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Zami: A New Spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde

22 reviews

mmirjamm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Misogyny

localcat's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Racism

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Racism, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexism, Animal death, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Classism, Blood, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Misogyny

Moderate: Bullying, Ableism, Drug use, Mental illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Infidelity, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Vomit, War, Trafficking, Cancer, and Slavery

Colorism

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

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

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

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

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

Minor: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, 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, Abortion, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

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

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

brigsssss's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape

aquakerwitch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent