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About Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde ( AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" who dedicated her life and talents to confronting all forms of injustice and oppression. She believed that there could be "no hierarchy of oppressions" among "those who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children".

As a poet, she is well known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as well as her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. She was the recipient of national and international awards and the founding member of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. As a spoken word artist, her delivery has been called powerful, melodic, and intense by the Poetry Foundation. Her poems and prose largely deal with issues related to civil rights, feminism, lesbianism, illness, disability, and the exploration of Black female identity.

Audre Lorde writes about Feminism, Poetry, African American women, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Lesbianism, and Audre Lorde. Their best-known work is The Cancer Journals.

On FindMyTBR we track 11 books by Audre Lorde, 7 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including A Burst of Light: and Other Essays, Selected Works of Audre Lorde, and Sister Outsider. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.