Essex Hemphill
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| Born | April 16, 1957 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| Occupation | poet, activist |
| Nationality | American |
Essex Hemphill (April 16, 1957 – November 4, 1995) was an American poet and activist. He received a Pew Fellowships in the Arts grant, in 1993.
Biography
Essex Hemphill was born April 16, 1957 in Chicago and died on November 4, 1995 of AIDS-related complications. He is known for his activism for equality and rights for gay men.[1]
His poetry has been published widely in journals, and his essays have appeared in High Performance, Gay Community News, RFD Magazine, The Advocate, Pyramid Periodical, Essence, and others. In 1993, he was a visiting scholar at the Getty Center.[2]
The poems and essays in Ceremonies address the sexual objectification of black men in white culture, relationships among gay black men and non-gay black men, HIV/AIDS in the black community and the meaning of family.
Works
- (essay in) Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories, Patrick Merla (ed.) Avon Books. 1996
- (essays in) "Life Sentences: Writers, Artists, and AIDS", Thomas Avena (ed.) Mercury House. 1994
- Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry, 1992; Cleis Press, 2000, ISBN 9781573441018
- (ed.) Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men 1991; RedBone Press, 2007, ISBN 9780978625115
- Conditions: Poems, Be Bop Books, 1986
Anthologies
- Tongues Untied
- In the Life, anthology
- Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time, anthology
- Art Against Apartheid, anthology
- Men and Intimacy, anthology
- New Men, anthology
- New Minds, anthology
- Natives, anthology
- Tourists and Other Mysteries, anthology
Appearances
- documentary Looking for Langston
- documentary Tongues Untied (1990) [3]
- Black Is...Black Ain't (1994)
- as narrator Out of the Shadows, AIDS documentary
Notes
- ↑ Nelson 2008.
- ↑ Pew 2009.
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References
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External links
- portrait by Jonathan G. Silin, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Entry at IMDB
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