Ep 225 - Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, by Audre Lorde

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Books, Literature, Craig Getting, Andrew Cunningham, Arts, Podcasts, Comedy

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week, we tackle Audre Lorde's autobiographical Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. It's an account of Lorde's childhood and early adulthood, focusing specifically on her experiences as a black, out, gay woman in New York City in the 1950s. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Andrew is so great seeing you the other day.
0:43.0	Yeah, it was good to see you too.
0:44.5	When we did that live podcast, we never see each other.
0:47.9	When we were alive in front of an audience.
0:52.5	We were alive.
0:53.5	It was Philadelphia.
0:55.7	We talked people listening.
0:56.7	We could say we were alive in Philadelphia.
1:00.1	This is a weird way of saying we had a lot of fun in our live show yesterday.
1:04.1	Well, we recorded it yesterday as we recorded this.
1:06.9	It will be two days ago as you listen to this or more days ago.
1:11.1	Depending on when you listen to this.
1:12.7	Welcome to Over 2.
1:13.7	It's a podcast about the books that you've been meaning to read.
1:16.9	My name is Craig.
1:17.9	My name is Andrew.
1:18.9	And if you were able to make it out to the free library of Philadelphia, thanks so much.
1:23.7	If you came out and hung out with us after, we had a lot of fun meeting some of you
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