Artistic Event: Book Reading
Ana-Maurine Lara
Erzulie's Skirt
Wednesday, April 25, 7 p.m.
at
Amazon Feminist Bookstore
4755 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis 55407
612-821-9630
Set in the age of urbanization in the Dominican Republic over the course of several lifetimes, Erzulie's Skirt is a love story between two women who travel different paths but share similar goals-securing the survival of their African birthright as healers and spiritual guides for the next generation. tale of how women and their families struggle with love, tragedy and destiny. Infused with the language of ritual and indigenous beliefs, Erzulie's Skirt takes us from rural villages and sugar cane plantations to the poor neighborhoods of Santo Domingo, and through the journey by yola across the sea between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It is a compelling love story that unearths our deep ancestral connections to land, ritual and memory.
Ana-Maurine Lara is an AfroDominican American writer and organizer. She was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in East Africa and Mount Vernon, NY. She received her BA from Harvard University. Ana-Maurine's poetry and short fiction has appeared in several literary journals, and she has received awards from the Puffin Foundation, the Brooklyn Arts Council and PEN Northwest. She is co-author of bustingbinaries.com: a web site designed to assist in building a community of resistance by addressing the binaries in our social justice movements. She currently lives in Austin, Texas working with The Austin Project, a collective of women writers, scholars and activists of color and their allies creating and performing in the jazz aesthetic.