Alexis Pauline Gumbs

An exhilarating, lyrical 'cosmic biography' of the iconic poet, essayist, and activist Audre Lorde. A Guardian and Lit Hub most anticipated book of 2024. Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions. Understand each word as an opportunity for Audre's fierce love, which is the same love that birthed the volcanoes and split...

In a roving, shimmering conversation that took place in May 2021, scholar, poet, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs and playwright, songwriter, performance artist, and educator Daniel Alexander Jones discuss love as a foundational principle of artistic practice and societal change. Reflecting on Love Like Light, Daniel Alexander Jones's collection of seven plays and performance texts (published by 53rd State in...

An exhilarating, lyrical 'cosmic biography' of the iconic poet, essayist and activist Audre Lorde A Guardian and Lit Hub most anticipated book of 2024 Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions. Understand each word as an opportunity for Audre's fierce love, which is the same love that birthed the volcanoes and split...