Zami

I came across Audre Lorde's Zami, and I cried to think how lucky I was to have found her. She was an inspiration. At last I felt I fitted in. -- Jackie Kay
Excellent and evocative... personal honesty and lack of pretentiousness shine through the writing. Her experiences are painted with exquisite imagery * The New York Times *
Zami is important because of its descriptions of growing up a black lesbian feminist in the 1950s, with open, unapologetic, vivid descriptions of women's relationships * Guardian *
Her work is so quotable. It has the zeitgeist factor. Now, just as much as ever, we need the voice of Audre Lorde * New Statesman *
I have an Audre Lorde google alert on my phone. It helps confirm how relevant my favorite black, lesbian, mother, warrior poet remains today * Huffington Post *
Audre Lorde says it best * Refinery29 *
Lorde's examination of her multiple outsiderness pried my sheltered mind wide open -- Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home (in ‘My Ten Favorite Books,’ New York Times Magazine)
Zami is just the best * Vice *
Zami made me realise that I was not alone ... that I, too, could be as courageous and as loud with my truths * Elle Magazine *
Zami feels larger than life - almost legendary - while remaining grounded, intimate and moving * Cosmopolitan *
The truth of her writing is as necessary today as it's ever been * Guardian *