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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Audre Lorde
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IdentityAutobiography
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Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Autobiography

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Biomythography of Lorde's coming of age as Black lesbian in 1950s New York.

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Pioneering queer Black autobiography; introduced 'biomythography' genre

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Biomythography of Lorde's coming of age as Black lesbian in 1950s New York. Pioneering queer Black autobiography; introduced 'biomythography' genre

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