Hyperallergic's "Poems for Alma Thomas" Roundup Features Alexis Pauline Gumbs's New Book on the Artist
Lakshmi Rivera Amin leads Hyperallergic's weekly books newsletter, highlighting Alexis Pauline Gumbs's forthcoming title, "Primary: After and With Alma Thomas," which delves into the artist's color fields and connects her work to Black diasporic visual culture. The newsletter also features Eileen G'Sell's critique of Sophie Lewis's "Femmephilia" and Noah Fischer's insights on Dana Mashoian Walrath's "The Book of Genocides." In other news, the Brooklyn Public Library will launch its craft supply lending program on September 9, Leon Black intends to establish a Manhattan foundation for his art collection, and there will be a virtual discussion with Emily Wilson on Friday at 7pm EDT. Additionally, the New York Art Book Fair is set to take place at MoMA PS1 from Thursday through Sunday.
Key facts
- Alexis Pauline Gumbs's book "Primary: After and With Alma Thomas" blends poetry and biography to theorize the art of sistering in Black diasporic visual culture.
- Gumbs draws on historian Richard J. Powell to reframe Alma Thomas's color fields as cornrows.
- Sophie Lewis's "Femmephilia: Love Letters to Trans Mermaids, Queer Mothers, and Marilyn Monroe" is reviewed by critic Eileen G'Sell.
- Noah Fischer reflects on "The Book of Genocides" by Dana Mashoian Walrath, a graphic nonfiction work covering 10 genocides from Germany and Turkey to Gaza.
- The Brooklyn Public Library launched its first-ever craft supply lending program on Wednesday, September 9.
- Leon Black, a Museum of Modern Art board member, plans to convert an iconic Manhattan property into a foundation for his estimated $5 billion art collection, according to a new book.
- The Rumpus co-owners Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman host a free virtual conversation with Emily Wilson on Friday at 7pm EDT; Wilson's Odyssey translation informed Christopher Nolan's adaptation.
- Printed Matter's annual New York Art Book Fair returns to MoMA PS1 in Queens from Thursday through Sunday.
Entities
Artists
- Alma Thomas
- Alexis Pauline Gumbs
- Richard J. Powell
- Sophie Lewis
- Eileen G'Sell
- Noah Fischer
- Dana Mashoian Walrath
- Leon Black
- Roxane Gay
- Debbie Millman
- Emily Wilson
- Christopher Nolan
- Hadley Suter
- Stendhal
- Shamira Ibrahim
- Annie Dillard
- Laila Lalami
- Soraya Antonius
- Annemarie Jacir
- Lucy Yu
- Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
- Lisa Yin Zhang
- Elizabeth McCracken
- Diane Williams
- Merve Emre
- Guadalupe Rosales
- Christine Sun Kim
- Fady Joudah
- Elizabeth Alexander
- Laura Wheeler Waring
- Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Institutions
- Hyperallergic
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Museum of Modern Art
- The Rumpus
- Printed Matter
- MoMA PS1
- The History of Literature podcast
- Defector
- The Nation
- BlackStar Film Festival
- Yu & Me Books
- Hell Gate
- McNally Jackson
- National Gallery of Art
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Manhattan
- Queens
- Brooklyn
- Chinatown
- Philadelphia
- Germany
- Turkey
- Gaza