RedBone Press

...for Jackson Black Pride! Hosted by My Brother's Keeper, Jackson Black Pride is making space for a Spirited talk and Q&A by RedBone Press founder Lisa C. Moore at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 21, 2008, followed by the JBP Spoken Word session, then a 9 p.m. J-Sette competition. Location is the Jackson Hilton Hotel, 1001 East County Line Road, Jackson, MS 39211. See you there!

If you're in the Chicago area on Wednesday, come to a talk by Ernest Hardy at DePaul University. "Through a Negro's Looking Glass: Arts Criticism Through the Filter of Blackness" will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 at DePaul University Museum, 2350 N. Kenmore Ave., Chicago, IL 60614. Sponsored by the Department of African and Black Diaspora Studies at DePaul University. 773-325-7176 for more information. (And see the downloadable pdf for parking info.) Many thanks to Dr. Darrell Moore!
hardyatdepaul11_2008.pdf

Joseph Beam began editing In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology, in 1984 after years of frustration with gay literature that had no message for—and little mention of—black gay men. Essex Hemphill finished Beam's Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men after Beam's death in 1988 from AIDS; Hemphill died in 1995 from AIDS. Together, these two books broke ground, becoming testaments to the power of words to change lives. In the Life and Brother to Brother have been out of print for many years, but have recently been reissued by RedBone Press. Join esteemed scholars Terry Rowden, professor of African-American literature, College of Staten Island (CUNY); Jafari Sinclaire Allen, assistant professor of anthropology and African-American studies, Yale University; and La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Ph.D. student in African-American/American studies, Yale University; and the book publisher, Lisa C. Moore (RedBone Press), as they discuss the impact of black gay writers on the community and academia.

Free and open to the public. 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2008, in Room C198, Graduate Center, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016.

The lovely Samiya Bashir (author of Where the Apple Falls, and the forthcoming Gospel) will appear as part of Tim'm T. West's Front Porch during Dallas Black Pride! Come on out Friday night, October 3, 2008 to the Sterling Hotel Dallas, 1055 Regal Row, Dallas, TX 75247. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Click on the flyer for more details!

If you're in the vicinity of Austin, Texas on Friday, October 3, 2008, please come to this important discussion: "Progressive Publishers and Academics: The Last Word on Social Justice?" Participants include Lisa C. Moore (RedBone Press), Jocelyn Burrell and Asha Tall (South End Press), Rene Valdez (Red Salmon Arts), and moderator Dr. Joy James (2008-2009 visiting professor at John L. Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies, University of Texas at Austin). From the description:

This roundtable of independent publishers focuses on collaborations between progressive presses/bookstores and academics in the development of an international, multi-lingual e-library supporting democratic social movements. Writers, artists, activists, educators will explore collective projects using new approaches to technology, literacy, and organizing.

Sponsored by the John L. Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies. See here for more info on the time and place. Pass the word!