst of Light(1988) Poems Old and New(1992) Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New(1992) The Marvelous Arithmetic of Difference (1994) The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde(1997) Audre Lorde: Selected Works Duncan "Lorde"

  4. Audre Lorde: her politics • "I have come to believe over and over again, that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.... My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.... and while we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us. The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken." Duncan "Lorde"

  5. struggle between mother and daughter complex, multi-layered work weaving together elements of poetry, biography, and history addressing racism, lesbianism, and classism black, lesbian artist’s coming of age experiences affirms black, lesbian, working class sensory perceptions institutionalized knowledge reinforces the dominant culture Lorde’s ZAMI: Biomythographyadapted fromChandra C. Lewis-Qualls Dr. Vivian May Duncan "Lorde"

  6. Carriacou, West Indies Duncan "Lorde"

  7. Lorde as Pioneer Poet • Audre Lorde can be called the mother of Queer politics • No contradiction between being Black and having a white partner • links between racism, sexism, capitalism and heterosexism • the erotic was not something to be feared • any move for liberationmust be infinitely complex. Duncan "Lorde"

  8. The Black Unicorn(1978) • The black unicorn is greedy. The black unicorn is impatient. ‘The black unicorn was mistaken for a shadow or symbol and taken through a cold country where mist painted mockeries of my fury. It is not on her lap where the horn rests but deep in her moonpit growing. The black unicorn is restless the black unicorn is unrelenting the black unicorn is not free. Duncan "Lorde"

  9. Lorde: NY State Poet, 1991-1993 • Poet-in-residence at Tougaloo College in Mississippi (1968) • From A Land Where Other People Live: Nominated for a National Book Award (1972) • Poet, professor of English Hunter College (CUNY) (1981-87) • The Cancer Journals: American Library Association Gay Caucus Book of the Year (1981) Duncan "Lorde"

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