{"id":72,"date":"2007-01-17T07:33:41","date_gmt":"2007-01-17T12:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2010-07-09T19:12:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T00:12:24","slug":"voices-rising-celebrating-20-years-of-black-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"Kuma Recommends&#8230; Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buy This Book<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbonepress.com\/books\/voicesrising\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0978625137.01._THUMBZZZZZ_.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Contributors<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<ul class=\"contributors\">\n<li>Christopher Adams<\/li>\n<li>Warren Adams II<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samiyabashir.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samiya Bashir<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cheryl Boyce-Taylor<\/li>\n<li>Djola Branner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharonbridgforth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">sharon bridgforth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tony Ray Brown<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staceyannchin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Staceyann Chin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cheryl Clarke<\/li>\n<li>Peter Conti<\/li>\n<li>Carl Cook<\/li>\n<li>Samuel R. Delany<\/li>\n<li>Alexis De Veaux<\/li>\n<li>R. Erica Doyle<\/li>\n<li>John Frazier<\/li>\n<li>Geoffrey Freeman<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Glave<\/li>\n<li>Jewelle Gomez<\/li>\n<li>Dorothy Randall Gray<\/li>\n<li>D. Rubin Green<\/li>\n<li>Forrest Hamer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ernesthardy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ernest Hardy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Duriel E. Harris<\/li>\n<li>francine j. harris<\/li>\n<li>Laura Harris<\/li>\n<li>Reginald Harris<\/li>\n<li>Imani Henry<\/li>\n<li>Craig Hickman<\/li>\n<li>B.Michael Hunter <!-- no space between B and Michael --><\/li>\n<li>Gale Jackson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbonepress.com\/authors\/gwinstonjames.htm\" target=\"_blank\">G. Winston James<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cary Alan Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Karma Mayet Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul class=\"contributors\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/danielalexanderjones.typepad.com\/\">Daniel Alexander Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li>John R. Keene<\/li>\n<li>Renita Martin<\/li>\n<li>Alan Miller<\/li>\n<li>Mistinguette<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbonepress.com\/about\/lisamoore.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa C. Moore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphonsomorgan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alphonso Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bruce Morrow<\/li>\n<li>Jcherry Muhanji<\/li>\n<li>Cur\u00fa Necos-Bloice<\/li>\n<li>Letta Neely<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertpenn.net\/\">Robert E. Penn<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Antonia Randolph<\/li>\n<li>Gina Rhodes<\/li>\n<li>L. Phillip Richardson<\/li>\n<li>Colin Robinson<\/li>\n<li>J.E. Robinson<\/li>\n<li>Dana Rose<\/li>\n<li>Shawn Stewart Ruff<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlchildpress.com\/\">Michelle Sewell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reginaldshepherd.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reginald Shepherd<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Carlton Elliott Smith<\/li>\n<li>Pamela Sneed<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Stephen<\/li>\n<li>Duncan E. Teague<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Robert Vazquez-Pacheco<\/li>\n<li>Storme Webber<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddirt.biz\/\">Tim\u2019m T. West<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marvinkwhite.com\/\">Marvin K. White<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brothaloveimages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">malik m.l. williams<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bil Wright<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mysite.verizon.net\/magickaleva\/\">Eva Yaa Asantewaa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mysite.verizon.net\/magickaleva\/\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Read More at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbonepress.com\/books\/voicesrising\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">RedBone Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy This Book Contributors Christopher Adams Warren Adams II Samiya Bashir Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Djola Branner sharon bridgforth Tony Ray Brown Staceyann Chin Cheryl Clarke Peter Conti Carl Cook Samuel R. Delany Alexis De Veaux R. Erica Doyle John Frazier Geoffrey Freeman Thomas Glave Jewelle Gomez Dorothy Randall Gray D. 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