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Uma autora desconhecida em Portugal, mas de quem muitos leitores deixaram rasgados elogios 

  
Audre Lorde
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Audre Lorde is a revolutionary black feminist. Lorde's poetry was published very regularly during the 1960s — in Langston Hughes' 1962 New Negro Poets, USA; in several foreign anthologies; and in black literary magazines. During this time, she was politically active in civil rights, anti-war, and feminist movements. 

Her first volume of poetry, The First Cities (1968), was published by the Poet's Press

 

Feb 2015 Holly Dunn Very easy five star rating. This is phenomenal. The language is beautiful and the exploration of her identity as black, female and lesbian is fascinating. Seriously, go and read it. It will make your heart sing.   Jun 2020 Shimin Mushsharat     Such a powerful book!

Mar 2017 Jeff Audre Lorde coined the term "biomythography" to describe this book, and I didn't get what that meant until I read it. She combines prose, poetry, history, and myth in this ode to the women who shaped her throughout her life. The book is sensually written, and an absolute joy to read. Something about the way it is written left me continually reminding myself it is non-fiction. It is rare to find an autobiography with such a well-structured story and gorgeous writing.

Aug 2018 Nina    I need to read more books written by women like Audre Lorde. She is so inspirational, and I can’t wait to read some of her poetry.

May 2020 CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian  Sadly I didn't love this as much as I thought I would, although parts of it I did love and there is some stunningly beautiful writing. Especially in the first half I had trouble emotionally connecting with the character Audre--I'm not sure if that was my state of mind or the writing style. I also wanted to know more about certain parts of Lorde's life (poetry, libraries) and less about her sex life