Humanities Afrofutures—Poetry as Praxis: Alexis Pauline Gumbs in conversation with Madhumita Lahiri
When: Wed., Feb. 1, 5 p.m. 2023
Alexis 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.