When the acclaimed prolific writer, philosopher and activist Audre Lorde spoke before crowds, she often described herself as Black, a lesbian, a mother, a warrior and a poet. Lorde spent her entire life writing poems, essays, and books that centered around sexuality, race, identity and class.
At the age of 58, in November 1992, Lorde died due to complications of cancer.
This year, on Feb. 18, on what would have been Lorde’s 90th birthday, ZAMI NOBLA, the National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging, is hosting a hybrid read-a-thon in her honor.
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