Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Alexis Pauline Gumbs | |
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 Gumbs on The Laura Flanders Show in 2016 | |
| Born | 1982 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
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| www.alexispauline.com | |
Alexis Pauline Gumbs is an American writer, independent scholar, poet, activist and educator based in Durham, North Carolina.[1][2]
Biography
Gumbs holds a PhD in English, African and African-American Studies, and Women and Gender Studies from Duke University.[3]
Gumbs is the Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts in the Department of Theater Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota (2017–2019).[3] Gumbs is the Founder and Director of Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind and founder of BrokenBeautiful Press.[4][5] She is the dramaturge for "dat Black Mermaid Man Lady", a performance by Sharon Bridgforth.[6]
Works
Books
- Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity[7][8][9]
- M Archive: After the End of the World[10]
- DUB: Finding Ceremony
- Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Frontlines – co-editor with Mai’a Williams and China Martens. This book focuses on the activity of mothering.[11]
- Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals
Documentaries
References
- ^ "Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs homepage". Alexispauline.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ Alsous, Zaina. "Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s Groundbreaking Poetic Trilogy Engaging with Black Feminist Scholars Continues in M Archive: After the End of the World", Indyweek.com, 28 March 2018. Accessed 3 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts".
- ^ "Bio -". Alexispauline.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ Staff, Harriet. "Alexis Pauline Gumbs Talks About Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press", Poetry Foundation, published 13 June 2012. Accessed 3 September 2018.
- ^ "the show". Datblackmermaidmanlady.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "We Stay in Love with Our Freedom: A Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs – Los Angeles Review of Books".
- ^ "Alexis Pauline Gumbs inspires with feminist 'Spill'".
- ^ "Toni Morrison to Jenifer Lewis: Stay woke and inspired with our fall reading guide".
- ^ "M Archive". Dukeupress.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ McClain, Dani. "How to Understand Mother as a Verb This Mother’s Day and Always", The Nation, published 7 May 2016. Accessed 3 September 2018.
