Gumbs writes that "following Audre's lead I care more about offering well-researched wonder than I do about closing down possibilities through expertise." This reflects a commitment to creativity in scholarship.
Gumbs talks about resisting the conventional biographical arc to invoke the collective work of memory, and creating a biography that spotlights Audre Lorde's failures as well as her successes.
Gumbs emphasizes that "We need her survival poetics beyond the iconic version of her that had become useful for diversity center walls and grant applications," expanding Lorde's narrative.
My curiosity about Audre Lorde will never end. It's this search and the ongoing exploration of her impact that gives Gumbs' work a pulse akin to poetry.
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