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But Then You Read Lorde

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Saturday, Apr 4 from 11 am to 4 pm

Alexis De Veaux will be a featured reader at the event.

But Then You Read Lorde is a multidisciplinary day-long program celebrating the breadth of work and influence of Audre Lorde, hosted by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Survival Is A Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. This program brings together a dynamic group of writers, artists, cultural producers, and scholars to read primarily from Lorde’s poetry, activating her work as a living, shared practice. Across the day, audiences are invited to listen, reflect, and engage with themes of love, power, identity, and liberation that remain as urgent today as ever.

Photo: Audre Lorde, Alexis De Veaux, Gloria Joseph, Nancy Morejon, Toni Cade Bambara, Jayne Cortez, person unknown and Virta Mae Grosvenor. circa 1985 Cuba.

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“It’s All Out of My Arms, Our Collective Mouth Is Speaking,”

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Baltimore Magazine.

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