Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs #literature ' On her thirteenth birthday

' On her thirteenth birthday Kiki must decide whether she's going to leave home with her cat Jiji in tow and move to a town without another witch

intuition may not be enough to keep her safe

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which helps to illuminate why Akiko is such a vital visual artist

Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs #literature ' On her thirteenth birthdayA Guardian and Lit Hub most anticipated book of 2024 Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions. Understand each word as an opportunity for Audres fierce love, which is the same love that birthed the volcanoes and split the continents, to reach you, wherever you are. Audre Lorde was a survivor: of childhood disability injustice, of her best friends suicide, of the atomic age. She was a college activist