Event
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
The Loft Presents: Alexis Pauline Gumbs on Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

Presenters
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde is a queer Black feminist love evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all life. Publisher’s Weekly calls her writing “groundbreaking.” She is also the author of four earlier books aka portable textual
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Erin Sharkey
Erin Sharkey is a writer, producer, educator, and graphic designer based in Minneapolis. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University and is, with Junauda Petrus, the co-founder of an experimental arts production company called Free Black Dirt. Erin has appeared or is forthcoming
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Price
Regular $15.00
Friend $13.50
Genre
Multigenre
Event featuring artists Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Erin Sharkey

Co-hosted by The Loft Literary Center and Moon Palace Books

Join The Loft Literary Center and Moon Palace Books for an evening with beloved writers Alexis Pauline Gumbs in conversation with Erin Sharkey, celebrating Dr. Gumbs' new book on the life of Audre Lorde! Her most recent book Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde revolutionizes the scale of life writing.

Tickets are $15 ($13.50 for Friends).

Good to know:

- Books can be purchased at the event. The best way to ensure a copy of the book is to pre-order through Moon Palace.
- Check in starts at 6:00 pm, Event starts at 6:30 pm
- The Open Book Performance Hall is on the 2nd floor of the Open Book building (1011 Washington Ave. S, Minneapolis 55415)

You are also invited to join Dr. Gumbs on Thursday, September 18 at 10AM in a Loft classroom for a craft conversation. Space will be limited! Registration information will be available soon for the craft talk.

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Artists
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
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Erin Sharkey
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