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Somedays, if bitterness were a whetstone, I could be sharp as grief.
Audre Lorde
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Audre Lorde
Age: 58 †
Born: 1934
Born: February 18
Died: 1992
Died: November 17
Essayist
Feminist
Librarian
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University Teacher
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New York City
New York
Audre Geraldine Lorde
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