ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization. It keeps unfolding page after page. Off Our Backs | Zami: A New Spelling Of My Name by Audre Lorde, Paperback | Indigo Chapters