![]() ![]() Lorde first made her literary name as a member of the black arts movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ” At the time of her death in 1992, Audre Lorde was poet laureate of New York State -an honor bestowed upon her the prior year. …She was a figure all women could use as a grounding when they fought for recognition of their worth. Fellow author Jewelle Gomez noted in Essence magazine that Lorde ’s work in several genres was “a mandate to move through …victimization and create independent standards that will help us live full and righteous lives. Her work bravely confronted some of the most important crises in American society: racism, homophobia, the in-sensitivity of the health care system, relations between the sexes, and parenthood. Lorde ’s was an essential voice in African American letters. ![]() Poet, essayist, and lecturer Audre Lorde spent a lifetime exploring the pleasures and pain of being a black woman in America. Struggle with Cancer Finds Its Way into Print ![]() Poet fiction and nonfiction writer, activist ![]()
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