Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography - Couverture souple

Lorde, Audre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0895941228 ISBN 13 : 9780895941220

Editeur : Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 1982

Synopsis

A New Spelling of My Name "ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author's vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde's work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization. It keeps unfolding page after page."--"Off Our Backs"

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

A writer, activist, and mother of two, Audre Lorde grew up in 1930s Harlem. She earned a master’s degree in library science from Columbia University, received a National Endowment for the Arts grant for poetry, and was New York State’s Poet Laureate from 1991 to 1993. She is the author of twelve books, including ZAMI and THE BLACK UNICORN. Lorde died of cancer at the age of fifty-eight in 1992.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

“ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization. It keeps unfolding page after page.”— Off Our Backs

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
• Date d'édition: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0895941228
• ISBN 13: 9780895941220
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272