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Zami: A New Spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde

18 reviews

davidup_15's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Lorde's story is very, very inspirational, and there were quite a few moments that genuinely, genuinely hurt - on top of that, she does write absolutely beautifully. I personally didn't love this book, I think because it was a little too slow paced for my liking and didn't seem to deliver much of a coherent message, but that's very subjective to me - I am very, very glad that Lorde wrote the way she did, and about the subjects that she did, at the time that she did.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

noom's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racial slurs and Abortion

thevampiremars's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name is truly incredible. It’s beautifully written; raw, evocative, heartachingly sincere. Reading it, I felt like there was always something almost said – secrets just barely hidden behind a veil of metaphor, accessible only to those who know what to look for.
At times, the major themes of relationships, the self, and truth are explicitly highlighted, while at others they permeate the text almost – but not quite – unnoticed.

My only complaint (and even then it isn’t really a complaint) is that the book ends somewhat abruptly. I found myself yearning for a few more chapters. Still, I don’t think that’s enough to bring my rating down from its well-deserved five stars. If anything, it just goes to show how enthralling Lorde’s writing is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Abortion

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Genocide, Incest, Slavery, Terminal illness, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely beautiful. I can't think of any nonfiction book I've highlighted/underlined so much in before. I'll be thinking about this book for a long time, and definitely want to read more of her work as soon as possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

andreiaoh's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

theres something about the way Audre Lorde describes people through language that really brings them to life in my mind, full of expression and life. I know these women obviously exist(ed) but her descriptions really made me feel like I knew them personally.

this book is so rich. the way Audre Lorde writes is so full of sensation; the beautiful words made me feel as though all of my senses were engaged, from taste to sight to smell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Death of parent

starla's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

halfbakedpoet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

namizaela's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was a wonderful book, and Audre Lorde is such a great writer. For me, the main faults were that I had trouble connecting to her writing, maybe because the theme of the book shifted so suddenly from family to romantic love (which makes sense, because this is a memoir). Maybe this book would have worked better as a series of short stories or essays? Either way, Lorde is really amazing and she constructed a captivating narrative of her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide