Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Lorde, Audre

Zami: A Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers

"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

"Among the elements that make the book so good are its personal honesty and lack of pretentiousness, characteristics that shine through the writing bespeaking the evolution of a strong and remarkable character."--The New York Times

Author: Audre Lorde
Publisher: Crossing Press
Published: 01/01/1982
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780895941220

Review Citation(s):
Black Issues Book Review 05/01/2000 pg. 57
Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 48

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.