Lessons from Audre Lorde

In Spring 2020, SUNY Cortland students in Prof. Savonick’s seminar ENG430 spent a semester learning about Audre Lorde, a self-proclaimed “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” In this collection, the students share what they learned during our semester together.

Emily Sietsma

Audre Lorde: Breast Cancer Through a Feminist Perspective

Samantha Brigandi

Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde and the Lesbian Art of Survival

Savannah Pearson

The Power of Black Feminism in the Face of White Patriarchy

Kara Waddell

Isolation and Intimacy in Audre Lorde's Teaching

Megan Mau

The Power of Sisterhood

Alaina Losito

Women Need Other Women to Survive Spiritually and Mentally

Alice Luo

Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Truth

Kelly McCarthy

Natural Beauty of a Lesbian Relationship

Keira Sullivan

Surviving Together: Lessons from Audre Lorde

Kianna Acevedo

The Cancer Journals as a Feminist Text

Roshawna Thomas

Speak UP & Speak OUT

Hailie Addison

Audre Lorde’s Power of Connecting Communities

Gabriele Burhans

Facing One's Fears

Katie Hallman

Audre Lorde Teaches us to Survive Quarantine

Claudia Benito

Solidarity vs. Medical Racism

Cody Zimmer

The Uses of the Erotic in the Professional Setting

Mikey Marinelli

Difficult Dialogues and Emotional Expression in Audre Lorde's Life and Work

Samantha Oakes

Audre Lorde’s Experience of Surviving as an inspiration

Marian LeTourneau

The Power of Zami