Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence Elina Alter "We need someone who relates

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robots and monsters--and their own inner demons--on one last quest before school starts again

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often heartbreaking but threaded throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom--Persepolis is a stunning work from one of the most highly regarded

Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence Elina Alter "We need someone who relatesEvidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved murders, seemingly abandoned by the government and mainstream culture. Yet in this darkest of moments, a new vision of community and hope managed to emerge. Darius Bost's account of the media, poetry, and performance of this time and place reveals a stunning confluence of activism and the arts. In