Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “the Apocalypse” Self-Help “Black women writers and critics

“Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wishes to be heard

and the rooftop becomes their last recess of freedom

and depth of feeling of a master craftsman

Arriving first on the scene—in impractical designer stilettos

pastor’s wife Maxine took her responsibility way too seriously—and never fails to judge everyone else

Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “the Apocalypse” Self-Help “Black women writers and criticsAward winning author and critic Emily Raboteau crafts a powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justiceand what it takes to find shelter. Lessons for Survival is a probing series of pilgrimages from the perspective of a mother struggling to raise her children to thrive without coming undone in an era of turbulent intersecting crises. With camera in hand, Raboteau goes in search of birds, fluttering in the air or painted on