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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Poetry as Praxis: Alexis Pauline Gumbs in conversation with Madhumita Lahiri\, Marc and Constance Jacobson Endowed Lectureship
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend this event at https://myumi.ch/qG8p4.\n\nAlexis Pauline Gumbs is an American writer\, independent scholar\, poet\, activist\, educator\, and “queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist” based in Durham\, North Carolina. She holds a PhD in English\, African and African American Studies\, and Women and Gender Studies from Duke University and is the author of *Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals\;* *Dub: Finding Ceremony*\; *M Archive: After the End of the World*\, and *Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity.* Join us as she talks about the many aspects of her work in conversation with Madhumita Lahiri\, U-M associate professor of English language and literature.\n\nThis event is made possible by the Marc and Constance Jacobson Endowed Lectureship.\n\nAbout Humanities Afrofutures\nPresented by the Institute for the Humanities\, Humanities Afrofutures is a month-long series of events at the University of Michigan bringing together scholars\, artists and activists to reexamine the past\, explore critical issues in the present\, and create a space for imagining possible futures.\n\nSpeakers include poet-activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs\, Black Panther production designer Hannah Beachler\, scholars Moya Bailey\, Jennifer Nash\, and Samantha Pinto\, regional community leaders engaging in multi-faceted activist and creative work\, U-M faculty\, and more. \n\nJoin us for Humanities Afrofutures in February 2023. All events are free and open to the public.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/102063
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CATEGORIES:African American,Humanities,Humanities Afrofutures,Poetry,Women's Studies,Writing
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre
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