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Gloria Anzaldúa
May. 18th, 2004 09:40 amGloria Anzaldúa died a few days ago. She was sixty-one.
She was such a strong writer and teacher.
Cherrie Moraga, her co-editor in the groundbreaking anthology, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color has sent an open letter which ends:
Sunday night, a small group of friends gathered together in Oakland and built an altar in Gloria's honor. We prayed for her passage...that it be full of light, that as she greets her ancestors, may it be the powerful homecoming she so deeply deserves.
What I ask, in Gloria's name, is that where ever you are... In your home, on campus, in your organizations that you build an altar for Gloria, as well. With flores, her writings, photos, velas, the ways you wish to honor her and help her make this passage.
I'm sure as the news settles, larger memorials will be organized around the country, especially in Tejas and California...Nueva York, the places where
Gloria resided. In the meantime, honor her with your prayers, as you believe.
I'll be doing that today.
She was such a strong writer and teacher.
Cherrie Moraga, her co-editor in the groundbreaking anthology, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color has sent an open letter which ends:
Sunday night, a small group of friends gathered together in Oakland and built an altar in Gloria's honor. We prayed for her passage...that it be full of light, that as she greets her ancestors, may it be the powerful homecoming she so deeply deserves.
What I ask, in Gloria's name, is that where ever you are... In your home, on campus, in your organizations that you build an altar for Gloria, as well. With flores, her writings, photos, velas, the ways you wish to honor her and help her make this passage.
I'm sure as the news settles, larger memorials will be organized around the country, especially in Tejas and California...Nueva York, the places where
Gloria resided. In the meantime, honor her with your prayers, as you believe.
I'll be doing that today.