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Zami a new spelling of my name5/28/2023 The reader quickly grows to love the sturdy little black girl - daughter of parents immigrated to New York from Grenada before she was born - who is tongue-tied, unable to see without her glasses who forces herself to stay awake half an hour after her parentally-imposed bedtime in order to listen to the stories nightly serialized by her two older sisters who, in her loneliness, dreams of having a ''little female person'' all her own yet who yearns for the magical moments of privacy disallowed by a stern mother who, considering solitude a social perversion, insists that Audre's bedroom door remain open except when she is studying, constantly studying. Indeed, among the elements that make the book so good are its personal honesty and lack of pretentiousness, characteristics that shine through the writing, bespeaking the evolution of a strong and remarkable character. $5.95.ĬARRIACOU is an actual West Indian island as well as the isle of Audre Lorde's imagination Zami is ''a Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers.'' And while the publisher's claim that in ''Zami'' Miss Lorde ''creates a new form, biomythography, combining elements of history, biography and myth,'' is a bit pretentious, the book is, actually, an excellent and evocative autobio-graphy. ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME By Audre Lorde.
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