Jesse Monteagudo: Jesse Monteagudo is a freelance writer and gay book buff who lives with his domestic partner in South Florida. He can be reached at jessemonteagudo@aol.com online. This article was originally published in Gay Today (Vol. VI Issue 187 ). It is reprinted with permission from www.gaytoday.badpuppy.com online.
“Black Like Us” is divided into three sections - 1. “The Harlem Renaissance” (1900-1950; Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Langston Hughes); 2. “The Protest Era” (1950-1980; James Baldwin, Audre Lorde); and 3. “Coming Out Black, Like Us” (1980-2000; Jewelle Gomez, Melvin Dixon) - each one rich with short stories and novel segments. There is also a comprehensive bibliography of books by and about the contributors and other Black, LesBiGay authors.
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