31 Poems For Black Gay Men And The People Who Know Them
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31 Poems For Black Gay Men And The People Who Know Them
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Author : Joshua McKnight
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-22
31 Poems For Black Gay Men And The People Who Know Them written by Joshua McKnight and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-22 with categories.
Young black boys are not taught about aesthetics. Throughout my upbringing I learned a great deal of what others think a man is supposed to be. I learned about masculinity, strength, endurance, courage, Moral and all the things fundamental and essential to what "makes a man" .When I was going to elementary school I picked out a pair of white and blue sneakers that my father called "Cinderella Slippers" as an insult. To me, it was a compliment. He didn't know what beauty was. It was evident in the way he treated my mother. I soon learned what beauty was. When I was in middle school I saw a boy who I couldn't keep my eyes off of. You know the type? Tall, dark, handsome. Dreamy brown eyes, with fluttering eyelashes. It was all in a photograph and it was beautiful. When I saw him in person it was a dream come true. The most beautiful being I've ever saw with a very prestigious name to match. Diamond. My mother didn't recognize his beauty and she tore me from him. How could she not see what I saw? How desperately I wanted to be apart of his beauty , his light, longing, seeking his aesthetic. When I was in high school I showed up to my English class in shades, sea shells and a walk that said "Look at me, I'm not hiding anything" but deep down I was. I didn't know what beauty was, I looked for it in all the wrong places, my search for beauty at such a young age broke me mentally. Mothers why do you not teach your sons that they are as beautiful as your daughters?! Fathers why do you lead your sons to believe that they are not worthy of feeling beautiful? Who created the mentality that beauty is feminine? Why do we not associate masculinity with beauty? I didn't learn about aesthetics until high school. My art teacher said the word and it stuck with me. Aes·thet·ic/esˈTHedik/Learn to pronounceadjective1. concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.Such a powerful word, to study what makes something beautiful, visually appealing, in awe to look at. I always thought I was ugly. I never imagined being the one anyone would look at as beautiful. I desperately wanted to be beautiful, to be loved, to be pleasing to the eye others, but no one saw me. I acted in ways to receive attention that put me in predicaments I'm not proud of. Searching for beauty. In college I had long hair and cut it. Who I saw in the inside didn't match who I saw on the outside. I was no longer pleased with the way I looked. Cutting it made me feel beautiful. Before cutting it...No one made me feel beautiful. The ones who did manipulated me into situations that have forever scared me. Still studying beauty. I forgave, that was beautiful, I moved on, that was beautiful and even on my darkest days, I found a Light with a name that shatters the walls of illumination. Luminous Lumens. I've never felt beautiful, I probably never will. But I will forever teach my black boys their aesthetic: The ESSENCE of Beauty.
You Don T Know Me
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Author : Orville Lloyd Douglas
language : en
Publisher: Computer Science Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 2005
You Don T Know Me written by Orville Lloyd Douglas and has been published by Computer Science Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Poetry categories.
Controversial, outspoken, and often explosive, the poems in this book take the reader on a journey into the often-ignored world of the gay black man. In a voice ranging from the humorous to that of brutal honesty and controlled rage, Orville Lloyd Douglas covers a variety of issues, from racism in the gay community to homophobia in the larger community, and from family discord to the sex-trade industry. Some may find a gay poetry book unnecessary. After all, a poet is a poet. And, as certain celebrities are so fond of saying these days, people shouldn't be categorized by whom they sleep with; in fact, it shouldn't be an issue at all. Yet You Don't Know Me, a wide-ranging and literally breathtaking collection of 58 black gay poems, proves that while sexual orientation may not determine a uniform identity, it does encompass a wealth of shared experience. The poems vary extensively in tone, voice, and subject.
Cotton Candy Coated Chocolate Kisses
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Author : Malcolm O Varner
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-06-13
Cotton Candy Coated Chocolate Kisses written by Malcolm O Varner and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-13 with Art categories.
"Cotton Coated Chocolate Kisses" is a contemporary poetry book that celebrates the romantic and sensual expressions of Black same-gender-loving men. Using vivid imagery from everyday life that speaks to his audience culturally, the poet, Malcolm O. Varner, paints vignettes that most Black gay men can relate to - whether it be through a story, character, mood, desire, memory, etc. Boldly and unapologetically, "Cotton Candy Coated Chocolate Kisses" validates the diverse love expressions of Black same-gender-loving men. And with there being only a few books of this type, it's a call to further this normalization at the communal, interpersonal, and individual levels, to build a rich foundation for those who follow. To Black gay men everywhere, it's truly a gift.
Against Which
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Author : Ross Gay
language : en
Publisher: New Voices
Release Date : 2006
Against Which written by Ross Gay and has been published by New Voices this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Poetry categories.
An exploration of the various ways language can help us transcend both the banal and unusual cruelties which are inevitably delivered to us, and which we equally deliver unto others. These poems comb through violence and love, fear and loss, exploring the common denominators in each. Against Which seeks the ways human beings might transform themselves from participants in a thoughtless and brutal world to laborers in a loving one.
Insert Boy
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Author : Danez Smith
language : en
Publisher: YesYes Books
Release Date : 2014
Insert Boy written by Danez Smith and has been published by YesYes Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with American poetry categories.
Black -- Papa's lil' -- Ruined -- Rent -- Lover -- Again.
Black Film British Cinema Ii
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Author : Clive Nwonka
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2021-03-02
Black Film British Cinema Ii written by Clive Nwonka and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-02 with Performing Arts categories.
The politics of race in British screen culture over the last 30 years vis-a-vis the institutional, textual, cultural and political shifts that have occurred during this period. Black Film British Cinema II considers the politics of blackness in contemporary British cinema and visual practice. This second iteration of Black Film British Cinema, marking over 30 years since the ground-breaking ICA Documents 7 publication in 1988, continues this investigation by offering a crucial contemporary consideration of the textual, institutional, cultural and political shifts that have occurred from this period. It focuses on the practices, values and networks of collaborations that have shaped the development of black film culture and representation. But what is black British film? How do such films, however defined, produce meaning through visual culture, and what are the political, social and aesthetic motivations and effects? How are the new forms of black British film facilitating new modes of representation, authorship and exhibition? Explored in the context of film aesthetics, curatorship, exhibition and arts practice, and the politics of diversity policy, Black Film British Cinema II provides the platform for new scholars, thinkers and practitioners to coalesce on these central questions. It is explicitly interdisciplinary, operating at the intersections of film studies, media and communications, sociology, politics and cultural studies. Through a diverse range of perspectives and theoretical interventions that offer a combination of traditional chapters, long-form essays, shorter think pieces, and critical dialogues, Black Film British Cinema II is a comprehensive, sustained, wide ranging collection that offers new framework for understanding contemporary black film practices and the cultural and creative dimensions that shape the making of blackness and race. Contributors Bidisha, Ashley Clark, Shelley Cobb, James Harvey, Melanie Hoyes, Maryam Jameela, Kara Keeling, Ozlem Koksal, Rabz Lansiquot, Sarita Malik, Richard Martin, So Mayer, Alessandra Raengo, Richard T. Rodríguez, Tess S. Skadegård Thorsen, Natalie Wreyford
Wild Blessings
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Author : Hilary Holladay
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2004-11-01
Wild Blessings written by Hilary Holladay and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanhood, spirituality, and mortality, poet Lucille Clifton has published thirteen volumes of poems since 1969 and has received numerous accolades for her work, including the 2000 National Book Award for Blessing the Boats. Her verse is featured in almost every anthology of contemporary poetry, and her readings draw large and enthusiastic audiences. Although Clifton's poetry is a pleasure to read, it is neither as simple nor as blithely celebratory as readers sometimes assume. The bursts of joy found in her polished, elegant lines are frequently set against a backdrop of regret and sorrow. Alternately consoling, stimulating, and emotionally devastating, Clifton's poems are unforgettable. In Wild Blessings, Hilary Holladay offers the first full-length study of Clifton's poetry, drawing on a broad knowledge of the American poetic tradition and African American poetry in particular. Holladay places Clifton's poems in multiple contexts -- personal, political, and literary -- as she explicates major themes and analyzes specific works: Clifton's poems about womanhood, a central concern throughout her career; her fertility poems, which are provocatively compared with Sylvia Plath's poems on the same subject; her relation to the Black Arts Movement and to other black female poets, such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez; her biblical poems; her elegies; and her poignant family history, Generations, an extended prose poem. In addition to a new preface written after Clifton's death in 2010, this updated edition includes an epilogue that discusses the poetry collections she published after 2004. Readers encountering Lucille Clifton's poems for the first time and those long familiar with her distinctive voice will benefit from Hilary Holladay's striking insights and her illuminating interview with the influential American poet.
Funeral Diva
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Author : Pamela Sneed
language : en
Publisher: City Lights Books
Release Date : 2020-10-20
Funeral Diva written by Pamela Sneed and has been published by City Lights Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-20 with Poetry categories.
Funeral Diva is the Winner of the Lambda Award for Lesbian Poetry! A poetic memoir about coming-of-age in the AIDS era, and its effects on life and art. "Sneed is an acclaimed reader of her own poetry, and the book has the feeling of live performance. . . . Its strength is in its abundance, its desire for language to stir body as well as mind."—Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Book Review "She is a writer for the future, in that she defies genre."—Hilton Als "This notable achievement, traveling from youth to adulthood, is a harrowing account of how Sneed transforms violence and pain into an artist's life."—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen: An American Lyric "There's an eerie sense of timeliness to this book, which features prose and poetry by the writer and teacher Pamela Sneed and is largely — though not entirely — about mourning Black gay men killed too soon by a deadly virus."—Tomi Obaro, Buzzfeed "OH MY GOODNESS, it was amazing. I was in tears by the end. What starts off as beautiful memoir evolves into incredibly moving poetry, painful and sweet and lovely."—Marie Cloutier, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY "Balancing and mixing, with rhyme and reason, love and anger, good and bad, memory and the created present, all to tell the story of a life, a memoir unrestrained, devoid of artificial forms. Honest. Free."—Anjanette Delgado, New York Journal of Books In this collection of personal essays and poetry, acclaimed poet and performer Pamela Sneed details her coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s. Funeral Diva captures the impact of AIDS on Black Queer life, and highlights the enduring bonds between the living, the dying, and the dead. Sneed’s poems not only converse with lovers past and present, but also with her literary forebears—like James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde—whose aesthetic and thematic investments she renews for a contemporary American landscape. Offering critical focus on matters from police brutality to LGBTQ+ rights, Funeral Diva confronts today's most pressing issues with acerbic wit and audacity. The collection closes with Sneed's reflections on the two pandemics of her time, AIDS and COVID-19, and the disproportionate impact of each on African American communities. "Riveting, personal, open-hearted, risky and wise."—Sarah Schulman, author of Conflict Is Not Abuse " . . . a tour de force about the collision between a coalescing 1980s 'Black lesbian and gay literary and poetic movement' in New York and the onslaught of AIDS."—Donna Seaman, Booklist "Pamela Sneed's Funeral Diva is deft, defiant, and devastating."—Tommy Pico, author of Feed "Funeral Diva is urgent and necessary reading to live by. This is writing at its finest. Keep this book close to your heart and soul."—Karen Finley, author of Shock Treatment "Reminiscent of Audre Lorde’s Zami, Pamela Sneed’s memoir is, in itself, a healing balm, affirming in its truths and honesty. I cannot remember ever reading a book that illustrates the impact of the AIDS epidemic on our community more poignantly than Funeral Diva."—Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Patsy "Pamela Sneed takes enormous risks in this book. She tells the truth with fierce concentration and an abiding sense of purpose.”—Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina
Cannibal
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Author : Safiya Sinclair
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2016-09
Cannibal written by Safiya Sinclair and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09 with Poetry categories.
Colliding with and confronting The Tempest and postcolonial identity, the poems in Safiya Sinclair's Cannibal explore Jamaican childhood and history, race relations in America, womanhood, otherness, and exile. She evokes a home no longer accessible and a body at times uninhabitable, often mirrored by a hybrid Eve/Caliban figure. Blooming with intense lyricism and fertile imagery, these full-blooded poems are elegant, mythic, and intricately woven. Here the female body is a dark landscape; the female body is cannibal. Sinclair shocks and delights her readers with her willingness to disorient and provoke, creating a multitextured collage of beautiful and explosive poems.
Indecency
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Author : Justin Phillip Reed
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Indecency written by Justin Phillip Reed and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with POETRY categories.
Intricate, intimate, difficult, and confrontational poems that push at the boundaries of selfhood, skin, culture, sexuality, and blood.