Politics and Poetry: Legacies of Audre Lorde

A night of poetry and prose honors the world renowned black lesbian feminist, writer, and activist.

Join writers JP Howard and Gena Mimozo for a night of poetry, prose and politics honoring world renowned black lesbian feminist, writer, and activist Audre Lorde (1934-1992). Lorde lived on Staten Island, near the Stapleton Library, with her partner and children from 1972 to 1987. In addition to learning about Lorde and her life, patrons are welcome share their own reflections on Lorde's legacy, as well as original writing.  

To see the full list of Stonewall 50 programs taking place in branches, visit nypl.org/stonewall50

Major support of the Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50 exhibition and related programming is provided by The New York Community Trust, Hermes Mallea and Carey Maloney, and the TD Charitable Foundation and TD Bank. Additional support is provided by Time Warner and the Magnus Hirschfeld Endowment Fund.

Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, Jonathan Altman, and Miriam and Ira D. Wallach.

ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org.