Summary
Freedom in This Village charts for the first time ever the innovative course of black gay male literature of the past 25 years. Starting in 1979 with the publication of James Baldwin's final novel, Just Above My Head, then on to the radical writings of the 1980s, the breakthrough successes of the 1990s, and up to today's new works, editor E. Lynn Harris collects 47 sensational stories, poems, novel excerpts, and essays. Authors featured include Samuel R. Delany, Essex Hemphill, Melvin Dixon, Marlon Riggs, Assotto Saint, Larry Duplechan, Reginald Shepherd, Carl Phillips, Keith Boykin, Randall Kenan, Thomas Glave, James Earl Hardy, Darieck Scott, Gary Fisher, Bruce Morrow, John Keene, G. Winston James, Bil Wright, Robert Reid Pharr, Brian Keith Jackson, as well as an array of exciting new and established writers.
Author Biography
E. Lynn Harris is the author of eight novels and a memoir, A popular lecturer and visiting professor, he divides his time between Atlanta and Fayetteville, AR
Table of Contents
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from Just Above My Head (1979) |
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1 | (12) |
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13 | (4) |
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Assumption about the Harlem Brown Baby (1983) |
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17 | (4) |
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Brother to Brother: Words from the Heart (1984) |
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21 | (14) |
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from Flight from Neveryon (1985) |
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35 | (10) |
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Michael Stewart is Dead (1985) |
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45 | (2) |
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On Not Being White (1986) |
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47 | (18) |
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19 A Poem About Kenny/Portrait of a Hard Rock (1986) |
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65 | (2) |
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The Trouble I've Seen (1987) |
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67 | (16) |
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Other Countries: The Importance of Difference (1987) |
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83 | (18) |
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101 | (6) |
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Brothers Loving Brothers (1989) |
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107 | (2) |
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``Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien'' (1989) |
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109 | (4) |
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The Tomb of Sorrow (1989) |
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113 | (14) |
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Aunt Ida Pieces a Quilt (1989) |
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127 | (4) |
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For Colored Boys Who Have Considered S-Curls When the Hot Comb Was Enuf (1990) |
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131 | (6) |
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I'm Going Out Like a Fucking Meteor (1991) |
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137 | (14) |
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Black Macho Revisited: Reflections of a SNAP! Queen (1991) |
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151 | (8) |
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159 | (2) |
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The Foundations of the Earth (1992) |
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161 | (20) |
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181 | (8) |
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from Captain Swing (1993) |
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189 | (8) |
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from Fragments That Remain (1993) |
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197 | (10) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (28) |
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A Courtesy, a Trenchant Grace (1994) |
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237 | (4) |
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Where We Live: A Conversation with Essex Hemphill and Issac Julien (1994) |
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241 | (14) |
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255 | (2) |
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A Boy Doesn't Know (1995) |
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257 | (2) |
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259 | (4) |
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from 2nd Time Around (1996) |
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263 | (14) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (6) |
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Your Mother from Cleveland (1996) |
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285 | (10) |
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295 | (6) |
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Living as a Lesbian (2001) |
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301 | (12) |
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How to Handle a Boy in Women's Shoes (2001) |
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313 | (6) |
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319 | (4) |
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from A Long and Liberating Moan (2002) |
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323 | (4) |
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327 | (4) |
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from Beyond the Down Low: Sex and Denial in Black America (2004) |
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331 | (16) |
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The Death and Light of Brian Williamson (2004) |
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347 | (6) |
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353 | (16) |
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369 | (14) |
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from Walt Loves the Bearcat (2004) |
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383 | (18) |
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401 | (20) |
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What I Did for Love (2004) |
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421 | (24) |
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| Bibliography |
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445 | (4) |
| About the Contributors |
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449 | (8) |
| Permissions |
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457 | (4) |
| About the Editor |
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