false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169315913m/39806.jpg 39806 1 One result of the combined American prejudice against both blacks and sexual minorities is that as these voices finally come to light, they seem astonishingly new. The words of Alice Dunbar Nelson or Angelina Welde Grimke, both of whom wrote at the turn of the twentieth century, are as fresh to us as the novels of E. Lynn Harris. This groundbreaking and beautifully crafted anthology--a graduate seminar in a single volume--reveals a hidden tradition, no less powerful for being filtered quietly from writer to writer, sometimes between the lines of published stories or novels. All the writers you would expect are gathered here--Langston Hughes (represented by his incomparable story, "Blessed Assurance," posthumously published in 1963), Countee Cullen, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde--beside scores of lesser-known figures. Many of the contemporary writers included are out of the closet, but not widely read as gay. The unifying factor is the high quality of the work, rare in a collection such as this. With historical introductions, author profiles, and an extensive bibliography, <I>Black Like Us</I> is a sparkling scholarly accomplishment, as well as a fantastic, accessible read. <I>--Regina Marler</I> 39508 28 5 2002 Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction total:18|5:13|4:2|3:3| 18 82 40 1 0 0 false false Sun Aug 19 14:42:51 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 14:45:02 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 12:06:23 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 12:06:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 16:12:17 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 16:12:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 05 22:27:50 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 22:27:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Mar 20 11:04:04 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 11:04:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 20 17:35:19 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 18:12:49 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 17:35:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 15:56:59 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 15:56:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 22:01:39 -0800 2009 Sat May 09 10:21:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 10:52:02 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 10:52:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 26 12:35:58 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 12:36:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 13 17:43:28 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 17:43:28 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Sep 09 22:15:21 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 22:15:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 20 15:40:32 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 15:40:32 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 30 22:15:48 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 22:15:48 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 16 12:59:26 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 13:03:31 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 14 17:58:20 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 17:58:20 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jun 11 16:44:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 16:44:10 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jun 11 04:25:19 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 04:25:19 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri May 30 09:41:40 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 09:41:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed May 28 07:07:33 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 07:07:33 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=39806