Essex Hemphill

Essex Hemphill

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name = Essex Hemphill


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birthplace = Chicago, Illinois, United States
deathdate = death date and age|1995|11|4|1957|4|16|mf=y
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occupation = poet, activist
nationality = American
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Essex Hemphill (1957 – 1995) was an African American poet and activist.

Biography

Essex Hemphill was born April 16, 1957 in Chicago and died on November 4, 1995 of AIDS-related complications. He is known for his activism for equality and rights for gay men.

His poetry has been published widely in journals, and his essays have appeared in "High Performance", "Gay Community News", "RFD Magazine", "The Advocate", "Pyramid Periodical", "Essence," and others.

The poems and essays in "Ceremonies" address the sexual objectification of black men in white culture, relationships among gay black men and non gay black men, HIV/AIDS in the black community and the meaning of family.

During the final years of his life, Hemphill was a writer for the World Wrestling Federation, and was instrumental in devising the gimmick for Duke Droese.

Works

*(essay in) "Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories", Patrick Merla (ed.) Avon Books. 1996
*(essays in) "Life Sentences: Writers, Artists, and AIDS", Thomas Avena (ed.) Mercury House. 1994
*Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry (1992)
*Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men (1991) (ed.)
*Conditions: Poems (1986)

Anthologies

*Tongues Untied, anthology
*In the Life, anthology
*Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time, anthology
*Art Against Apartheid, anthology
*Men and Intimacy, anthology
*The Poet Upstairs, anthology
*High Risk, anthology
*New Men, anthology
*New Minds, anthology
*Natives, anthology
*Tourists and Other Mysteries, anthology

Appearances

*documentary Looking for Langston
*documentary Tongues Untied (1990)
*Black Is...Black Ain't (1994)
*as narrator Out of the Shadows, AIDS documentary

Resources

* [http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/V5N2/HEMPHILL/intro.html Article at Colorado.Edu]
* [http://www.pewarts.org/93/Hemphill/main.html Bio at Philadelphia Center for Arts]
* [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/poetry/hemphill.htm Some of his work]
* [http://www.lodestarquarterly.com/work/233/ Article on him in Lodestar]
* [http://poll.imdb.com/name/nm0376154/ Entry at IMDB]

External links

* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/00/6/tongues.html Review of Tongues Untied]


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