We See You: Responding to Police Violence–Oshkosh, WI
Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs will share her piece “My People” written in response to police violence live to a soundscape created by composer Sangodare (Julia Roxanne Wallace). She will also share passages from her book Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity and activate an abolition oracle in this interactive lecture. Fox Valley Technical College, Riverside […]
Evidence: A Black Feminist Archive of the Possible–Colgate University
MLK Lunchtime Lecture Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs will activate an oracle with 256 possible combinations at the intersection of 16 of the black feminist ancestors she has researched in her work. She will also read briefly from her new book Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity. Tuesday, January 24 at 11:30am to 1:00pm Center for […]
Spill: Black Feminist Fugitivity in Conversation and Performance
3:30 pm Conversation between Hortense Spillers and Alexis Pauline Gumbs, East Duke 209, Light Dinner will be provided 7:00 pm Performance of Spill by SpiritHouse, East Duke 209 In Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity, self-described queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of scenes depicting fugitive […]
Evidence: Writing Workshop for Futurists in Durham
Saturday December 10th 3-6pm, Durham, NC This writing workshopis especially for those of us brave enough to envision a visionary liberated future during a time when the present seems bleak. Based on her short story “Evidence” from the collection Octavia’s Brood, Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs will facilitate a guided process that allows us to […]
Evidence Intensive: Futurists Beyond Fear (Online)
Thurs-Fri, December 8th and 9th 6pm-9pm Eastern The last online intensive of the year is especially for those of us brave enough to envision a visionary liberated future during a time when the present seems bleak. Based on her short story “Evidence” from the collection Octavia’s Brood, Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs will facilitate […]
Without Bridges: US-based Black Feminist on/with/around/about Cuba
Saturday Dec 3, 2-4pm Eastern Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/without-bridges-us-based-black-feminists-oninaround-with-cuba-tickets-29808524098 At this moment, many of us are thinking about Cuba. We are thinking about Assata. We are thinking about what it means to be in solidarity with, in critical accountability with, in revolutionary reference to, contemporary Cuba. This one-session online course is inspired by writing by US […]
Sister is a Verb: Online Intensive for Revolutionary Collaborators
November 21-22nd 12pm-3pm Eastern Building on the success of the 2013 Brilliance Remastered Sistorian Webinar and drawing on the intellectual work of Cheryll Greene, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Toni Cade Bambara, Hortense Spillers, Phillis Wheatley and Assata Shakur, the Sister is A Verb Intensive is an online space for revolutionary collaborators to clarify and nourish a lifetime of […]
SPILL OUT: The Official Book Release Party
Come celebrate the birth of Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity with Alexis! Spill is a poetic ceremony for Black Women getting free. On November 20th at 2pm we will sing, dance, eat, drink and be free together. LGBTQ Center of Durham 114 Hunt St, Durham, North Carolina 27701 In Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist […]
Kakuya Collective: A Visionary Daughtering Webinar
Tuesday Nov. 15, 2016 6pm Eastern Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-kakuya-collective-visionary-daughtering-tickets-29081078288 They wanted Assata Shakur to spend the rest of her life in jail. And Assata herself didn’t see any way out. Her daughter Kakuya was of a different opinion. Barely more than a toddler, Kakuya expressed her outrage at her mother’s imprisonment and her belief in […]
Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity Release Date!
In Spill, self-described queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist, Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of scenes depicting fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. In this poetic work inspired by Hortense Spillers, Gumbs offers an alternative approach to Black feminist literary criticism, historiography, and the interactive […]