Weblog: Birthing Carry the Word!

Harris, co-compiler of Carry the Word. Author photo: © 2006 SGF

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 from sales of Carry the Word will benefit Fire & Ink, Inc., supporter and advocate for SGL writers of African descent. Carry the Word is co-published with RedBone Press.

Compiled by Steven G. Fullwood, Reginald Harris and Lisa C. Moore

Edited by Steven G. Fullwood and Lisa C. Moore

Introduction by Reginald Harris

Softcover, 212 pp.
Price: $16.95
But if you order now through vepress.com, you can get it for $10!
Booksellers and wholesalers, please order through redbonepress.com.
Pub. Date: July 2007
Cover art © 2007 by Artis Q. Wright
Cover design: E.M. Corbin
ISBN-10: 0-9752987-4-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-9752987-4-9

Interviews/reviews with:
Samiya Bashir
Cheryl Boyce Taylor
Sharon Bridgforth
Brent Dorian Carpenter
Doug Cooper-Spencer
Rashid Darden
Samuel R. Delany
Alexis De Veaux
R. Erica Doyle
Kenyon Farrow
Roderick Ferguson
Steven G. Fullwood
Thomas Glave
Ernest Hardy
Reginald Harris
Herukhuti
G. Winston James
Lynne d Johnson
June Jordan (review)
Ana-Maurine Lara
Zelda Lockhart
Mingus
Travis Montez
Lisa C. Moore
Curú Necos Bloice
Michelle Sewell
Sylvester (review)
Wallace Thurman (review)
Tim’m T. West
Marvin K. White
Michael Whitley