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[[File:richardnugent.png|200px|thumb|left|Richard Bruce Nugent]]

==Country==

United States

==Birth - Death==

1906 - 1987

==Occupation==

Writer

==Description==

African American writer, part of the Harlem Renaissance.  Sexually out from an early age.   His creative involvement included two brush and ink drawings and a short story, 'Smoke, Lilies, and Jade'. This short story was the first literary work on a purely homosexual theme that had been published by a black.  One of the founders of the literary magazine Fire!!, whose first and only issue was published in 1926. Close friend of [[Langston Hughes]].

==See Also==

* [[LGBTQ Participation in the Harlem Renaissance]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.brucenugent.com/
* http://dclibrarylabs.org/blkren/bios/nugentrb.html
* http://www.newnownext.com/harlem-renaissance-at-100-the-first-black-gay-short-story-ever-published/02/2020/

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