Audre Lorde Wall Art

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Who is Audre Lorde? Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 - November 17, 1992) was an American writer, feminist, womanist and civil rights activist. She was born in New York City. At the age of 4, Lorde learned how to read and talk. She was an introverted child who did not speak until she was five years old. When she began to communicate, she answered questions with poetry that she had memorised. She was always interested in being a poet. At the age of 15, she had her first published poem, a tribute to her first love, appeared in Seventeen Magazine. Lorde's poetry reflected the many contradictions of her life. Perhaps the majority of her poems dealt with the emotions, both subtle and fierce, of relationships between lovers, children and parents, and friends. Her poetry was often aimed to slay the dragons of sexism and racism. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, and homophobia. Product Description: Length: 29.7cm Width: 21cm UNFRAMED Printed on Archival Paper