Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a queer black trouble maker, a diasporic
afro-antillean grandchile, a domesticated graffiti artist, and love
embodied. Alexis is progressing towards a PhD in English, African
and African American Studies and Women's Studies at Duke University.
Her academic work looks at gender and violence in diasporic black
literature in the Americas with a focus on the Caribbean Diaspora and
Third World Women's publising initiatives. She is also the founder of
BrokenBeautiful Press, a not-for-profit creationspace
(brokenbeautiful.wordpress.com), and member of the advisory board
of The Coup Magazine (thecoupmagazine.com). Alexis is also
facilitator of a creative writing/community reimagining program
through SpiritHouse (spirithouse-nc.org) and artistic response point
person for UBUNTU, a women of color/survivor led coalition committed
to ending gendered violence (sustaintransformlove.blogspot.com or
iambecauseweare.wordpress.com)Feel free to tag Alexis back at
[email protected]
