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Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: Selectns om the Work of Richard Bce Nugent by Nugent, Richard Bce - ISBN 10: 0822329131 - ISBN 13: 9780822329138 - De Universy Prs Books - 2002 - Softver

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GAY REBEL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

“Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance marks the first time so much rmatn about Nugent has been llected between two vers.... For lovers of gay lerature, is a rare glimpse of early work that do not share the same morbidy that so often characterized Nugent’s Csian unterparts. ” — Anthony Glassman, Gay People's Chronicle.

“[V]ividly exam the work of the gay wrer, pater, and illtrator. Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance provis a more vivid glimpse of queer Harlem than has emerged any other wrg by s habants. Nugent’s story has e to be regnized as the first affirmative, unblhg statement of homosexual sire Ain-Amerin lerature—th the appeallatn 'gay rebel.

GAY REBEL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: SELECTNS OM THE WORK OF RICHARD BCE NUGENT

Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance is an unexpected, shy-wrapped Christmas gift—one that keeps givg all year round.... Gay Rebel do an extraordary effort to rtore Nugent to his rightful place by reprentg him to a new dience.

If do nothg else than whet our appet for more, Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance has acplished an extraordary feat. "Richard Bce Nugent, one of the lser-known members of the Renaissance, had the distctn of beg the only openly gay member of s ranks.... Gay Rebel also clus a genero llectn of both black-and-whe and glossy lor reproductns of Nugent’s drawgs and patgs....

GAY REBEL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: SELECTNS OM THE WORK OF RICHARD BCE NUGENT

Stone, Gay & Lbian Review. Nugent's art and wrg are dac and equently brilliant and afford an unprecented opportuny to glimpse the artistic productn of a black man who was "out" as a gay man throughout most of the twentieth century.

“Nugent is one of the bt-known unknowns of the Harlem Renaissance—wily quoted by s chroniclers and revered by people terted black gay history.

Wirth’s troductn also provis an extraordary tour of the gay si of the Renaissance and vivid glimps of bohemian life Harlem and the arts circl Nugent moved . ” — Gee Chncey, thor of Gay New York: Genr, Urban Culture, and the Makg of the Gay Male World“One of the key figur both the creative world of the Harlem Renaissance and the plex unrground world of gay culture, Bce Nugent at last speaks here for himself. A visual artist and wrer, Richard Bce Nugent was a pneer of black gay lerature.

GAY REBEL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE : SELECTNS OM THE WORK OF RICHARD BCE NUGENT

Related: This gay sculptor foced on black male bety durg the Harlem Renaissance.

” Many scholars nsir the first lerary work wh openly gay them by an Ain Amerin wrer. Nugent’s open homosexualy and unique personal style helped him stand out. Durg this time he also rried on a brief affair wh gay Ain Amerin sculptor Richard Barthé.

GAY REBEL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Thomas Wirth, a personal iend of Nugent, wrote Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance that Grace loved Nugent and was termed to change his sexualy. She appeared at the Apollo Theater and the Cotton Club, but she was also often seen cked out a whe tuxedo sgg rnchy songs at gay speakeasi like Harry Hansberry’s Clam Hoe, backed up by drag performers.

One of the few openly gay Black wrers of the perd, Richard Bce Nugent, published the short story “Smoke, Lili and Ja, ” nsired a semal work of gay Harlem for pictg bisexualy and a 19-year-old male artist sexually volved wh another man.

GAY REBEL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: SELECTNS OM THE WORK OF RICHARD BCE NUGENT

Wrg that picted Gay Harlem went out of prt as well. Read more: You’ve Probably Heard of the Red Sre, but the Lser-Known, Anti-Gay ‘Lavenr Sre’ Is Rarely Tght Schools The richns of that culture still remaed, wag to be redisvered—a procs that began after the 1960s and ‘70s gay rights movement was followed by the loss of life durg the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ’90s, which raised awarens of the need to prerve gay history.

HARLEM RENAISSANCE AT 100: RICHARD BCE NUGENT, GAY REBEL WH A CLSEAUTHOR OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED SHORT STORY ABOUT BLACK GAY SIRE, THIS ENFANT TERRIBLE WAS ONE OF THE FEW OUT ARTISTS OF THE {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;}CULTUREBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 18, 2020/10:48 {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:483PX;WIDTH:500PX;}TOM WIRTH / CC BY-SA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 18, 2020 / 10:48 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HARLEM RENAISSANCE AT 100: RICHARD BCE NUGENT, GAY REBEL WH A CLSE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-18T15:48:40.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-18T15:48:40.000+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":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"BLACK HISTORY MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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 HARLEM RENAISSANCE, WHICH FLOURISHED DURG THE 1920S, WAS A CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, AND POLIL MOVEMENT—MANY OF WHOSE PARTICIPANTS WERE BRILLIANT QUEER PEOPLE OF LOR. EVERYDAY THIS WEEK WE’RE HONORG THEIR NTRIBUTNS HONOR OF THIS VAL MOVEMENT’S CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. PREVLY: JOSEPHE BAKER’S RABOW {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;}OF ALL THE WRERS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, RICHARD BCE NUGENT IS AMONG THE LSER KNOWN, BUT HE WAS PERHAPS THE MOST BRAZEN AND BOLD. UNLIKE MOST OF HIS NTEMPORARI, HE WAS OPENLY GAY, AND IS OFTEN CREDED WH WRG THE FIRST PUBLISHED GAY AIN-AMERIN SHORT STORY, 1926'S "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA." BEYOND THAT, NUGENT WAS ALSO AN ACPLISHED ILLTRATOR, PATER, AND DANCER WHO OUTLIVED MOST LUMARI OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, LIVG LONG ENOUGH TO SHARE S IMPORTANCE WH A NEW GENERATN.BROOKLYN {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;}DANCG FIGUR, BY RICHARD BCE NUGENT, C. {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;}BORN 1906 AN AFFLUENT BLACK SECTN OF WASHGTON, D.C., TO A WELL-TO-DO FAY—HIS MOTHER WAS AN ACPLISHED PIANIST AND HIS FATHER A PULLMAN PORTER—NUGENT'S FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 13 AND THE FAY RELOTED TO NEW YORK CY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. NUGENT MA THE MISTAKE OF TELLG HIS MOTHER THAT HE WANTED TO VOTE HIS LIFE TO ART AND SO SHE SENT HIM BACK TO D.C. TO LIVE WH HIS GRANDMOTHER. THERE, HE WORKED A SERI OF ODD JOBS, SOMETIM PASSG FOR WHE ORR TO EARN HIGHER WAG. AT ONE POT HE WAS KNOWN BY THE RATHER SASSY MONIKER OF RIRDO NUGENT DI {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;}D.C., HOWEVER, HAD A VIBRANT CULTURE AND NNECTN TO THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, PARTICULARLY GEIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON'S S STREET SALON, A GATHERG PLACE FOR THE LIK OF LANGSTON HUGH, ALA LOCKE, AND ZORA NEALE HURSTON. THOUGH MEN WERE ALLOWED TO ATTEND, THE SALON MOSTLY TERED TO BLACK WOMEN. IT WAS AT ONE OF THE SALON MEETGS, AROUND 1925, WHERE NUGENT MET AND BEIEND HUGH, WHO PLAYED AN TEGRAL PART LNCHG NUGENT'S REER. HUGH RETRIEVED NUGENT'S POEM "SHADOW" OM THE TRASH AND HELPED TO SEND FOR PUBLITN OPPORTUNY MAGAZE, BEG NUGENT'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK.DE UNIVERSY {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;}IN 1926, NUGENT MOVED TO FELLOW HOMOSEXUAL WALLACE THURMAN'S APARTMENT ON WT 136TH STREET HARLEM; THURMAN'S PLACE WOULD, BRIEFLY, BEE THE EPICENTER OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND THE NEW NEGRO MOVEMENT. NUGENT PATED THE WALLS WH HOMOEROTIC MURALS, WH THURMAN AND HURSTON DUBBG THE SPACE "NIGGERATI MANOR." WH THOSE WALLS, THURMAN, HURSTON, HUGH, NUGENT, AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS CREATED THE EPOCHAL SGLE ISSUE OF FIRE!!, A LERARY MAGAZE MEANT TO DISPT THE OLD THKG OF TABLISHED BLACK LEARS LIKE W.E.B. {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;}FIRE!! NTAED NUGENT'S "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA," A GROUNDBREAKG WORK THAT EXPLICLY DISCSED BLACK HOMOSEXUALY AND TERRACIAL SIRE. A SHORT STORY TOLD THROUGH STREAM OF NSCNS, NUGENT SCRIB ALEX, THE PROTAGONIST AND A CLEAR SURROGATE FOR THE THOR, MEETG A LATO STRANGER, BETY, ON THE STREET; ALEX GIV BETY A LIGHT FOR HIS CIGARETTE AND THEN TAK HIM UP TO HIS ROOM:{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;}.. TURNED HIS THE STAIRS AND THE STRANGER WAED FOR HIM TO LIGHT THE NEED FOR HAD ALWAYS KNOWN EACH THEY UNDRSED BY THE BLUE KNEW HE HAD NEVER SEEN A MORE PERFECT BODY WAS ALL SYMMETRY AND ALEX LLED HIM THEY LAY...BLOWG SMOKE AND EXCHANGG ALEX SWALLOWED WH FELT A GLOW OF THEY TALKED {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;}ALEX AND BETY NTUE SEEG EACH OTHER, BUT ALEX REMAS NFLICTED OVER HIS ATTRACTN TO BETY AND HIS RELATNSHIP WH A WOMAN, MELVA. THOUGH HE OSTENSIBLY LOV MELVA, HE N ONLY THK OF BETY AND THE TIMATE MOMENTS THEY SHARE. THE CHARACTER OF BETY IS BELIEVED TO BE SPIRED BY A HOTEL KCHEN EMPLOYEE NUGENT MET AND FELL LOVE WH WHILE WORKG AS A {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;}FIRE!! ONLY LASTED ONE ISSUE BEFORE S HEADQUARTERS, NIGGERATI MANOR, RATHER IRONILLY, BURNED DOWN. NUGENT WOULD GO ON TO CULTIVATE A FLAMBOYANT PERSONA AROUND HARLEM, OPENLY DATG MEN AND GENERALLY LIVG HIS BT LIFE. DURG THIS TIME HE WAS SCRIBED AS A "BIZARRE AND ECCENTRIC VAGABOND POET,” AS WELL AS "CUTTG, GOOD-LOOKG, AND TELLIGENT." SO, WERQ.NYPL DIGAL COLLECTNS/PUBLIC {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;}SELF-PORTRA, C. {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;}STILL, ORR TO AVOID EMBARRASSG HIS FAY, NUGENT PUBLISHED UNR THE PSDONYM RICHARD BCE. AND THOUGH "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA" WAS GROUNDBREAKG FOR THE TIME—OR, IF WE'RE BEG HONT, FOR NOW—ALA LOCKE, THE "FATHER OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE," DIDN'T RE FOR . LOCKE WAS ALSO GAY BUT FAR MORE DISCREET, AND DISMISSED NUGENT'S STORY FOR "PROMOTG THE EFFEMACY AND NCE ASSOCIATED WH HOMOSEXUAL WRERS."{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;}DPE THE CRICISMS, LOCKE WAS A SUPPORTER OF NUGENT'S AND ENURAGED HIM TO VELOP WHAT WOULD BEE ONE OF NUGENT'S ONLY MAJOR WORKS, SAHDJI: AN AIN BALLET, VOLVG A QUEER LOVE TRIANGLE. THE BALLET PREMIERED AT HOWARD UNIVERSY THE LATE-'20S AND WAS EVENTUALLY PRODUCED ROCHTER, NEW YORK, 1932. LONG AFTER THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE END, NUGENT NTUED WORKG AND WRG AND FLOUTG NVENTN. HE MARRIED HIS GOOD IEND GRACE MARR 1952, SPE BEG A FLAGRANT HOMOSEXUAL. APPARENTLY, MARR THOUGHT SHE ULD CHANGE HIM, BUT THEY WERE MARRIED UNTIL SHE MTED SUICI 1969. NUGENT HIMSELF DIED OF NGTIVE HEART FAILURE 1987 AT THE AGE OF 80.TOM WIRTH / CC BY-SA/WIKIMEDIA {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;}RICHARD BCE NUGENT, C. {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;}BY THEN HE HAD BEE AN VALUABLE ROURCE TO THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, HIGHLIGHTG THE NTRIBUTNS OF BLACK GAY ARTISTS TO THE MOVEMENT AND TO ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. NUGENT'S LEGACY GOT A BOOST WH THE 2004 FILM BROTHER TO BROTHER, STARRG ANTHONY MACKIE AS PERRY, A GAY ART STUNT WHO BEIENDS AN ELRLY HOMELS MAN (ROGER ROBSON), A FICTNALIZED VERSN OF NUGENT. NUGENT'S STORI ABOUT THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, AS WELL AS THE CHALLENG HE FACED AS A YOUNG, GAY, BLACK MAN DURG THAT TIME, STRIKE A CHORD WH PERRY AS THEY FORM AN UNLIKELY {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;}THEN 2008, NUGENT'S NOVEL GENTLEMAN JIGGER, WRTEN BETWEEN 1928 AND 1933 ABOUT A YOUNG, GAY, BLACK WRER WHO SLEEPS HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE ITALIAN MOB, WAS PUBLISHED POSTHUMOLY. PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY LLED "A MS OF A NOVEL THAT'S STILL A EFUL FIRST-HAND ACUNT OF JAZZ AGE INTY POLICS."{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;}LIKE SO MANY ENFANTS TERRIBL, PERHAPS RICHARD BCE NUGENT'S PASSN OUTSTRIPPED HIS TALENT, BUT HIS SISTENCE ON LIVG BOLDLY AND TTHFULLY DURG ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENTS FOR AIN AMERINS IS ENOUGH TO GRANT HIM A POSN AMONG THE GREATS OF THE HARLEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}BLACK HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Protégé of Ala Locke, roommate of Wallace Thurman, and iend of Langston Hugh and Zora Neale Hurston, the prec Nugent stood for many years as the only Ain-Amerin wrer willg to clearly pronounce his homosexualy prt. -- Geisha man (excerpt) -- The Bible stori -- Beyond where the star stood still -- The now disrdant song of bells -- Slenr length of bety -- Tree wh kerth-u -- Harlem -- On Harlem -- The dark tower -- Gentleman Jigger (excerpts) -- Salt Lake saga -- Meetg Raymond -- Rent party -- Negro art -- Stuatt gets a job -- Ori -- Harlem renaissance personali -- On Geette Harvey -- On Rose McClendon -- On the dark tower -- On Blanche Dunn -- On "Gloria Swanson" -- On Alexanr Gumby -- On Carl van Vechten -- After the Harlem renaissance -- Transn -- Pope Pi the only -- Lunatique -- You thk to shame me -- You see, I am a homosexual.

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Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: Selectns om the Work of Richard Bce Nugent. Ain Amerin lerary cric and profsor Henry Louis Gat once reflected that the Harlem Renaissance was “surely as gay as was Black, not that was exclively eher of the.

Some wrers of the perd clud homoerotic them—or, rarely, discsns of same-sex romantic relatnships— their work.

From the start of his profsnal sgg reer at the Hot-Cha, Daniels built a voted followg of gay fans wh his sophistited rendns of jazz standards and showtun. Gay New York: Genr, Urban Culture, and the Makg of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940. Gay Voic of the Harlem Renaissance.

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“A Spectacle Color: The Lbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem. ” Hidn om History: Reclaimg the Gay and Lbian Past, ed.

Unlike most of his ntemporari, he was openly gay, and is often creded wh wrg the first published gay Ain-Amerin short story, 1926's "Smoke, Lili, and Ja. Hugh retrieved Nugent's poem "Shadow" om the trash and helped to send for publitn Opportuny magaze, beg Nugent's first published 1926, Nugent moved to fellow homosexual Wallace Thurman's apartment on Wt 136th Street Harlem; Thurman's place would, briefly, bee the epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance and the New Negro Movement. Nugent pated the walls wh homoerotic murals, wh Thurman and Hurston dubbg the space "Niggerati Manor.

Ntaed Nugent's "Smoke, Lili, and Ja, " a groundbreakg work that explicly discsed black homosexualy and terracial sire. Locke was also gay but far more discreet, and dismissed Nugent's story for "promotg the effemacy and nce associated wh homosexual wrers. He married his good iend Grace Marr 1952, spe beg a flagrant homosexual.

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1981By then he had bee an valuable rource to the Harlem Renaissance, highlightg the ntributns of black gay artists to the movement and to art of the 20th century. Nugent's legacy got a boost wh the 2004 film Brother to Brother, starrg Anthony Mackie as Perry, a gay art stunt who beiends an elrly homels man (Roger Robson), a fictnalized versn of Nugent.

Nugent's stori about the Harlem Renaissance, as well as the challeng he faced as a young, gay, black man durg that time, strike a chord wh Perry as they form an unlikely 2008, Nugent's novel Gentleman Jigger, wrten between 1928 and 1933 about a young, gay, black wrer who sleeps his way to the top of the Italian mob, was published posthumoly. From the Publisher:"Nugent is one of the bt-known unknowns of the Harlem Renaissance—wily quoted by s chroniclers and revered by people terted black gay history.

"—-Gee Chncey, thor of Gay New York: Genr, Urban Culture, and the Makg of the Gay Male World "One of the key figur both the creative world of the Harlem Renaissance and the plex unrground world of gay culture, Bce Nugent at last speaks here for himself.

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