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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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Laura Serrant

Akwugo Emejulu

Maggie Ayre

Great Lives: Laura Serrant on Audre Lorde

Laura Serrant on Audre Lorde

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Laura Serrant chooses the poet and activist Audre Lorde.  From 2018.

4 Extra Debut. Professor Laura Serrant champions the life and work of poet Audre Lorde. With Matthew Parris and Akwugo Emejulu. From 2018.

Professor of Nursing, Laura Serrant, chooses the life of the black, gay poet and activist Audre Lorde who still inspires the women's movement today. 

She tells Matthew Parris why Audre has meant so much to her both personally and professionally. 

Professor Akwugo Emejulu of Warwick University is the expert witness.

Presented by Matthew Parris.  

Producer: Maggie Ayre

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2018.

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