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==Description==
 
==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.Close friend of [[Langston Hughes]].
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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. Close friend of [[Langston Hughes]].
  
 
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* http://www.brucenugent.com/
 
* http://www.brucenugent.com/
 
* http://dclibrarylabs.org/blkren/bios/nugentrb.html
 
* http://dclibrarylabs.org/blkren/bios/nugentrb.html
 
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* http://www.newnownext.com/harlem-renaissance-at-100-the-first-black-gay-short-story-ever-published/02/2020/
  
 
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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. Close friend of Langston Hughes.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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