I love what I have e to ll "Nobel Prize Week." For me 's up there wh the Grammys and Osrs -- until, that is, the other day, when somethg occurred to me: I n't thk of a gay Nobel Prize wner. Not even a ad one.
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- WHERE ARE THE GAY NOBEL PRIZE WNERS?
- JERICHO BROWN, FIRST GAY BLACK MAN TO W THE PULZER FOR POETRY, ON HIS FOREBEARS, HIV, AND HOW TO ENJOY SUCCS THE TIME OF COVID-19
- TWO QUEER BLACK MEN JT WON 2020 PULZER PRIZFALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAMAY 5, 2020/10:54 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2560PX;WIDTH:1669PX;}COPPER CANYON PRSBY SAM MANZELLAMAY 5, 2020 / 10:54 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TWO QUEER BLACK MEN JT WON 2020 PULZER PRIZ","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-05-05T14:54:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-05-05T14:54:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"BOOKS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE HUNT FOR SOME GOOD NEWS AS QUARANTE STRETCH ON? WE'VE GOT YOU: POET JERICHO BROWN AND PLAYWRIGHT MICHAEL R. JACKSON, BOTH GAY BLACK MEN, JT SRED TWO OF THE MOST PRTIG HONORS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 2020 PULZER PRIZE WNERS WERE ANNOUNCED MONDAY, WH 15 HONORE JOURNALISM TEGORI AND SEVEN BOOK, DRAMA, AND MIC TEGORI. BROWN, A PROLIFIC ATLANTA-BASED POET, FORMER NATNAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA) FELLOW, AND PROFSOR AT EMORY UNIVERSY, TOOK HOME THE PULZER POETRY FOR THE TRADN, HIS 2019 "LLECTN OF MASTERFUL LYRICS" EXAMG DANGERS BLACK MEN AMERI FACE EVERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN...I DUNNO..." BROWN JOKED ON TWTER. "YOU HAVE TO ADM, 'BLACK QUEER MEN W THE PULZER FOR POETRY AND DRAMA' IS A PRETTY FUNNY SENTENCE, RIGHT?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JACKSON, A NEW YORK CY-BASED PLAYWRIGHT, POSER, AND LYRICIST, WAS AWARD THE PULZER DRAMA FOR A STRANGE LOOP, HIS METAFICTNAL MIL THAT FOLLOWS USHER, A "BLACK, QUEER WRER, WORKG A DAY JOB HE HAT WHILE WRG HIS ORIGAL MIL: A PIECE ABOUT A BLACK, QUEER WRER, WORKG A DAY JOB HE HAT WHILE WRG HIS ORIGAL MIL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW PREMIERED AT NYC'S MASTAGE THEATER JUNE 2019 OM PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS TO GREAT CRIL ACCLAIM.WALTER MCBRI/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 25: WHNEY WHE AND MICHAEL R. JACKSON DURG THE VEYARD THEATRE'S EMERGG ARTISTS LUNCHEON HONORG CHARLY EVON SIMPSON WH THE PLA VOGEL PLAYWRG AWARD AT THE NATNAL ARTS CLUB ON NOVEMBER 25, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY WALTER MCBRI/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JACKSON (R) WH DIRECTOR WHNEY WHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NEVER MY WILST DREAMS," THE NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ALUM TWEETED MONDAY. "NEVER. IN MY. WILDEST. DREAMS. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME ON MY JOURNEY TO SUCH AN CREDIBLE HONOR. I’M SURE I’LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ONCE I’VE UGHT MY BREATH AND LOOKED AT ALL THE TEXT MSAG AND EMAILS BUT FOR NOW, THANK YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE FULL LIST OF 2020 PULZER PRIZE WNERS, CLICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MA IMAGE: THE VER OF BROWN'S THE TRADN, OUT NOW OM COPPER CANYON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- BLACK GAY MEN W PULZER PRIZ FOR POETRY (‘THE TRADN’) AND DRAMA (‘A STRANGE LOOP’)
WHERE ARE THE GAY NOBEL PRIZE WNERS?
Farrow ws for his work exposg Harvey Weste, while gay novelist Andrew Sean Greer (pictured, left) and gay poet Frank Bidart (right) take priz as well. * gay pulitzer prize winner *
Two Black gay wrers were jt award Pulzer priz: Jericho Brown for his 2019 poetry llectn, The Tradn, and Michael R. Acrdg to our sister se Queerty, Brown is the first gay, Black man believed to have won the poetry prize.
JERICHO BROWN, FIRST GAY BLACK MAN TO W THE PULZER FOR POETRY, ON HIS FOREBEARS, HIV, AND HOW TO ENJOY SUCCS THE TIME OF COVID-19
Although Wilr never publicly discsed homosexualy his life or plays, morn bgraphers nsir him gay as he treated women non-sexually most of his wrg and personal life.
TWO QUEER BLACK MEN JT WON 2020 PULZER PRIZFALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAMAY 5, 2020/10:54 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2560PX;WIDTH:1669PX;}COPPER CANYON PRSBY SAM MANZELLAMAY 5, 2020 / 10:54 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TWO QUEER BLACK MEN JT WON 2020 PULZER PRIZ","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-05-05T14:54:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-05-05T14:54:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"BOOKS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE HUNT FOR SOME GOOD NEWS AS QUARANTE STRETCH ON? WE'VE GOT YOU: POET JERICHO BROWN AND PLAYWRIGHT MICHAEL R. JACKSON, BOTH GAY BLACK MEN, JT SRED TWO OF THE MOST PRTIG HONORS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 2020 PULZER PRIZE WNERS WERE ANNOUNCED MONDAY, WH 15 HONORE JOURNALISM TEGORI AND SEVEN BOOK, DRAMA, AND MIC TEGORI. BROWN, A PROLIFIC ATLANTA-BASED POET, FORMER NATNAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA) FELLOW, AND PROFSOR AT EMORY UNIVERSY, TOOK HOME THE PULZER POETRY FOR THE TRADN, HIS 2019 "LLECTN OF MASTERFUL LYRICS" EXAMG DANGERS BLACK MEN AMERI FACE EVERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN...I DUNNO..." BROWN JOKED ON TWTER. "YOU HAVE TO ADM, 'BLACK QUEER MEN W THE PULZER FOR POETRY AND DRAMA' IS A PRETTY FUNNY SENTENCE, RIGHT?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JACKSON, A NEW YORK CY-BASED PLAYWRIGHT, POSER, AND LYRICIST, WAS AWARD THE PULZER DRAMA FOR A STRANGE LOOP, HIS METAFICTNAL MIL THAT FOLLOWS USHER, A "BLACK, QUEER WRER, WORKG A DAY JOB HE HAT WHILE WRG HIS ORIGAL MIL: A PIECE ABOUT A BLACK, QUEER WRER, WORKG A DAY JOB HE HAT WHILE WRG HIS ORIGAL MIL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW PREMIERED AT NYC'S MASTAGE THEATER JUNE 2019 OM PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS TO GREAT CRIL ACCLAIM.WALTER MCBRI/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 25: WHNEY WHE AND MICHAEL R. JACKSON DURG THE VEYARD THEATRE'S EMERGG ARTISTS LUNCHEON HONORG CHARLY EVON SIMPSON WH THE PLA VOGEL PLAYWRG AWARD AT THE NATNAL ARTS CLUB ON NOVEMBER 25, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY WALTER MCBRI/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JACKSON (R) WH DIRECTOR WHNEY WHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NEVER MY WILST DREAMS," THE NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ALUM TWEETED MONDAY. "NEVER. IN MY. WILDEST. DREAMS. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME ON MY JOURNEY TO SUCH AN CREDIBLE HONOR. I’M SURE I’LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ONCE I’VE UGHT MY BREATH AND LOOKED AT ALL THE TEXT MSAG AND EMAILS BUT FOR NOW, THANK YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE FULL LIST OF 2020 PULZER PRIZE WNERS, CLICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MA IMAGE: THE VER OF BROWN'S THE TRADN, OUT NOW OM COPPER CANYON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
He also wrote a b gay erotic poetry too. Cunngham’s other works have overt gay them as well.
Falists “Monkey Boy, ” by Francis Goldman; “Palmar, ” by Gayl JonHISTORY‘Covered Wh Night, ’ by Nile Etace, and ‘Cuba: An Amerin History, ’ by Ada FerrerMs.
Falists “Home, Land, Secury: Deradilizatn and the Journey Back From Extremism, ” by Carla Power; “The Fay Roe: An Amerin Story, ” by Joshua PragerDRAMA‘Fat Ham, ’ by Jam IjamA edic riff on “Hamlet, ” set at a barbecue, this play is about a Black, gay, Southern man whose father’s ghost urg him to avenge his ath.
BLACK GAY MEN W PULZER PRIZ FOR POETRY (‘THE TRADN’) AND DRAMA (‘A STRANGE LOOP’)
Among the group of wners were two Black gay men: a poet and a playwright. The young, overweight, gay, black wrer tri to navigate the heteronormative whe world.