Ceremonies
by
Essex Hemphill
Essex Hemphill’s powerful collection of essays and poems beautifully captures his experience as a gay black man during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Essex, who died from complications of AIDS in 1995, addresses the sexual objectification of black men in white culture, relationships among gay black men and straight black men, HIV/AIDS in the black community and the meaning of family. The book was published in 1992 and is currently out of print, but there are plenty of used copies floating around out there. It’s definitely one worth tracking down.
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