Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A BiomythographyZami: A Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers “Zami is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization. It keeps unfolding page after page.”—Off Our Backs “Among the elements that make the book so good are its personal honesty and lack of pretentiousness, characteristics that shine through the writing bespeaking the evolution of a strong and remarkable character.”—The New York Times |
Contents
Section 1 | 4 |
Section 2 | 5 |
Section 3 | 7 |
Section 4 | 9 |
Section 5 | 21 |
Section 6 | 31 |
Section 7 | 58 |
Section 8 | 59 |
Section 21 | 141 |
Section 22 | 144 |
Section 23 | 149 |
Section 24 | 154 |
Section 25 | 166 |
Section 26 | 168 |
Section 27 | 171 |
Section 28 | 190 |
Section 9 | 66 |
Section 10 | 71 |
Section 11 | 84 |
Section 12 | 89 |
Section 13 | 97 |
Section 14 | 99 |
Section 15 | 103 |
Section 16 | 106 |
Section 17 | 107 |
Section 18 | 133 |
Section 19 | 136 |
Section 20 | 138 |
Section 29 | 195 |
Section 30 | 210 |
Section 31 | 220 |
Section 32 | 226 |
Section 33 | 228 |
Section 34 | 238 |
Section 35 | 239 |
Section 36 | 241 |
Section 37 | 252 |
Section 38 | 255 |
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