Based on a split second of indecision in the mind of world-renowned author James Baldwin, Jewelle Gomez's play Waiting for Giovanni explores the emotional and professional dilemmas that loom over a fierce young Harlem man who insists on being true to love, to politics, and to the ghosts that live in his head.
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May.17.2012 - 1:23 pm
When I first met author, Jewell Parker Rhodes, I got stuck on the fact that we have almost the same first name. It's not something that happens to me often. Growing up...
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May.14.2012 - 5:23 pm
When she heard that Adrienne Rich had passed away in Santa Cruz, my friend, poet Cheryl Clarke, called me from Jersey City at about 5:45 in the morning because she needed to...
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Jan.19.2012 - 1:35 pm
In his 1956 New York Times review of Baldwin's novel, Giovanni's Room, Granville Hicks wrote:
"Mr. Baldwin writes of these matters with an unusual...
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Nov.11.2011 - 4:10 pm
Barbara Grier passed away November 10 at the age of 79...young from my perspective, but obviously an elder in the world of lesbians and of publishing. Her history will be...
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—Sappho
About Jewelle
Jewelle Gomez was born in Boston, MA and raised there by her great grandmother. Her background is Native American (Wampanoag & Ioway) and African American on her mother's side and Cape Verdean on her father's. Her writing has always been an exploration of...
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