Audre Lorde Quotes


The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.


Citations

Lorde, Audre. Interview with Nina Winter. Interviews with the Muse: Remarkable Women Speak on Creativity and Power, Moon Books, 1978.

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Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
  • Born: February 18, 1934
  • Died: November 17, 1992
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, capitalism, heterosexism, and homophobia.