Alexis pauline gumbs phd, is the author of m archive. Love on the front lines, published earlier this year by pm press, sets out to change that. Glover ann whitney olin professor of french and africana studies, barnard college. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Love on the front lines edited by alexis pauline gumbs, china martens and maia williams get off during black history month. Scenes of black feminist fugitivity by alexis pauline. She is a founding member of ubuntu a durhambased a women of color and survivorled coalition to end gendered violence that emerged in the wake of the. Revolutionary mothering love on the front lines edited by alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, and maia williams preface by loretta j. Use this site to make love as community, creativity, interaction, knowledge and growth. This book is a necessary reminder that beyond the headlines. Revolutionary mothering by alexis pauline gumbs, china. 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, and maia williams have acted as parteras communitarias, midwifes of words and experiences.
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Love on the front lines by alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, maia williams, loretta j. Love on the front lines is juicy, gutsy, vulnerable, and very brave. Scenes of black feminist fugitivity, also published by duke university press. Alexis will read selections from the anthology and her own revolutionary mother pauline mckenzie will share about her work as a doula and therapist.
Revolutionary mothering is an anthology comprised of essays and poems by radical, revolutionary mothers. We are honored to be part of a revolutionary episode that also features the work of af3irm and an archival interview with ntozake shange. Love on the front lines and the author of the forthcoming m archive. Finding ceremony duke university press, 2016, 2018, 2020. Challenge racist narratives with a new book by david pilgrim.
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Jan 29, 2016 we are maia williams, alexis pauline gumbs, and china martens, coeditors of the anthology, revolutionary mothering. Join us for a celebratory conversation with alexis pauline gumbs, coeditor of revolutionary mothering. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading revolutionary mothering. Download revolutionary mothering love on the front lines ebook free in pdf and epub format. Alexis pauline gumbs is the granddaughter of anguillian revolutionaries jeremiah and lydia gumbs. Read revolutionary mothering love on the front lines online, read in mobile or kindle. How to understand mother as a verb this mothers day and.
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Presented in partnership with the center for the study of race, politics and culture at the coop. The challenges faced by movements working for antiviolence, anti. 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. Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and 80s, revolutionary mothering places marginalized mothers of color at the center of a world of necessary transformation. Love on the front lines, edited by alexis pauline gumbs. Ross inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and 80s, revolutionary mothering places marginalized mothers of color at the cen ter of a world of necessary transformation. Alexis lives in durham, north carolina where she stewards. May 08, 2016 maia williams, alexis pauline gumbs and china martens, have coedited an anthology, revolutionary mothering. Love on the front lines pm press, 2016, is the founder of brilliance remastered, an online forum of support for community accountable artists and intellectuals, and, in collaboration with sangodare, is celebrating 11 years of writing for mobile homecoming, an. This is a book and a conversation about how we can bring forth the. Alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, maia williams. Alexis pauline gumbs editor, china martens editor, maia williams editor, loretta j. Love on the front lines the book, the concept and the community. This collection reflects, documents, and carries on an ancient and living legacy of practicing and defining motherhood beyond the constraints of the biological.
Join revolutionary mothering coeditor alexis pauline gumbs, her revolutionary mama pauline mckenzie, lactation activist and mama faye harris and activist doula bianca campbell for a light brunch and some deep activities. Love on the front lines, edited by alexis pauline gumbs, china martens and maia williams. Love on the front lines and the founder and director of eternal summer of the black feminist mind, an educational program based in durham, north carolina. Read revolutionary mothering love on the front lines by maia williams available from rakuten kobo. Alexis pauline gumbs books and biography waterstones. Explore books by alexis pauline gumbs with our selection at. Love on the front lines by alexis pauline gumbs editor alexis. Love on the front lines is a powerful and deeply personal collection that illuminates the challenges and revolutionary practice that is mothering in the context of capitalism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and imperialism. 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. Love on the front lines by alexis pauline gumbs editor.
Jul 15, 2016 i lick my lips, encrusted with bits of sea salt, as i text alexis pauline gumbscoeditor of revolutionary mothering. Maia williams, alexis pauline gumbs and china martens, have coedited an anthology. He will be joined in conversation by alexis pauline gumbs. Roundtable on revolutionary mothering anthology, on the laura flanders show with dr. Maia williams, alexis pauline gumbs and china martens, have coedited an anthology, revolutionary mothering. Alexis pauline gumbs is a poet, independent scholar, and activist. Alexis pauline gumbs takes on this challenge and studies and writes about what this has looked like in the lives of revolutionary mothers. Love on the front lines, edited by alexis pauline gumbs, china martens, and maia williams. Coedited with alexis pauline gumbs and maia williams revolutionary mothering. Alexis pauline gumbs, guest host and anthology coeditor and a queer black troublemaker, a black feminist love evangelist and a prayer poet priestess, alexis has a phd in english, african and africanamerican studies, and women and gender studies from duke university. Love on the front lines alexis pauline gumbs et al. Alexis pauline gumbs she is also the coeditor of revolutionary mothering.
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