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Burr, Zofia. "Audre Lorde and the Responsibility of the Reader," in Of Women, Poetry, and Power: Strategies of Address in Dickinson, Miles, Brooks, Lorde, and Angelou (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2002). "Of Women, Poetry, and Power demonstrates how the canonization of Dickinson has consolidated limiting assumptions about women's poetry in twentieth-century America and models an alternative reading practice that allows for deeper engagement with the political work of modern poetry." Publisher's web site. At Google Books
An introduction to Audre Lorde, plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems, from the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)
A brief biography and bibliography for Audre Lorde, from The NY State Writers Institute
An introduction to Audre Lorde as an American-West Indian author, from the postcolonial web project at Emory Univ
A biography on Audre Lorde from Voices from the Gaps, at the University of Minnesota
"Reflections on a 'Black, Militant, Lesbian Poet.'" Article on Audre Lorde by a former student of hers, by Catherine M. Brown, Essence Magazine, March, 1999
A special "Tribute to Audre Lorde" contains an introduction to Lorde and first-person articles on her influence, Fall, 1995, Univ. of Colorado Standards
"A Litany for Survival," a web site on the PBS film about Audre Lorde, contains a brief biography and information about the film
An introduction to Audre Lorde from Poetry Previews, created by poetry fan Mickie Kennedy
A bibliography for Audre Lorde by Dr. Chandra Locke
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