{"id":66,"date":"2007-01-10T22:36:51","date_gmt":"2007-01-11T03:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2007-01-10T22:36:51","modified_gmt":"2007-01-11T03:36:51","slug":"readingsigning-the-damaged-good-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Reading\/Signing: The Damaged Good (NY)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">G. WINSTON JAMES<br \/>\n<\/font><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Reads from<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><strong><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">THE DAMAGED GOOD:\u00a0 POEMS AROUND LOVE<br \/>\n<\/font><\/strong><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Friday, January 19<sup>th<br \/>\n<\/sup><\/font><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">7:00 to 8:30 p.m.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">at the <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">LGBT Community Center<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">208 W. 13<sup>th<\/sup> Street, Manhattan<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Room 310<\/font><\/p>\n<p><tt><font size=\"3\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">G. Winston James skillfully chronicles new times in black and gay history. The Damaged Good is one of the bravest, most authentic collections of poetry in years.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">\"\u2026delivered with the intentionality and intensity of writers like<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">Nikki Giovanni and Essex Hemphill. This collection is made of stuff<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">the Dewey Decimal System was created to find.\"<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">Borris Powell, Activist\/Educator<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">Gay Men of African Descent, Inc.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">\"What an awesome read! At times painful\/upsetting. Brilliant!!\"<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Author<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><font size=\"3\"><tt><em>Convincing the Body<\/em><\/tt><tt> (Vintage Entity Press)<br \/>\n<\/tt><\/font><tt><font size=\"3\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">\"It is dangerous for a poet to have loved so much and to have<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">remembered it all. Wonder what names, what dead will the paper cut of<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">The Damaged Good bleed.\"<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">Marvin K. White, Author<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><font size=\"3\"><tt><em>Last Rights<\/em><\/tt><tt> and <em>Nothin' Ugly Fly<\/em> (Redbone Press)<br \/>\n<\/tt><\/font><tt><font size=\"3\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">The Damaged Good by G. Winston James<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">ISBN: 0-9752987-2-0<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><font size=\"3\">Price: $14.95<br \/>\n<\/font><\/tt><tt><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vepress.com\/the-damaged-good\/\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"3\">http:\/\/www.vepress.com\/the-damaged-good<\/font><\/a><br \/>\n<\/tt><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><tt>For more information: <a href=\"javascript:parent.ComposeTo(\"info@vepress.com\",%20\"\");\">info@vepress.com<\/a><\/tt><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 G. WINSTON JAMES \u00a0 \u00a0 Reads from \u00a0 THE DAMAGED GOOD:\u00a0 POEMS AROUND LOVE \u00a0 Friday, January 19th \u00a0 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. \u00a0 at the \u00a0 LGBT Community Center 208 W. 13th Street, Manhattan Room 310 \u00a0 G. Winston James skillfully chronicles new times in black and gay history. 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