zami: a new spelling of my name

audre lorde

ISBN 10: 0930436156 / ISBN 13: 9780930436155

Published by persephone press, inc, massachusetts, 1982

About this Item

first edition, scarce, 1982. massachusetts: persephone press, inc. isbn: 0-930436-15-6. 256 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: mild reading creases to spine and front wrapper, closed-tear to front wrapper, gentle shelf wear. very good++.

Seller Inventory # 1181

Bibliographic Details

• Title: zami: a new spelling of my name
• Publisher: persephone press, inc, massachusetts
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930436156
• ISBN 13: 9780930436155
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • fiction

About this title

Synopsis

“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

About the Author

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.