Evidence of Being
The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

ONE: The Contradictions of Grief: Violence and Value in Blacklight Magazine
TWO: Loneliness: Black Gay Longing in the Work of Essex Hemphill
THREE: Postmortem Politics: The Other Countries Collective and Black Gay Mourning
FOUR: “The Future Is Very Uncertain”: Black Gay Self- Making in Melvin Dixon’s Diaries
Epilogue: Afterimage
Modern Language Association GL/Q Caucus: Alan Bray Memorial Book Award
Honorable Mention
American Studies Association: Lora Romero First Book Prize
Finalist
MLA: MLA William Sanders Scarborough Prize
Won
History: American History
Literature and Literary Criticism: American and Canadian Literature
Sociology: Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relations
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