Vintage Entity Press

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 at 5th Annual Rainbow Book Fair!

Vintage Entity Press will be one of many publishers in attendance at the 5th Annual Rainbow Book Fair (RBF), Saturday April 13, 2013, Noon-6pm at Holiday Inn Midtown, 440 W. 57th Street, NYC 10019 (between 9th and 10th Avenues) Come check us out!

The organizers, Perry Brass, Sarah Chinn and Daniel Kitchen called it the “largest LGBT book event in America.” Packed with large, medium, independent presses and self-published primarily from New York, the RBF drew a significant crowd of readers throughout the day. In addition many presses made the trip to the Big Apple to hawk their wares, such as Aunt Lute, A Multicultural Women’s Press from San Francisco, publishing works since in 1982, and the University of Wisconsin Press known for its queer literary and academic titles.

Exhibitors all day
Panels on Writing and Publishing
Celebrity Appearances
Readings continuous fiction and nonfiction authors
Poetry Salon non-stop

$3 Admission suggested donation

Be a part of the most exciting LGBT book event in the U.S. The 5th Annual New York Rainbow Book Fair will feature more than 1OO publishers, writers, poets, editors, booksellers, and the 15OO+ readers who love and buy their books—from the serious to the wild, from the zany to the super hot. Rainbow Book Fair is open to the public with book discounts and giveaways. (Some events will have ASL interpreters.)

- Steven G. Fullwood, Editor-in-Chief

April 10, 2013

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Pamela Sneed reads from KONG And Other Works (2009)

Here's the poem:

I Saw Stone Melt

I probably should have thrown her out

one of my students, a young Black girl who blurted out

in one of the first few classes, “I hate Gay people.”

I questioned myself later, if I would have accepted

the same statement said about Blacks or Jews

Years ago, I refused to help a young White girl with a swastika

carved in her arm

But instead of shutting this new student down or

issuing a verbal reprimand,

I gently steered the conversation away from her.

She was hard I think

not rich or middle-class, wore du-rags

clothes always riding up or down

But one day I told her she was smart

and I could tell she barely heard it before

I could see a light in her start to glow

with just a little attention

she started showing up to classes on time

or before, when she never had

Over the semester, many lessons and conversations

I saw stone melt

innocence emerge

bright and shiny

So, what do you think of the class, I asked

Truthfully, I never thought of some of this stuff before, she said.

Then something forced me to look at her and say, I saw you grow

and we held onto that moment

briefly between us, as if something very deep

was exchanged or understood

then we turned away