BEEN BLACK
Tag: Masculinity
Why I No Longer Write Letters of Recommendation for Greek Letter Organizations
https://youtu.be/3qT2RYDAuW4?si=0QZD17SfvhNUzyrw SO THIS IS BEING GREEK? I entered college as a freshman in 1993. I was timid, religious, and longing for connection. My first roommate was a sophomore from New York, a funny outgoing kid with a lazy drawl who loved Wu-Tang, and everybody loved him. We were as different as night and day, but … Continue reading Why I No Longer Write Letters of Recommendation for Greek Letter Organizations
Class Discussion: Essex Hemphill’s “Heavy Breathing”
On “Hidden Curriculum”: Teaching Students How to Be Students
"The "hidden curriculum" refers toย the unwritten, unofficial, and often unintended lessons, values, and perspectives that students learn in school, distinct from the formal curriculum.ย These are the unspoken messages and norms conveyed through the school environment, teacher behavior, and student interactions.ย " I had an opportunity earlier this year to participate in a professional development workshop on … Continue reading On “Hidden Curriculum”: Teaching Students How to Be Students
“Just Between Us” (Black LGBT Documentary)
Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to The Potomac
Class Discussion: Essex Hemphill, “Heavy Breathing”
Dear (Depressed) Black Boy…
We had toiled over his missing assignments for several weeks with very little progress. Every conversation concluded with promises that never came to fruition, but I was being extra patient because I could see that he was earnestly trying and really wanted to get the work done. Something was happening, however, that just wouldn't allow … Continue reading Dear (Depressed) Black Boy…
“QUEER, MY DEAR”
"Queer, My Dear" is a tribute performance that honors the embodied queer multivalence of Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, Prince, and Tevin Campbell. Highlighting their private truths, artistic performances, and spectrums of masculinity, this series of poems both grieves and celebrates the queerness that defied verbal expression and that which made its way into the coded … Continue reading “QUEER, MY DEAR”
“Breaking Up With My Mother’s Dreams”
https://videopress.com/v/Wo4ORJ5w?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "BUWMMD" is from my forthcoming volume of poetry entitled Outside of Honor: Black Motherverse & Queer BlackBoySpeak.
“Come Out the Wilderness”
"Come Out the Wilderness" is a full-length performance poem that situates "queer" sexuality in the history of American slavery. The performance, as it is here presented, is a work in progress; I am currently expanding and revising its story. This particular recording was done one week after an intensive writing session in which I devoted … Continue reading “Come Out the Wilderness”
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