Description
During her lifetime, Audre Lorde (1934-1992), author of the landmark Cancer Journals, created a mythic identity for herself that retains its vitality to this day. Drawing from the private archives of the poet's estate and numerous interviews, Alexis De Veaux demystifies Lorde's iconic status, charting her conservative childhood in Harlem; her early marriage to a white, gay man with whom she had two children; her emergence as an outspoken black feminist lesbian; and her canonization as a seminal poet of American literature.
Author: Alexis De Veaux
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 474
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.54w x 1.17d
ISBN13: 9780393329353
ISBN10: 0393329356
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General