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A review by kaylin1612
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This was beautiful. So well written, so wonderfully gay. A love letter to all the women who have made an impact on her life, at least up until the point that she wrote that book. This deals so heavily with love and loss. We grow with her, watching her come into herself from a young child to adulthood.
Idk I just really thought this was a fascinating look into her life, into life in New York during the 40s and 50s, into lesbian life in the 40s and 50s. And it’s a great look at growing up queer in general, growing up black and queer for her. Watching her fall in love again and again, trying new things, losing people, moving.
There were many moments that of course were just like woah…but she didn’t dwell. Because, I assume, she couldn’t dwell. She didn’t dwell in real life, she had to keep moving past these events to survive.
I just really admire her, her character, her writing, her resilience. She’s just a cool person.
Idk I just really thought this was a fascinating look into her life, into life in New York during the 40s and 50s, into lesbian life in the 40s and 50s. And it’s a great look at growing up queer in general, growing up black and queer for her. Watching her fall in love again and again, trying new things, losing people, moving.
There were many moments that of course were just like woah…but she didn’t dwell. Because, I assume, she couldn’t dwell. She didn’t dwell in real life, she had to keep moving past these events to survive.
I just really admire her, her character, her writing, her resilience. She’s just a cool person.