Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
Audre Lordewas an African American writer, feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist. As a poet, she is best known for technical mastery and emotional expression, particularly in her poems expressing anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. Her poems and prose largely dealt with issues related to civil rights, feminism, and the exploration of black female identity. In relation to white feminists in the United States, Lorde famously said, “the master's tools will...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth18 February 1934
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.
Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
Your silence will not protect you.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.