3 Stars for SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE

Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s beautiful new biography, SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE, has received THREE starred reviews!

“This is an elegant portrait of a revered and beloved icon and an essential addition for library collections.”—Booklist, starred review

“Stars, hurricanes, and even whale songs feature in a narrative notable for lyrical prose and unabashed admiration . . . A defiant woman sensitively and incisively portrayed.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Gumbs is a master stylist with a knack for writing sentences at once direct and expansive (‘The scale of the life of the poet is the scale of the universe’). This is a feast for the intellect—and the soul.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review