Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre LordeOne of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive A little black girl opens her eyes in 1930s Harlem, weak and half blind. On she stumbles through teenage pain and loneliness, but then to happiness in friendship, work and sex, from Washington Heights to Mexico, always changing, always strong. This is Audre Lorde's story. A rapturous, life

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