FM April 5, 2023: Gloria Anzaldua-Borderlands/LaFrontera // Read Until You Understand

THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine: FIRST … Dr. AnaLouise Keating, Professor of Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies at Texas Woman’s University, talks to Emily Lauletta about the work of feminist scholar Gloria Anzaldúa. You won’t want to miss this thoughtful conversation on Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza – celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, and now available as an accessible ebook from Aunt Lute Publishing.

AND … Alexis Pauline Gumbs in a joyful conversation with author and scholar Farah Jasmine Griffin, about her book Read Until You UnderstandThe Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature. Griffin’s latest book entwines memoir, history, and art, asking us to grapple with the continuing struggle for Black freedom and the ongoing project that is American democracy. And in this personal and profound conversation we hear about grace and love, abolition and justice, and the books that inspire them.

Wednesday at 7 on KPFK
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MORE resource links from this week’s show: 
Dr. AnaLouise Keating’s latest book The Anzaldúan Theory Handbook
Gloria Anzaldúa’s LIGHT IN THE DARK/LUZ EN LO OSCURO: REWRITING IDENTITY, SPIRITUALITY, REALITY
The Archives of the Impossible II conference mentioned in the interview
Gloria Anzaldúa’s Official Website

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