Books
Alma Thomas Opens Up Our Crowns
The cornrows of Thomas’s paintings, often inspired by her own garden, evoke the infinitely diverse ears of native corn and the sisterhood of braiders across the diaspora.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a Durham-based poet, scholar, and educator. She has received prizes including the Whiting Award in Nonfiction and is the author of Primary: After and With Alma Thomas and Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals.
