A film & literary journey through the Harlem Renaissance honoring the Queer writers and poets that paved the way. Event curated & hosted by Derrick L. Middleton. Program: 12:00-1:00pm- Film Screening; Looking for Langston (1989), 45 min. 1:00-2:00pm- Intermission (Light Refreshments will be served) 2:00-4:00pm- Live Readings by Phillip Williams, Timothy DuWhite & JP Howard followed by Q&A. Phillip B. Williams is the author of Thief in the Interior, winner of the 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a 2017 Lambda Literary award. Phillip was finalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature (Poetry), the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in poetry, and a Thom Gunn Award from the Publishing Triangle. JP Howard’s debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! (2018). Timothy DuWhite is a writer, poet, playwright, performance artist, and activist. His work is both brave and exhilarating, and directly addresses difficult and controversial issues such as HIV, state sanctioned violence, racism, and queerness. His writing and poetry can be found in The Rumpus, The Root, Afropunk, Black Youth Project, The Grio, and elsewhere. Derrick L. Middleton is a black queer filmmaker, performance artist and writer. He uses different mediums of art to deconstruct toxic stereotypes of black masculinity. His directorial debut Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop world premiered at President Barack Obama's White House in 2016 where it was awarded Best Documentary Short by "The March on Washington Film Festival".
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