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 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.
Introduction by Reginald Harris
about the compilers and editors
LISA C. MOORE (editor and compiler) is the founder and editor of RedBone Press which publishes work that celebrates the culture of black lesbians and gay men and further promotes understanding between black gays and lesbians and the black mainstream. Moore has two bachelor’s degrees, in accounting (Louisiana State University) and journalism (Georgia State University). Moore is currently in production for sassy b. gonn: Searching for Black Lesbian Elders, a video documentary stemming from her master’s research in anthropology (University of Texas, 2000). Moore was the editor of Lambda Book Report from October 2002 through June 2005.
STEVEN G. FULLWOOD (compiler and editor) is an archivist at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City. He founded the Black Gay and Lesbian Archive to aid in the preservation of black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, same-gender loving, queer, questioning and in the life history and culture. Fullwood is also the author of Funny, and a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Africana.com, Black Issues Book Review, Lambda Book Report, Vibe and other publications. Visit his website.
Recipient of Individual Artist Awards for both poetry and fiction from the Maryland State Arts Council, REGINALD HARRIS (compiler) is Systems Department Help Desk and Training Manager for the Enoch Pratt Free Library. His first book, 10 Tongues (Three Conditions Press, 2001) was finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and the ForeWord Book of the Year. His poetry, fiction, reviews and articles have appeared in numerous journals and websites, including 5 AM, African-American Review Blithe House Quarterly, Black Issues Book Review, Gargoyle, Lodestar Quarterly, Oyster Boy Review, Poetry Midwest, Sou’wester and the Best Black Gay Erotica, Black Silk, Bum Rush the Page, Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade, Volumes I, II, and IV of the Brown Sugar: Erotic Black Fiction series, and Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Writing anthologies. Harris has done readings and workshops at various venues including the Bowery Poetry Club (New York, NY); Catonsville (MD) High School; Johns Hopkins University; Simmons College (Boston MA); and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, he lives with his partner in the Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore.
cover art © 2007 by Artis Q. Wright
cover design: E.M. Corbin
photo: © 2007 by Donald Andrew Agarrat
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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
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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
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