In Audre's Footsteps: A Conversation with Dr. Heidi Lewis and Ashley Jones

4413 5th Avenue South,Birmingham AL 35222

06 August, 2022

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Join us on Saturday, August 6 at Burdock Book Collective from 5-7PM for a conversation about In Audre's Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table Talk with co-author, Dr. Heidi Lewis and Alabama Poet Laureate, Ashley Jones. In Audre’s Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table Talk honors Black intellectual traditions set forth by Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Angela Y. Davis, and Audre Lorde, all who were influenced by their experiences in Berlin. Engaging Black and Transnational feminist frameworks, In Audre’s Footsteps amplifies the resistive and generative experiences of Black and women of color intellectuals in Berlin and the U.S., examining how they resist and revise oppressive narratives and how they address the always advantageous but sometimes contentious contours of solidarity. We hope you'll join us to celebrate Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet, Audre Lorde and this unique manifestation of her incredible legacy. The evening with conclude with an intimate Q&A and book signing. Burdock Book Collective is an intersectional feminist bookstore that aims to center and uplift literature written by authors of different identities and life experiences, especially voices that are often marginalized by mainstream society. At Burdock, we foster radically inclusive organizing and community building space through our event programming, artist workshops, political education groups, author talks and book clubs.