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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.80,0:00:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello loved ones, and welcome to week 7
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.78,0:00:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Resurrection Sundays for Audre Lorde.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.80,0:00:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today the poem that I'm gonna share to you \Nis from The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.76,0:00:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audre Lorde's last published book of poems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.94,0:00:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it really has helped me today,\Nhas meant a lot to me today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.96,0:00:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am sending today my closing chapter for \NGloria Joseph's soon to be epic bio anthology
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.11,0:00:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,celebrating the life of Audre Lorde \Nand talking about how her legacy lives on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.56,0:00:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's something that has been \Nsuch an honour to write,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.99,0:00:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I also have been, um, just really thinking \Nabout how to do it justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.49,0:00:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So... reading this poem today, 26 times,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.83,0:01:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking at the messages in \Nevery letter of the alphabet that it gives,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.63,0:01:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been huge for me, and I'm excited \Nto share it with you right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.88,0:01:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}Legacy - Hers{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.54,0:01:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}When love leaps from my mouth{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.87,0:01:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}cadenced in that Grenada wisdom{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.41,0:01:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}upon which I first made holy war{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.72,0:01:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I must reassess\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.08,0:01:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}all my mother’s words{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.49,0:01:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}or every path I cherish.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.21,0:01:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Like everything else I learned from Linda{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.16,0:01:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}this message hurtles across still uncalm air{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.46,0:01:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}silent... tumultuous... freed water{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.73,0:01:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}descending an imperfect drain.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.60,0:01:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I learn how to die{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.51,0:01:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}from your many examples{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.02,0:01:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}cracking the code of your living{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.58,0:02:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}heroisms... collusions... invisibilities{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.72,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}constructing my own{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.12,0:02:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}book of your last hours{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.52,0:02:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}how we tried to connect{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.26,0:02:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}in that bland spotless room{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.62,0:02:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}one bright Black woman{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.25,0:02:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to another... \Nbred for endurance... for battle{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.60,0:02:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--{\i1}Island women make good wives{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.65,0:02:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}whatever happens they’ve seen worse{\i0}--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.16,0:02:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Your last word to me was wonderful{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.44,0:02:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And I am still seeking the rest{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.64,0:02:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}of that terrible acrostic{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.25,0:02:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mmmm. So, I love that poem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.02,0:02:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance, Audre Lorde has this poem about her mother's legacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.75,0:02:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she has a poem called "Legacy - Hers", \Nand she has a poem called "Inheritance - His".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.15,0:03:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's really thinking about how can she learn \Nfrom her relationship with her parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.58,0:03:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use it, even at the end of her life, \Nto construct her ideas about legacy itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.98,0:03:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, as we close this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.96,0:03:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that this poem is really helping me\Nbe present to what it means to close a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.98,0:03:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get ready to open a new year,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.82,0:03:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without some important people in my life who I love,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.18,0:03:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I now, in 2013, was able to relate to in body,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.98,0:03:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in 2014 I'll be able to relate to \Nas a legacy bearer, or through legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.05,0:03:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to assign each of you to think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.21,0:03:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For you, how would you name \Nthe legacy you walk in?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.11,0:04:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are the people \Nwhose legacy you carry with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.02,0:04:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that this poem \Nis a great model of a love letter back,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.61,0:04:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking "{\i1}what did it mean, \Nthose last words that you said to me?{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.60,0:04:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Explaining that what you learn has to be questioned,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.92,0:04:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the words that we have have to be questioned\Nover and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.21,0:04:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my assignment to you is to write a letter to someone whose legacy is important to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.51,0:04:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, the legacy of Audre Lorde \Ncontinues to be important to all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.32,0:04:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look forward to being able to give you more detail \Nabout publication and timeline and everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.04,0:04:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this beautiful book that Dr. Gloria Joseph \Nis putting together.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.87,0:04:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, come visit us on \Nthe School of Our Lorde website:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.82,0:04:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,summerofourlorde.wordpress.com
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.67,0:04:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have a beautiful beautiful \Ntransition of your year.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.87,0:04:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sending you love.