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.

Author Terrance Dean discusses Black queer literature

Click here to read an interview with Terrance Dean, creator of Live to Tell, a panel of Black queer writers at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, co-sponsored by the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive.

Wednesday, August 8, 6pm 

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan
(map/directions)

I plan to attend this event and hope to record and post an audio of Dean's panel which will include these notable Black LGBT writers:

Stanley Bennett Clay
James Earl Hardy
G. Winston James
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
Imani Henry

For more information, click here.

Admission is free, but you must register (click here) or call 212-491-2040.