1/31/2024 0 Comments Big black gay men kissing![]() ![]() Duberman was there, discussing his book, as were several of Hemphill’s friends and admirers from the renaissance period of the 1980s. Center for the LGBT Community this past Friday was something of a reunion. And of course, Hemphill’s friends in Washington, who can still recite whole stanzas of his poetry from memory and who speak of him with a mixture of affection and awe.įor this group, the “Speaking of Essex” tribute event at the D.C. Among them are scholar and activist Martin Duberman, who met Hemphill only once but was drawn to write a book about him two decades later, published this May New York literary agent Francis Goldin, who cared for Hemphill when he was weakened by AIDS and now wants to republish his collected works. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)īut to Hemphill’s proponents, he remains a giant - arguably America’s most important black gay poet, and certainly D.C.’s. Regie Cabico performs a few poems of the late Essex Hemphill at the 4th Annual Outwrite LGBT Book Fair in the District.
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