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Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action, the pioneering, highly regarded South African gay and lesbian archives, invites African writers to submit stories on a queer African theme for publishing in a ground-breaking anthology. Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action intends the anthology to query stereotypes, show that there are many ways of being queer in Africa, and encourage queer artistic expression and appreciation. Literary merit and an insightful response to the complexities of African queerness will guide the selection.

Submit your unpublished short fiction of between 1,000 and 5,000 words to queerafricanfiction@gmail.com by 30 June 2010. Provide a covering page with the title of the story, your first name and surname, your email address and a contact telephone number, and a bio of not more than 100 words. All submissions will be acknowledged.

The selection will be made by 30 September 2010, and writers will work with an editor to refine their stories for publishing in June 2011. The anthology will be launched at the 2011 Cape Town Book Fair and will be distributed locally, in Africa and internationally. With writers’ permissions, all submissions will be archived by Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action and will be accessible to the archives’ many local and international users.

For more information visit the Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action website at www.gala.co.za, or email queerafricanfiction@gmail.com.

Center for Black Literature
at Medger Evers College, CUNY

Presents

The Tenth National Black
Writers’ Conference TRIBUTE to

E. LYNN HARRIS

THIS SATURDAY
March 6, 2010
Brooklyn Public Library
at Grand Army Plaza
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

This Event is FREE and Open to All

Co- Sponsored by
the Brooklyn Public Library
at Grand Army Plaza
brooklynpubliclibrary.org/central

For More Information on the
National Black Writers Conference (NBWC),
contact the Center for Black Literature
at 718.804.8884 or via email at nbwc@mec.cuny.edu

mec.cuny.edu/blacklitcenter • nationalblackwritersconference.org

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T: 718.756.8501

None On Record: Stories of Queer Africa

This week’s featured guests are Julia Wallace of Queer Renaissance and Alexis Pauline Gumbs of BrokenBeautiful Press. They are the force behind A Queer Black Mobile HomeComing, a project to collect and amplify the social organizing herstories (1980’s and before) of black women who have been refusing the limits of heteronormativity and opening the world up by being themselves.

Out Loud & Proud IV
Curated and Hosted by Pandora Scooter
Friday, April 9 at 7:30

Gay, straight, queer, lesbian, bisexual—how do you identify? For this fourth annual gathering at NJPAC, some of the scene’s most provocative new hip-hop and spoken word artists (who collectively represent all orientations) come together to voice their views on one of life’s hottest topics: sexuality. This cutting-edge performance also incorporates an open forum for conversation. This performance contains adult/mature content and language. Part of NJPAC’s Alternate Routes Sacred Circle Café.

More Info/Buy Tickets

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Newark Is Burning:
From Cakewalk to Catwalk
Saturday, April 10 @ 7:30

Gender-bending balls have been a fixture of the underground social scene for nearly a century. These “Houses” parodied the fashion houses of haute couture and first gained mainstream attention with the 1990 documentary, Paris Is Burning. Now NJPAC gets a cat walk of its own. A part of Newark’s house culture since 1990, Fire Ball is sure to take NJPAC by storm with outrageous runway performances, fierce competition and an absolutely fabulous display of the audacity and love that resides in a community that’s doing a whole lot more than simply surviving. This performance contains adult/mature content and language.

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This week’s featured guest is Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, a Nigerian dyke performance activist, poet, dancer, essayist, playwright and actress who was born with a mouth full of dynamite and sugarcane.

Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene

Lone Star marks the much anticipated return of singer/songwriter/artist Jomama Jones. The cd features all new music including Show Pony, Jomamasong, Endless Summertime, Open and many more. Love is woven through these lyrics/music–do your soul a favor and get yourself a copy.

Buy it: iTunes | CD baby

This week’s featured guest is Angel Brown, founder of Queer Black CinemaTM–New York’s first and Only Black LGBTQ Monthly micro-cinema and Annual film festival.

Angel Brown

This week’s featured artist is musician and entrepreneur

e. Katrina Lewis

Our Firsts is an anthology of autobiographical short stories, novel excerpts, memoirs, erotic essays, and poetry by women of color who share their experiences of their firsts—their first kiss, their first sexual experience with another women, their first lesbian relationship, their first heartbreak, their first lesbian awakening, and the list goes on.

For more info and submission guidelines–check out Our Firsts.