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Lorde, Audre (Geraldine) (1934–1992)

US poet and writer. Based in the Virgin Islands, she taught at many institutions, including Hunter College in New York City (from 1980). She was an African-American activist and lesbian feminist who explored the dimensions of modern life in poetry, a novel, and non-fiction, as in The Cancer Journals (1980). Lorde was born in New York City. She studied at the University of Mexico, Hunter College, and Columbia University.



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Spelman College has among its collections the papers of the late Audre Lorde, black feminist lesbian poet and essayist whose books Sister Outsider (Crossing Press, 1984) and A Burst of Light (Firebrand Books, 1988) are taught worldwide.
Almost every critic who has written on Audre Lorde has made the argument that her work is "transformational.
But effective teaching, effective schema building, can help the students discover that in reality they do share common ground with Audre Lorde.
 
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