Black Gay Genius: Joseph Beam

Charles Stephens & Steven G. Fullwood: A Conversation on Joseph Beam and ‘In the Life’
by Steven G. Fullwood, Lambda Literary, December 29, 2012

Live to Tell: Black queer writers speak out [AUDIO]

Stanley Bennett Clay

Imani Henry

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

Our voices are important to the fabric of who we are and to America.

-- Terrance Dean

If you happened to miss last evening's exciting and motivating panel, Live to Tell: The Life and Legacy of Black Queer Literature, never fear: I've got it for you right here.

Presented by the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in conjunction with author Terrance Dean, the panel addressed issues of access to mainstream publication, the unique value and struggles of independent Black LGBT publishers, the uses and abuses of social media, the inspiration of trailblazers and hell-raisers--from James Baldwin to Staceyann Chin--and much, much more.

Steven G. Fullwood, Project Director of the Schomburg's Black Gay & Lesbian Archive, introduced the program and moderated a panel that included (in the order first heard on this recording):

Stanley Bennett Clay

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

Terrance Dean

James Earl Hardy

Imani Henry

G. Winston James

To download an mp3 of Live to Tell, click here. [2:32:38]

For information on future programs of the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive--including Ordinary People, a film and book club series running from October 2012 to June 2013--follow the Schomburg Center on Facebook, Twitter @SchomburgCenter or Tumblr.

Fall in love...with Fire & Ink

 

Fire & Ink, Inc. 

invites you to

Fall in Love: A Erotic Reading and Fundraiser

Saturday November 12 (7-10pm)

Enjoy a fun-filled evening of food, festivities, music and a special reading featuring Cheryl Clarke, Reginald Harris, Herukhuti, G. Winston James, Ana-Maurine Lara and Mingus.

For your visual stimulation, artist Charly Dominguez will be showing (and selling) original paintings commissioned for this special event.

There will also be a silent auction and a chance to win a bundle of black queer books to take home.

213 Taaffe Place #114, Brooklyn

$25 admission
Hosted by Lisa C. Moore and Steven G. Fullwood,
President and Vice President of the Board of Fire & Ink, Inc.

David Barclay Moore: image and realness

Talks @ the Schomburg: Image Makers: David Barclay Moore

Friday, May 6 (6pm)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan
(map and directions)
Not accessible to wheelchairs

Filmmaker David Barclay Moore will screen three of his short films, Realness, Dr. Al's Rebels and Race & Sex, and speak about the importance of black gay filmmaking. Hosted by Steven G Fullwood, project director for the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive. Q & A will follow the presentation.

Free admission. For more details, click here.

Fire & Ink's call and response

Black LGBT publishing house Fire & Ink and MC Books publisher Michael Christopher offer a list of good resources for education and discussion:

Call and Response: The Black GLBT Literary Community Adds to the Dialogue on Bishop Eddie Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church

They're carrying the word

RedBone Press and Vintage Entity Press are co-publishing the second edition of Carry the Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books for early fall 2010. If you have or know of a black LGBTQ/SGL book published since 2007, or an upcoming book to be published in 2010 (*it must already have an ISBN assigned*), please e-mail the following info to info@redbonepress.com by August 15, 2010:

Title of book
Author(s)/editor(s)
Publisher
Year of publication
ISBN
Genre

We'd like to make sure Carry the Word is as complete as possible. We've already got a long list of titles, and want to make sure we're not missing anything.

If you're unsure whether the book belongs in the bibliography, here's the info from the jacket copy:

"Carry the Word is a seminal reference work, featuring over 600 titles by and about black Same-Gender-Loving (SGL) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer-Identified (LGBTQ) writers and culture, as well as interviews and articles about black SGL authors."

Feel free to pass the info on, and thank you for your assistance!

Lisa C. Moore, publisher, RedBone Press
Steven G. Fullwood, publisher, Vintage Entity Press