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  • Anacaona's Garden / Fiction by Curu Necos-Bloice

    Anacaona's Garden is the lyrical, extraordinary narrative of Enrique Santana's struggle with sexual and racial identity, as well as ethnic prejudice in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and New York City. When this naïve Dominican becomes obsessed with Dieudonne, a Haitian immigrant, he is immediately and repeatedly drawn into surrealist episodes from his repressed tropical past. The remarkable revisiting of Enrique's personal history ultimately leads him to ques[...]

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  • The Damaged Good / Poetry by G. Winston James

    Lambda Literary Award nominated author G. Winston James returns to the literary landscape with The Damaged Good—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, G. Winston James skillfully chronicles new times in black and gay history. The Damaged Good i[...]

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  • KONG And Other Works / Poetry by Pamela Sneed

    Pamela Sneed offers readers a tremendous gift in the collection KONG And Other Works. These poems are histories, written but mainly unwritten, showing how social movements constructed around race, gender, and sexuality impact the individual. It is about current events, family, ancestors and pioneers, healing, hope, and love. KONG shifts effortlessly between the comedic and the critical while never losing sight of the author's aim: to offer a work that is transfo[...]

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  • FUNNY / Essays by Steven G. Fullwood

    Steven G. Fullwood isn’t afraid to let it all hang out - literally. Loosely described as ‘part memoir, part satire, & completely self-revelatory,’ FUNNY makes its mark in poignant, twisted ways. Fullwood is your best friend and guru, and that crazy guy who lives down the street, his pants around his ankles. Here is a writer who calls a dick a dick, and has no problem with holding a conversation with his own appendage. In 31 essays he parcels [...]

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  • Convincing the Body / Poetry by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

    “Convincing the Body is not where poetry is headed, it is where poetry IS,” says Patricia Smith of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor’s third book of poetry. Lush, edgy, sparse and elegant, these poems are not merely written, but lived. Divided into six movements, this work unflinchingly addresses injustice, war, sex, love, and hope. There is nothing random or predictable here. “Redemption shines like light through pinholes. This collection revels in the language of [...]

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  • Conjuring Black Funk / Non-Fiction by Herukhuti

    Conjuring Black Funk: Notes on Culture, Sexuality and Spirituality, Vol. 1 is a fiery collection of essays, poetry, creative non-fiction, and experimental writing that challenges conventional thought, offers alternative perspectives, and suggests ways of practicing Afrocentric, queer liberation/transgression. This book is an important contribution to Black Queer Theory, Black Feminist Thought, and Afrocentric Thought.

    “What a book! Hugely informative[...]

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  • Carry The Word / A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books

    Carry the Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books 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. A must-have for booksellers, librarians, academics, community-based organizations, book clubs and readers interested in black LGBTQ books and authors, all proceeds fr[...]

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VEP @ The Harlem Book Fair 2010!

The Vision of the Harlem Book Fair is to partner with local and national leadership organizations under the banner of literacy awareness, affirming HBF as the nation’s largest African American literary event celebrating family literacy, community empowerment, and community cooperation.

Join Vintage Entity Press and Herukhuti, Pamela Sneed, G. Winston James, and Steven G Fullwood for a day of sun and fun, and books, books, BOOKS!

Also, look for authors Pamela Sneed, Randall Horton, Zelda Lockhart and Steven G Fullwood @

"Bringing Our Sons and Their Memories Home: A discussion with contemporary writers on AIDS and the eradication of shame and silence through the love of witnessing."
 
Surrounding the loss of an undocumented number of African American men to the AIDS virus there is a pervasive silence that looms. Though some may believe this silence is to protect the African American identity, others believe this silence keeps African Americans in a sort of perpetual spiritual mourning, and at a perpetual disadvantage for healing from and defeating the disease.

The panel of writers will explore the following question and more: What are the trepidations for African Americans in giving voice to AIDS as a disease that affects their loved ones? In what ways has writing acted as a tool of exposure or a tool of cover-up around the AIDS virus in the African American population? What potentially exists beyond the moments of writing openly about the effects of AIDS on black people? Embolden by Reverend Samuel “Billy” Kyles’ quote, “A witness who will not tell the truth is of no consequence,” this conversation will seek to offer a platform for exploring AIDS, Healing, Homecomings and Closure for African Americans.
 
Sponsored by LaVenson Press.


July 16, 2010

 

   

Watch Pamela Sneed reading "There There" from her book

KONG AND OTHER WORKS

available here