Gay rebel of the Harlem renaissance : selections from the work of Richard Bruce Nugent / Richard Bruce Nugent ; edited and with an introduction by Thomas H. Wirth ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher:
Duke University Press,
Copyright Date:
2002
Description:
xii, 293 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-287) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Early work -- Sahdji -- Smoke, lilies and jade -- Narcissus -- Scheme -- Bastard song -- Who asks this thing? -- Geisha man (excerpt) -- The Bible stories -- Beyond where the star stood still -- The now discordant song of bells -- Slender length of beauty -- Tree with kerioth-fruit -- Harlem -- On Harlem -- The dark tower -- Gentleman Jigger (excerpts) -- Salt Lake saga -- Meeting Raymond -- Rent party -- Negro art -- Stuatt gets a job -- Orini -- Harlem renaissance personalities -- On Georgette Harvey -- On Rose McClendon -- On the dark tower -- On Blanche Dunn -- On "Gloria Swanson" -- On Alexander Gumby -- On Carl van Vechten -- After the Harlem renaissance -- Transition -- Pope Pius the only -- Lunatique -- You think to shame me -- You see, I am a homosexual.
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