num_pages: 389
description: Literary Nonfiction. African American Studies. LGBT Studies. Winner of a Lambda Literary Award. BROTHER TO BROTHER, begun by Joseph Beam and completed by Essex Hemphill after Beam's death in 1988, is a collection of now-classic literary work by black gay male writers. Originally published in 1991 and out of print for several years, BROTHER TO BROTHER "is a community of voices," Hemphill writes. "[It] tells a story that laughs and cries and sings and celebrates...it's a conversation intimate friends share for hours. These are truly words mined syllable by syllable from the harts of black gay men. You're invited to listen in because you're family, and these aren't secrets-not to us, so why should they be secrets to you? Just listen. Your brother is speaking." This new edition includes an introduction by Jafari Allen.
language: English
title: Brother to Brother: New Writing by Black Gay Men
titlecomplete: Brother to Brother: New Writing by Black Gay Men
genres: Sexuality, Queer, Gender and Sexuality, Essays, LGBT, Anthologies, African American Literature, Race, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 135
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Men's Anthologies
publisher: RedBone Press