Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
id:
zami-a-new-spelling-of-my-name-271-1629018
title:
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
text:
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name is a 1982 biomythography by American poet Audre Lorde. It started a new genre that the author calls biomythography, which combines history, biography, and myth. In the text, Lorde writes that "Zami" is "a Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers", noting that Carriacou is the Caribbean island from which her mother immigrated. The name proves fitting: Lorde begins Zami writing that she owes her power and strength to the women in her life, an
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
1982 book by Audre Lorde
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zami:_A_New_Spelling_of_My_Name
date created:
date modified:
2024-03-11T22:41:57Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q8065806","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8065806"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14