Audre Lorde (1934-1992), poet, won the Walt Whitman Citation of Merit in 1991 just a year before her death from breast cancer.

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde (1934-1992), poet, won the Walt Whitman Citation of Merit in 1991 just a year before her death from breast cancer. Her chronicles of her battle with the disease, The Cancer Journals, is just one of her many powerful works. She wrote about finding identity and strength in difference.

Random Quote from Audre Lorde

"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."

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Online Resources

• Poetry by Audre Lorde, plus a biography, a list of Lorde's awards and honors
• A Tribute to Audre Lorde
• Remember Audre Lorde from Tom Sullivan's Essay File
• The Spirited Resolve of Audre Lorde by Renee Graham, Boston Globe.
• New York Writers Institute's Audre Lorde page
• The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action - an excerpt provided
  by New Moon Rising

Books by or about Audre Lorde

• Audre Lorde
• Breast Cancer
• Women
• Poetry
• African-American