|  The Disposable Male: Sex, Love, and Money--Your World Through Darwin's Eyes by Michael Gilbert (Paperback - Jun 1, 2006) The Disposable Male offers readers the scientific version of the creation story--from the birth of the cosmos at the Big Bang, to today's Global City. |  Best Black Gay Erotica by Darieck Scott (Author) (Paperback - Jan 9, 2005) In a powerful collection celebrating sex between black men, Best Black Gay Erotica raises the standard for literary porn. From the slowly building heat of Reginald Harris's love story "The Dream," to the raw lust of Jay Russell's "Rude Boys," in which two tops at a sex club negotiate which of them will give it up, these stories serve up a rich feast of erotic imagination. The narrator of Canaan Parker's "One for the Road" recalls the particular skill that made his finest lover, Marco the Magnificent, famous on the streets. And Samuel R. Delany's "The Sleepwalkers" is a paean to the heyday of gay sex in New York, when a night among the burly beer-swigging men of the Mine Shaft ended only at dawn. With contributions by Thomas Glave, Belasco, and James Earl Hardy, Best Black Gay Erotica presents some of the hottest and best-written erotica in print today. |  The Black Studies Reader by Jacqueline Bobo, Cynthia Hudley, and Claudine Michel (Paperback - Mar 18, 2004) Other Editions: Hardcover ~ With an all-star cast of contributors, The Black Studies Reader takes on the history and future of this multi-faceted academic field. Topics include Black feminism, cultural politics, Black activism, lesbian and gay issues, African American literature and film, education, and African American religion. This authoritative collection takes a critical look at the current state of Black studies and speculates on where it may go from here.
|  Hex: A Novel of Love Spells by Darieck Scott (Author) (Paperback - Dec 8, 2006) Hex opens in Miami in the near future, where celebrations roil the city after the announcement of Castro’s death. Amid the chaos and debauchery, two visiting graduate students, Langston and Azaril, search for a friend who suddenly goes missing — Damian, a charismatic seducer who has drawn the two of them into his orbit in the past. Frustrated in their initial attempts to trace Damian’s whereabouts, the two seek help from Langston’s aunt, a renowned psychic, whose cryptic warnings and unexpected hunches guide them on a quest that takes them to New Haven and New York City and entangles them in the investigation of Damian’s family history — and draws the hostile attention of powerful and apparently supernatural forces. |  Longing, Lust, and Love: Black Lesbian Stories by Shonia Brown (Paperback - Jan 1, 2007) You've heard about it, you've read about it, most of us have been through it, the various stages of lesbian love.
|  Traitor to the Race by Darieck Scott (Author) (Paperback - Jun 1, 1996) Other Editions: Hardcover ~ this is worthy of consideration for gay and ethnic studies and larger fiction collections. | | Clarence Nero |  Cheekie: Child out of the Desire by Clarence Nero (Author) (Hardcover - April 1, 1998) The Desire project in New Orleans, once the pride of public housing, was home for Cheekie, as it had been for his parents and grandparents. But now, in the 1970s, the Desire has degenerated into a world of violence, drugs, and poverty. Still the project is full of life as well, and of people whose vibrant energy, love of fun and ties of family help them to transcend their oppressive surroundings. Cheekie is a young man's day-by-day account in the honest voice of a boy growing up in the Desire. Cheekie brings it all to life - the abuse and the love, the neglect and the nurturing, the violence and the inspiration through which a child came to manhood. | | Cheekie: A Child out of the Desire: a Novel by Clarence Nero (Author) (Hardcover - 1998) |  Three Sides to Every Story: A Novel by Clarence Nero (Author) (Paperback - Oct 3, 2006) Growing up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Johnny and Tonya meet in high school and fall for each other. Three Sides to Every Story is a love triangle that unfolds in the voices of Johnny, Tonya, and James. Johnny and Tonya are high school sweethearts whose dream of a life together is shattered when Tonya is assaulted. Johnny, in revenge, beats her attacker and is imprisoned. At first, Tonya stands by Johnny, but eventually finds comfort in a rapper's arms. Meanwhile, in prison, Johnny meets the openly gay James. What begins as a friendship soon evolves into an intimate relationship, a sexually passionate romance that is cut short when James is released on parole. A year later, Johnny leaves prison haunted by his feelings for both James and Tonya. Their lives are turned into emotional roller coasters as each one tries to come to terms with what they really want |
| | G. Winston James |  The Damaged Good by G. Winston James (Author) (Paperback - Dec 13, 2006) Lambda Literary Award nominated author G. Winston James returns to the literary landscape with The Damaged Good (Vintage Entity Press), a raw, moving poetry collection of searing, unapologetic honesty. Homophobia, sex, desire, longing and liberation mark the terrain of these terse, often unsettling poems. From the unwelcoming streets of Kingston, Jamaica, to the parks of Brooklyn, New York, James skillfully chronicles new times in black and gay history. The Damaged Good is one of the bravest, most authentic collections of poetry in years. G. Winston James is a Jamaican-born poet and short fiction writer. He holds an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-nominated poetry collection Lyric: Poems Along A Broken Road. |  Lyric: Poems Along A Broken Road by G. Winston James (Author) (Paperback - Jun 21, 1999) |  Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity by G. Winston James and Lisa C. Moore (Author) (Paperback - April 1, 2006) |  Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Writing by G. Winston James (Author) and Other Countries (Paperback - Jan 22, 2007) | | Kevin E Taylor |  Jaded by Kevin E Taylor (Author) (Paperback - Sep 13, 2006) Jaded is the story of Joshua Knight, an ad exec who, after a devastating breakup, throws his heart and soul into his work. He's building KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR but outside its doors, he has no life. One day he hears a song that haunts him and sends him on a journey around NYC to find it. The problem is he doesn't know the singer or the song title. After an all day search, Joshua happens into an old bookstore where a wise man and a chance meeting not only change his day, it could change his life. | | Kevin Sessums |  Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums (Hardcover - Mar 6, 2007) Other Editions: Audio CD ~ Mississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South.
| | Niobia Bryant |  Heated by Niobia Bryant (Author) (Paperback - Jun 1, 2006) | |
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