In Spill, self-described queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of scenes depicting fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. In this poetic work inspired by Hortense Spillers, Gumbs offers an alternative approach to Black feminist literary criticism, historiography, and the interactive practice of relating to the words of Black feminist thinkers. Gumbs not only speaks to the spiritual, bodily, and otherworldly experience of Black women but also allows readers to imagine new possibilities for poetry as a portal for understanding and deepening feminist theory.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
A Note xi
How She Knew 1
How She Spelled It 17
How She Left 31
How She Survived until Then 45
What She Did Not Say 61
What He Was Thinking 75
Where She Ended Up 91
The Witnesses the Wayward the Waiting 111
How We Know 125
The Way 141
Acknowledgments 151
Notes 153
Bibliography 161
