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==Country==
 
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==Notable Achievements==
 
==Notable Achievements==
  
 
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Lambda Literary Award
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Activist for equality and rights of gay men.  Poems reflect this, especially with respect to black gay men.  Died of AIDS.
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Activist for equality and rights of gay men.  Poems reflect this, especially with respect to black gay men.  Notable collections include 'Earth Life' (1985) and 'Conditions' (1986). His first full-length collection, 'Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry' (1992), won the National Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual New Author Award.  Died of AIDS.
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/essex-hemphill
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* http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/V5N2/HEMPHILL/essex.html
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* http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-poet-who-spoke-to-the-black-gay-experience-and-a-quest-to-make-him-heard/2014/08/03/91307a2a-1ac6-11e4-9e3b-7f2f110c6265_story.html
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Latest revision as of 14:46, 15 January 2015

Essex Hemphill

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1957 - 1995

Occupation

Poet

Notable Achievements

Lambda Literary Award

Description

Activist for equality and rights of gay men. Poems reflect this, especially with respect to black gay men. Notable collections include 'Earth Life' (1985) and 'Conditions' (1986). His first full-length collection, 'Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry' (1992), won the National Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual New Author Award. Died of AIDS.

Further Reading/Research


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