Audre Lorde
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Audre Geraldine Lorde (February 18, 1934 in Harlem, New York City - 1992) was a multi-faceted writer and activist. In her own words, she was a "black lesbian, mother, warrior poet". Her parents were from Grenada.
She died of cancer in 1992 after a 14 year struggle. She is famous for her poetic works (18 published books), for which she became State Poet of New York from 1991-1993, including:
- The First Cities (1968)
- Cables to Rage (1970)
- From a Land Where Other People Live (1973)
- New York Head Shop and Museum (1974)
- Coal (1976)
- Between Our Selves (1976)
- The Black Unicorn (1978)
- Chosen Poems: Old and New (1982)
- Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1983)
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984)
- Our Dead Behind Us (1986)
- The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance (1993)
She cofounded "Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press" in 1980.