Teacher Guide

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

Consider introducing students to other work by Audre Lorde, including A Burst of Light and Sister Outsider.

Consider pairing Zami: A New Spelling of My Name with June Jordan’s memoir Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood and bell hooks’ memoir Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood.

Consider reading Staceyann Chin’s memoir The Other Side of Paradise.

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