Dear Advisor,

Thanks so much for your message. You made it explicit but I have
lately been thinking that I should split the Lorde and Rich chapter.
Doing five chapters as you outline makes the most sense and I will
table Rich until I can do a similar project excavating white
anti-racist feminism.

Here's what I'm thinking:

Susannah Bartlow
'Vulnerability As Armor': Embodied Spiritual Commitments in Walker,
Lorde, and Bambara

Introduction: Vulnerability As Armor

Chapter One
'A strange way of trying to get well': healing civil rights trauma in Meridian

Chapter Two
Healing civil rights trauma in The Salt Eaters

Chapter Three
The arithmetics of loyalty: Audre Lorde and poetic justice

Chapter Four
Open your heart: Alice Walker's spiritual transitions

Chapter Five
'A self-conscious life': Audre Lorde's late work

Conclusion

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This is empowering. I don't think our schedule needs to change--I
will have the Meridian chapter, possibly also the Salt Eaters, to you
by August 1st as planned. Meridian research is done; I am doing some
Salt Eaters trauma theory research but should be able to whizz through
the writing process and submit a full draft by Sept. 1.

Thanks again--I will be working, so don't hesitate to get in touch if
you have any additional thoughts or questions.

Susannah