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Black lesbian literature emerged from the Black Feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Dissatisfied with the inability of both the feminist movement of the 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement to address the specific forms of oppression experienced by black women, [1] these writers produced critical essays and fictional works which gave voice to their experiences, using Black ...
Pat Parker (born Patricia Cooks; January 20, 1944 – June 17, 1989) [2] was an African American poet and activist. Both her poetry and her activism drew from her experiences as a Black lesbian feminist. [3] [4] Her poetry spoke about her tough childhood growing up in poverty, dealing with sexual assault, and the murder of a sister. [5]
Cheryl L. Clarke (born Washington D.C., May 16, 1947) [1] is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator, and Black feminist community activist. Her scholarship focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts Movement in the United States.
Writer and author Audre Lorde [35] Author and feminist Alice Walker [36] Author and poet Tracy Chapman [37] Singer RuPaul [38] Actor, drag queen, and television personality Tarell Alvin McCraney [39] Playwright and actor James Baldwin [40] Author Janet Mock [41] Writer, TV host, and transgender rights activist Isis King [42] Model and designer ...
One of the foundational texts of black lesbian literature is Ann Allen Shockley’s novel, Loving Her. Published in 1974, Loving Her is widely considered to be one of the first, if not the first, published pieces of black lesbian literature. [70] Joanna Russ's 1975 novel The Female Man contains an alternative universe inhabited solely by lesbians.
This list of LGBTQ writers includes writers who are lesbian, ... writer, author, memoirist Orange is the New Black [294] Jack Kerouac: 1922–1969: American: novelist:
Mouths of Rain is a compilation of writings spanning 1909 to 2019 from Black lesbian women and others who have had intimate relationships with other Black women. [2] [3] It was intended as a companion to the 1995 anthology Words of Fire by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and contains writings by: Alice Walker, Cheryl Clarke, Audre Lorde, Pauli Murray, Barbara Smith, and Bettina Love.
Black Lesbian in White America (1983) Anita Cornwell (September 23, 1923 – May 27, 2023) was an American lesbian feminist author. In 1983, she wrote the first collection of essays by an African-American lesbian, Black Lesbian in White America .