It was published in the April 1951 issue. When a poem of hers, “Spring,” was rejected-the editor found its style too “sensualist,” à la Romantic poetry-she decided to send it to Seventeen magazine instead. While attending New York’s Hunter High School, Lorde got involved with the school’s literary magazine, Argus. Her first published poem appeared in Seventeen magazine.
“And when I couldn’t find the poems to express the things I was feeling, that’s when I started writing poetry.” 4. In other words, I literally communicated through poetry,” she said in a conversation with Claudia Tate that was published in Black Women Writers at Work. “Somewhere in that poem would be a line or a feeling I would be sharing. She memorized poems as a child, and when asked a question, she’d often respond with one of them. Lorde once spoke in poetry-literally.īefore Lorde even started writing poetry, she was already using it to express herself. Shortly before Lorde's death in 1992, she adopted another moniker in an African naming ceremony: Gambda Adisa, for “Warrior: She Who Makes Her Meaning Known.” 3. Carriacou is a small Grenadine island where her mother was born.
The title Zami, “a Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers,” paid homage to the “bridge and field of women” that made up Lorde’s life. It wasn’t the only time Lorde chose a name for herself. She included the Y to abide by her mother, but eventually dropped it when she got older. “I used to love the evenness of AUDRELORDE,” she explained. When Lorde learned to write her name at 4 years old, she had a tendency to forget the Y in Audrey, in part because she “did not like the tail of the Y hanging down below the line,” as she wrote in Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. It does not store any personal data.Lorde in 1980. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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