In the Lifeed. by Joseph Beam AVAILABLE AT CHARIS BOOKS & MORE! In the Life, an expression which means being gay, is also the title of this collection of writings in which more than 25 black authors explore what it means to be doubly differentboth blackand gayin modern America. These stories, verses, works of art, and theater pieces voice the concerns and aspirations of an often silent minority. They can be poignant, erotic, resolute or angry, but always reflect

tragedy and destiny

Kohnjehr Woman's spell endures

There are half-meditations

queer gender and how we love as illuminators of who we are

Eighteen unflinchingly non-PC

all proceeds from sales of Carry the Word will benefit Fire & Ink

professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University

Christopher Street: Reflections of Gay New York

ISBN-10: 0-9656659-8-4

what’s Lovved many wy’mns

visit him in the still and quick of memory

begun by Joseph Beam and completed by Essex Hemphill after Beam's death in 1988