Some scholars are criticized for staying within the 鈥榠vory tower,鈥� and creating work that鈥檚 only accessible to a highly-academic audience. does not receive that criticism.
She identifies as a community-accountable scholar and puts that identity into practice by intentionally bringing scholarly ideas into non-academic settings. This manifests in online educational projects like 鈥�,鈥� which creates accessible curricula from black feminist work.
She also does this in her own published projects. She recently co-edited a collection called 鈥溾�� (PM Press/2016) that brings forward the varied narratives of marginalized mothers of color.
She also completed a forthcoming book of poetry called 鈥溾�� (Duke University Press/2016), which pays tribute to the black feminist thinkers who make Gumbs鈥� work possible.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Alexis Pauline Gumbs about her two new published works. He is also joined by , a contributor to the Revolutionary Mothering anthology.
