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Activists are paying bail for incarcerated black mothers. Presented in partnership with the center for the study of race, politics and culture at the coop. Love on the front lines, and the founder of the eternal summer of the black feminist mind, based in durham, north carolina. Boldly dressing ourselves in the legacy of the revolutionary anthologies the black woman, home girls, this bridge called my back, and the women of colorled reproductive justice movement. Love on the front lines alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, maia williams, loretta j ross on. Nov 09, 2015 alexis gumbs, queer black troublemaker, black feminist love evangelist, time traveller and space cadet, is a poet, independent scholar, and activist. Jul 15, 2016 i lick my lips, encrusted with bits of sea salt, as i text alexis pauline gumbscoeditor of revolutionary mothering. This collection reflects, documents, and carries on an ancient and living legacy of practicing and defining motherhood beyond the constraints of the biological. Love on the front lines alexis pauline gumbs et al. Alexis pauline gumbs speakers bureau everyday feminism. She is the coeditor of the forthcoming anthology revolutionary mothering. Alexis lives in durham, north carolina where she stewards.
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That was a poem by cynthia dewi oka and you can find it, along with the writers we heard from earlier in our show, in the book, revolutionary mothering love, on the front lines edited by alexis pauline gumbs, china marten, and maia williams. We are honored to be part of a revolutionary episode that also features the work of af3irm and an archival interview with ntozake shange. Paperback by alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, maia williams, loretta j. Boldly dressing ourselves in the legacy of the revolutionary anthologies the black woman, home girls, this bridge called my back, and the women of colorled reproductive justice movement, we. Love on the frontlines is an anthology that centers. Scenes of black feminist fugitivity and coeditor of revolutionary mothering. Following the innovative collection spill, alexis pauline gumbss m archive the second book in a planned experimental triptychis a series of poetic artifacts that speculatively documents the persistence of black life following a worldwide cataclysm.
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Explore books by alexis pauline gumbs with our selection at. Presented by the barnard center for research on women and the society of fellows and heyman center for the humanities, columbia university staceyann chin and alexis pauline gumbs 04 will be joined in conversation with kaiama l. Alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, and maia williams preface by loretta j. Love on the frontlines is an anthology that centers mothers of. Alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, and maia williams, editors. Love on the front lines kindle edition by gumbs, alexis pauline, martens, china, williams, maia, ross, loretta j. Love on the front lines is juicy, gutsy, vulnerable, and very brave. Pdf revolutionary mothering love on the front lines.
Alexis pauline gumbs revolutionary mothering is a bridging act, in this book and in the lives of all the people who practice revolutionary mothering in their daily lives. We are maia williams, alexis pauline gumbs, and china martens, coeditors of the anthology, revolutionary mothering. Love on the front lines by alexis pauline gumbs editor. Love on the front lines and the founder and director of eternal summer of the black feminist mind, an educational program based in. Finding ceremony duke university press, 2016, 2018, 2020.
Alexis will read selections from the anthology and her own revolutionary mother pauline mckenzie will share about her work as a doula and therapist. Love on the front lines, edited by alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, and maia williams. Alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, maia williams. Use this site to make love as community, creativity, interaction, knowledge and growth. Love on the front lines by alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, maia williams, loretta j. Love on the front lines pm press, 2016 and creative writing editor of feminist studies. You heard from them along with contributors cynthia dewi oka and victoria law. Love on the front lines by alexis pauline gumbs editor alexis.
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