[Survival Is a Promise 01] • Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Gumbs, Alexis Pauline -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Frontispiece Title Page Copyright Notice Dedication Epigraph Part I

1. smelling the wind 2. the winds of the orisha 3. prologue

Part II

4. oya 5. ballad from childhood 6. story books on a kitchen table 7. rites of passage 8. naming the stories 9. blackstudies 10. all hallows eve 11. good mirrors are not cheap 12. school note 13. brother alvin

Part III

14. inheritance-his 15. the brown menace 16. fantasy and conversation 17. poem for a poet 18. peace on earth

Part IV

19. generation 20. contact lenses 21. pirouette 22. spring iii 23. teacher

Part V

24. the songless lark 25. father, the year is fallen 26. (to marie) in flight 27. artisan 28. portrait

Part VI

29. naturally 30. fishing the white water 31. solstice 32. from the greenhouse 33. 125th st. and abomey 34. timing 35. a child shall lead 36. a litany for survival

Part VII

37. memorial i–iv 38. now 39. father son and holy ghost 40. za ki tan ke parlay lot 41. legacy-hers 42. hard rock love

Part VIII

43. on the edge 44. girlfriend 45. for each of you 46. eulogy 47. sister morning is a time for miracles 48. in the house of yemaya

Part IX

49. home 50. beams 51. relevant is different points on the circle 52. afterimages

Part X

53. at first i thought you were talking about 54. digging 55. future promise 56. call 57. parting 58. a question of climate

Notes

Notes: Epigraph Notes 2 Notes 3 Notes 4 Notes 5 Notes 6 Notes 7 Notes 8 Notes 9 Notes 10 Notes 11 Notes 12 Notes 13 Notes 14 Notes 15 Notes 16 Notes 17 Notes 18 Notes 19 Notes 20 Notes 21 Notes 22 Notes 23 Notes 24 Notes 25 Notes 26 Notes 27 Notes 28 Notes 29 Notes 30 Notes 31 Notes 32 Notes 33 Notes 34 Notes 35 Notes 36 Notes 37 Notes 38 Notes 39 Notes 40 Notes 41 Notes 42 Notes 43 Notes 44 Notes 45 Notes 46 Notes 47 Notes 48 Notes 49 Notes 50 Notes 51 Notes 52 Notes 53 Notes 54 Notes 55 Notes 56 Notes 57 Notes 58

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