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Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel
~
April Sinclair (Paperback - Feb
1, 1995) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
School & Library Binding ~ A sensitive honest portrayal of
young Stevie Stevenson who is experiencing the pangs of being an
African-American teenager in the early-to-mid sixties. It is also a time
when Stevie is becoming aware of her sexuality and realizing that she is
more attracted to the school nurse than the boy she is dating. |
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics)
~
Langston Hughes and
Arnold Rampersad (Paperback - Oct 31, 1995) Other
Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ A complete collection, 8960 poems that sound the
heartbeat of black life in America during four turbulent decades. |
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The Color of the Heart: Writing from Struggle & Change 1959-1990
~
Susan Sherman (Paperback - April 1990) |
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The Color of Trees ~
Canaan Parker (Paperback - Oct 1992)
Peter, a black scholarship student from Harlem, takes life too seriously at his
new, mostly white boarding school. There he meets T.J., a wellborn but
hyperactive imp with little use for clothing. Here, in his first novel, Parker
explores the formation of both racial and homosexual identities, and the
conflicts created by the narrator's dual allegiance. |
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The Color Purple ~
Alice Walker (Paperback) The wondrous
Pulitzer Prize winning novel, now a
major motion picture! A story of two sisters, one a missionary in Africa and the
other a child wife in the South, that breaks ground in its portrayal of the
bonding of women. |
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Color, Sex and Poetry: Three Women Writers of the Harlem
Renaissance (Blacks in the Diaspora Series and Everywomen Series)
~
Gloria T. Hull (Paperback - Jun 1987) Other
Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ Biographical study of three Harlem Renaissance
poets: Here are
Alice Dunbar-Nelson voicing
racial concerns everywhere but in her literary work; the mysterious,
lonely
Angelina Grimke, a lesbian
writing about lynching; and
Georgia Douglas Johnson, a
gifted poet who at 62 waited in a clerical pool for a few hours' work.
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Combabee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizations
in the 70s and 80s (Paperback) ~
Combahee River Collective |
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Common Differences: Conflicts in Black and White Feminist
Perspectives ~
Gloria Joseph and
Jill Lewis (Paperback - Mar 1986)
Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Unknown Binding |
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The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
~
Maya Angelou (Hardcover - Sep 13, 1994) Other Edition(s):
Paperback~ This volume collects all of the poems previously
published in book form: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water, Oh Pray My Wings
Gonna Fit Me Well, And Still I Rise, Shaker, and many others. |
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CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
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Ron Morgan ~ Born in Washington,
D.C. in 1942 and blind since 1964, Morgan writes historical folklore from
city life with a pithy and incisive perception. |
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Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day ~
Nikki Giovanni (Paperback - April 1, 1980) |
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Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian Writers of Color
by
Emmanuel S. Nelson (Paperback - April
1994) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ This pioneering work is the first book to systematically
explore the literature of gay and lesbian writers of color in the United States.
It challenges the marginalization and tokenization of gay men and lesbians of
color in the dominant academic discourses ~ focusing exclusively on the
imaginative work of representative Native-, Asian-, Latino(a)-, and African
American writers. |
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Deep Are the Roots: Memoirs of a Black Expatriate
~
Gordon Heath (Paperback
- April 1996) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ In
this delightful and poignant memoir, Heath tells the story of his formative
years, from childhood in New York to his awakening homosexuality to his training
in the arts. He was an accomplished actor whose career spanned five decades on
the major stages. |
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The Devil Finds Work ~ James Baldwin
(Paperback - Jun
13, 2000) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Mass Market Paperback ~
Bette Davis' eyes,
Joan Crawford's
bitchy elegance,
Stepin Fetchit's stereotype,
Sidney Poitier's superhuman black
man, these are the movie stars and the qualities that influenced
Baldwin, and
now become part of his incisive look at racism in American movies. |
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Diary of a Young Soul Rebel ~ Isaac Julien
and
Colin MacCabe (Hardcover
- Dec 1991) Other Edition(s):
Paperback ~ Based
on the film of the same name, this book includes the movie's full script and a
diary the filmmaker recorded during the production of the film. Includes many
still shots of movie scenes. The story itself deals with two black disc jockeys,
one of whom is dealing with his homosexuality and white lover during a time of
racial tensions in 1970's London. |
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Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters ~ Patricia Bell-Scott (Paperback
- Jan 1993) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ With a notable ~ Maya Angelou, 47 of America's leading black
feminists explore the richness and complexity of black mother-daughter
relationships in this monumental work of scholarship, which includes poems,
stories, and essays ~ Alice Walker, bell hooks,
June Jordan,
Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, and others. |
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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography ~
Zora Neale Hurston (Paperback
- Jun 19, 1996) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
School & Library Binding,
Unknown Binding |
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The Eating Hill ~
Karen Mitchell (Author) (Paperback - Oct 1989) |
 Erotique Noire/Black Erotica ~
Miriam Decosta-Willis,
Reginald Martin, and
Roseann P. Bell (Author)
(Paperback -
Aug 18, 1992) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ African, African-, Latin-, and Caribbean-American men and
women, gay and straight, novelists, poets, essayists, and scholars provide a
Pandora's box of sexy and sensual delights ranging from the lyrical to the
lascivious, from the prurient to the provocative. |
 The
Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition
~ James Baldwin (Paperback
- April 15, 1995) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ Using the Wayne
Williams/Atlanta child-murder case both as a subject and a springboard,
Baldwin
covers the whole spectrum of this country's life while focusing on the problems
of blacks in white America. What's happened to the American Dream? |
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Experimental Love: Poetry ~ Cheryl Clarke
(Hardcover - Oct
1993) Other Edition(s):
Paperback by the pre-eminent African-American
lesbian poet writing today, with a heady command of the language, the ability to
work in a variety of forms, and an uncompromising Black and queer stance, she
continues her thematic explorations of love objects and death subjects. |
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Feminist Theory, Second Edition: From Margin to Center
(South End Press Classics Series) ~ bell hooks
(Paperback - May 1,
2000) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback |
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For the Love of Men: Shikata Gai Nai ~
Sdiane Bogus (Paperback - Sep
1991) This is a first
collection of poems written ~ a lesbian to, for, and about gay men. Bogus
renders uncommonly tender, empathic, and telling portraits of, and perspectives
on, the gay men in her life. |
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The Forbidden Poems ~ Becky Birtha (Paperback - Mar 1991) Beginning with poems about
confronting racism and her empowerment as an African-American woman and
feminist, Birtha proceeds into the realm of personal grief at the loss of a
long-time lover. |
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The Forerunners: Black Poets in America ~
Woodie King (Paperback -
Sep 1981) The
sixteen black poets included in this anthology form a bridge between the
creative optimists of the Renaissance years and the poetic activists of the '60s
and '70s. A collection of work ~ poets who moved beyond a poetry of reaction to
a poetry that found its resolutions and meanings in black history. There is
poetry of Africa, joy, protest, celebration, and resignation—poetry that looks
to the past as well as to the future. Kings assembles contributions from the
following:
Samuel Allen,
Russell Atkins,
Arna Bontemps,
Gwendolyn Brooks,
Sterling Brown,
Margaret Burroughs,
Margaret Danner,
Frank Marshall Davis,
Owen Dodson,
Robert Hayden,
Lance Jeffers,
Oliver LaGrone,
Naomi Long Madgett,
Dudley Randall,
Margaret Walker, and
Jay Wright. These pioneering artists’ collected
personal reflections about the future, both for their poetry and themselves as
imaginative synthesizers of the craft, make this anthology unique. |
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 Noah's
Arc - The Complete Second Season (DVD)
~
Patrik-Ian Polk (Director DVD),
Jensen Atwood (Wade),
Darryl Stephens (Noah),
Christian Vincent (II) (Ricky),
Jeremy Batiste
(Raphael),
Rodney Chester
(Alex),
Douglas Spearman (Chance),
Jonathan Julian and
Gregory Keith ~
Logo's ground-breaking, one-of-a-kind series
Noah's Arc follows
all four as they chart an uncertain course through the City of Angels, where laughter
and drama are never in short supply. More
Noah's Arc Seasons.
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 Forty-Three
Septembers: Essays ~
Jewelle Gomez (Paperback
- Oct 1993) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ These essays weave together
the varied strands of experience that contribute to her writing life: Black,
lesbian, Native American, raised poor, ex-Catholic, fantasy-fiction author all
are blended here. Exploring her relationship to her grandmother and other women,
gay men, coming out, and the political climate, all with a mythic sense of
heroism. |
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Fragments That Remain ~ Steven Corbin
(Paperback - Feb
1995) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover~ Skylar Whyte, a critically acclaimed actor, is the eldest
son in a
dysfunctional African-American Family. This book explores the
dynamics of a family in which the lighter complexed
child is favored over his darker brother. It examines the subtle and sometimes
not so subtle layers of racism within an interracial homosexual couple, and in
the gay community at large. |
 Gather Together in My Name ~
Maya Angelou (Paperback
- Feb 1, 1985) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
Mass Market Paperback,
School & Library Binding |
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Geechies ~
Gregory Millard
(Paperback
- Jun 1992) |
 Geechies:
Poems 1972-1982 ~
Gregory Millard (Paperback
- Oct 1985) / Back in slavery times/three
slaves got off/Massuh's wagon to pee./The wagon rolled on and left/them behind
and they were/captured ~ Cree Indians./Massuh never missed them. This is the
real South, from the swamp slime of hatred to the magnolia blossom sweetness of
life. |
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Gemini:
An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty Five Years of Being a
Black Poet ~
Nikki Giovanni (Paperback
- Nov 1976)Other Edition(s):
Hardcover |
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Getting It Together: The Black Man's Guide to Good Grooming and Fashion
by
Mike Fields and
A. Peter Bailey (Paperback - Sep 1983) Michael's knowledge of
grooming and fashion was vital to our looking good on stage and off. We are sure
that his book can add something to your life and help you get it together. |
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The Gilda stories by
Jewelle Gomez
(Paperback - Jan
30, 2005) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback~ As her black heroine strides across
time, listening to the sounds of the world and trying to add her own voice, she
learns that immortality is not simple. History offers grand scale cataclysms and
everyday horrors, and Gilda's longing for community, for the bonding of kindred
spirits, puts hers at particular risk |
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Giovanni's Room ~ James Baldwin
(Paperback - Jun 13,
2000) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
Mass Market Paperback,
Audio Cassette; Desire comes crashing through
conventional morality when a young American expatriate in Paris falls in love
with a woman and a man.
Baldwin's sharp insights create a complex story of
passion and death in this gay classic. |
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Good Sense and the Faithless ~
Michelle T. Clinton (Paperback - Aug
1994) These are poems
about abuse and survival, finding love amidst madness, and coming of age as a
woman of color. Clinton turns inward to explore and explode the myths of her
complex sensuality/sexuality/ love. |
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Haruko/Love Poems (High Risk Books) ~ June Jordan (Paperback - Feb
1, 1993) Expands and redefines the
traditional idea of the love poem. In the first half, Jordan writes to
Haruko in
the style of the Neruda love poems. Taking from the haiku its purity and
economy, but giving it her own vision. Following the Haruko poems is a selection
by
Adrienne Rich and
Sara Miles from 20 years of love poems that bear witness to
the depth and breadth of
June Jordan's poetic brilliance. |
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Healing Heart: Poems 1973-1988 ~ Gloria T. Hull and
Michele Gibbs
(Paperback - Mar 1989) Along with Toni Morrison,
Charlotte Carter, and
Lois Elaine Griffith, we are blessed with another foreign tongue: the voice of a
free, fearsome, sensual and vivid woman of color. Gloria Hull is 'family.' She's
one of us. She means to live. |
 Her ~
Cherry Muhanji
(Paperback
- Dec 1990) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ Her is the story of Black men and women who came north in
the 50s and 60s to Detroit for jobs and opportunities denied
them in the south. It's a story about John R. Street, the Harlem
of Detroit, where these men and women spent their nights trying
to forget their days on the assembly lines of Motor City. Her is
a rowdy, irreverent novel exploring a myriad of relationships
between Black omen (mother and daughter, mother and
daughter-in-law, lesbians, Black and "hi-yellah") that together
depict the struggle of Black women: how they hold each other up
and sometimes let each other down. And how their very lives
teach each other survival. Her is a technically flawless, robust
novel written with passion and a keen observation of the human
condition by an author of both talent and insight. |
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Her, Second Edition ~
Cherry Muhanji and
Mattie Richardson (Paperback
- Sep 1, 2006) |
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Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems
1965-1990 Complete ~ Alice Walker (Paperback
- May 19, 2003) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ An anthology of new and uncollected poems alongside her earlier
poetry. Revelatory introductions to the sections become essential threads in the
tapestry of the tightly woven poems. |
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Head: A Village ~ Makeda Silvera
(Paperback - Jun
1994) Told with
candor and compassion, these are stories of a mother facing deportation after
nine years of struggle and saving, of a lesbian love which persists despite
differences of class and color, of the harsh realities of racism and homophobia,
and of abiding friendships between women. |
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Here to Dare: 10 Gay Black Poets : Arthur T. Wilson, John D. Williams, Robert
Westley, Harold McNeil Robinson, Craig A. Reynolds, Steve Langley, Cary Alan
Johnson, Steve Langley, David Warren Frechette, Don Charles, and Djola Bernard
Branner ~ Assotto Saint (Paperback
- Jul 1992) Ten fierce and
passionate poets often using gritty language that delights and disturbs with
rhythms that hit you like winds and waves. Includes works by
Arthur T. Wilson,
John D. Williams,
Robert Westley,
Harold McNeil Robinson,
Craig A. Reynolds,
Cary Alan Johnson,
Steve Langley,
David Warren Frechette,
Don Charles, and
Djola Bernard Branner. |
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Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology ~
Barbara Smith (Paperback
- April 2000) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ A far-reaching collection of essays, poetry and prose on
the black feminist experience. Includes contributions by Audre Lorde,
Jewelle Gomez,
June Jordan,
Alice Walker, and many more. |
 Humid
Pitch: Narrative Poetry ~ Cheryl Clarke (Paperback - Oct 1989)
Long a recorder of the difficult, juicy moment, the questions of
difference,
Cheryl Clarke gives us acute highlights along a journey
traveled with resolve, pain, joy. The best of her language has a singing
tautness that is direct and unavoidable, often elegant.-Audre
Lorde |
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A Hundred Days from Now: A Novel ~
Steven Corbin (Hardcover - Jun
1994) Dexter Baldwin is a celebrated
black screenwriter, openly gay in both his personal and private life. When he
meets Sergio, a self-made millionaire, they embark on a relationship that seems
perfect, but Sergio is closeted, to family and his business. As Sergio's health
begins to erode from AIDS, he gambles on an experimental bone marrow transplant
that may or may not help. It will take 100 days to see if it works. A hundred
days in which Sergio's Catholic family must deal with his illness, his
homosexuality, and his lover. |
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A Hunger So Wide and So Deep: American Women Speak Out on Eating Problems ~
Becky W. Thompson
(Paperback - Jul
1996) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ Based on in-depth life history interviews with
African-American, Latina, and lesbian women, this book chronicles the effects of
racism, poverty, sexism, acculturation, and sexual abuse on women's bodies and
eating patterns. |
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The
Night Before Christmas Has Come and Gone...Now What? by
Linda Beecham (Author) (Paperback -
Jan. 29, 2010)
The
Confession