![]() She was convinced that ‘nobody will attend my work with the passionate dare and precision it deserves and needs until I am dead.’ Her writings did become well known in her lifetime and they still resonate today. ![]() Lorde, like many of us, was concerned with leaving a legacy. Rather, they allow us to envision a better future, and they move us to engage in action to shape a new world. Yet her accusatory verse and prose do not simply leave us stuck in shame. Her writings on race, sexism and emotions offer insight into what keeps us bound despite our best efforts. She was a complex figure, who boldly described herself as ‘a Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet’. When a name can be cited without reference to their title and still get respect, or when you use only their surname (even in niche spaces) and still people know who you are talking about, then you know that a legacy has not been simply left, but it lives.īorn Audrey Geraldine Lorde in 1934 in Harlem, New York, Lorde died at the age of 58 after living for 14 years with cancer. ![]() The feminist poet and scholar Audre Lorde left a legacy that my generation, women, people of colour and members of the LGBTQ community have widely and wisely embraced. ![]()
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