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Drawing from the private archives of the poet's estate and numerous interviews, Alexis De Veaux demystifies Lorde's iconic status, charting her conservative....

She created a mythic identity for herself that retains its vitality to this day.

Warrior poet: a biography of Audre Lorde —De Veaux, Alexis, 1948- author.

Drawing from the private archives of the poet's estate and numerous interviews, Alexis De Veaux demystifies Lorde's iconic status, charting her conservative.

Alexis De Veaux.

In this brief yet energetic biography, he moves briskly through an extraordinarily eventful life.” The New Yorker, Dec. 6, 2004: 109.

Alexis De Veaux

American writer and illustrator (born 1948)

Alexis De Veaux (sometimes as Alexis DeVeaux) (born September 24, 1948) is an American writer and illustrator.^[1]^[2] She chaired the Department of Women's Studies, at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Life

She was born on September 24, 1948, in Harlem, New York City. In 1976, De Veaux received her BA from Empire State College, State University of New York (SUNY). De Veaux received her MA and PhD from the University of Buffalo.^[1] She wrote for Essence magazine, from 1979 to 1991.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Awards

Works

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Harper & Row. 1973.
Spirits in the Street. Anchor Press. 1974.
Gap Tooth Girlfriends: An Anthology. Gap Tooth Girlfriends Publications. 1981.
Blue Heat: A Portfolio of Poems & Drawings.
Alexis De Veaux.
Diva Pub. Associates. 1985.
Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday. Writers & Readers Publishing, Incorpora