Listen to audiobook in full for free on http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Zami Subtitle: A New Spelling of My Name Author: Audre Lorde Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 02-08-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 157 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Audre Lorde pioneered "biomythography" in Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, originally published in 1982. In this extraordinary tale, Lorde weaves a narrative tapestry out of the threads of her own life - from her family's immigration to New York through her own coming of age - and the lives of the women who shaped her. As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Audre Lorde's book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview where James Atlas interviews Elizabeth Alexander about the life and work of Audre Lorde begins as soon as the audiobook ends. Editorial Reviews: Audre Lordes Zami is so rich with story that even its dedication could stand on its own. The book is a biomythography a word and genre invented by Lorde to convey a mix of biography and personal myth. Of course, as a listener you get so thoroughly immersed in Lordes story, life, and worldview that its impossible to tell where biography ends and myth begins. Robin Miles contributes beautifully to this sense of immersion by echoing the rich texture that exists naturally in the prose. She manages to fully inhabit the narrative and the spaces described; the worn but soulful apartment that Lorde grew up in, the foreign colors of her sojourn in Mexico, and later, life on the fringes of mainstream society in the oldest gay neighborhood in New York City. Miles voice stays calm and reflective, almost possessed by an older Lorde recounting her younger, crazier days. Whats most interesting about Zami is the way we are allowed to peek into the past through a rare lens were not often privy to. Lorde was black, queer, and utterly radical for her time (she was born in 1934, died in 1992), but this marginalization and separateness gave her a particularly clear vantage point from which to observe and critique society. At one point she writes, Rather than the idyllic picture created by false nostalgia, the 50s were really straight white America's cooling off period of 'Let's pretend we're happy and that this is the best of all possible worlds. And we'll blow those nasty commies to hell if they dare to say otherwise.' The Rosenbergs had been executed. The transistor radio had been invented. And frontal lobotomy was the standard solution for persistent deviation. When Lorde describes trying to find a backroom abortion, the execution of the Rosenbergs, and impossibly cheap New York City rents, its incredible to realize how much has changed since the 1940s and 50s in America. But, of course, its also fascinating to see what has stayed the same. Issues like teen suicide and the marginalization of uneducated minorities persist today in many of the same ways as they are described in Zami. Lordes voice, as embodied by Miles, is so honest, engaging, and unique. Why she hasnt become more known or readily regarded as one of the great American authors of the 20th century is a mystery. Zami is an eye-opener, a heartfelt portal to another time and place. Critic Reviews: "Among the elements that make the book so good are it's personal honesty and lack of pretentiousness, characteristics that shine through the writing, bespeaking the evolution of a strong and remarkable character." (The New York Times) Zamiis a fast-moving chronicle.
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