 | Sally Munt - 1992 - 236 pagine
...of reference, Lorde suggests the necessity for both rejection and acceptance of her mother's truths: When the strongest words for what I have to offer...say now, or re-examine the worth of her old words, ('/.ami, p. 31) By tracing the trajectory of Audre's search for identity in '/.ami, I hope to suggest... | |
 | Bonnie Zimmerman - 2000 - 926 pagine
...trying to negotiate the racism and sexism of America in the l950s. She said about becoming a poet: "[W]hen the strongest words for what I have to offer...everything I have to say now, or reexamine the worth of her words." Her memories of childhood are enmeshed with memories of her mother's simultaneous softness... | |
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew she found trees with no limbs." When the strongest words for what I have to offer come out of me sounding like words I remember from my mother's mouth, then I either have to reassess the meaning of everything I have... 