Background
Veaux, Alexis De was born on September 24, 1948 in New York City. Daughter of Richard Hill and Mae De Veaux.
( Winner of the 2005 Lambda Literary Award, the Hurston/W...)
Winner of the 2005 Lambda Literary Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award: the first and "essential" (Choice) biography of the author, poet, and American icon of womanhood, black arts, and survival. During her lifetime, Audre Lorde (1934-1992), author of the landmark Cancer Journals, created a mythic identity for herself that retains its vitality to this day. Drawing from the private archives of the poet's estate and numerous interviews, Alexis De Veaux demystifies Lorde's iconic status, charting her conservative childhood in Harlem; her early marriage to a white, gay man with whom she had two children; her emergence as an outspoken black feminist lesbian; and her canonization as a seminal poet of American literature.
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Veaux, Alexis De was born on September 24, 1948 in New York City. Daughter of Richard Hill and Mae De Veaux.
Master of Arts, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1992.
Lecturer Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1979—1980. Contributing editor, editor-at-large Essence Magazine, 1980—1992. Visiting scholar department English, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1986—1987.
Assistant professor women's studies State University of New York, Buffalo, 1992—1999, associate professor women's studies, since 1999, chair women's studies department, 2002—2005. Board member Arts Council Buffalo, since 2002. Advisory board member El Museo Gallery, Buffalo, since 2003.
( Winner of the 2005 Lambda Literary Award, the Hurston/W...)
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Member of Pen American, West, Organization of Women Writers of Africa.