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Additional authors

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division

Description

1. 19 audio discs (digital)

Summary

1. The collection consists of 19 audio recordings and 1 moving image recording of Thomas Glave being interviewed and giving readings.

Subject

1. Glave, Thomas
2. Authors, Jamaican -- 20th century
3. Authors, Black -- New York (State) -- New York
4. Authors, Caribbean -- Jamaica -- 20th century
5. Jamaican Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
6. Caribbean Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
7. Gay authors -- New York (State) -- New York
8. Gay activists -- New York (State) -- New York
9. Gay men in literature
10. Gay men's writings, American

Genre/Form

1. Sound recordings.
2. Video recordings.

Call number

1. Sc MIRS Glave 2010-18

Source (note)

1. Thomas Glave

Biography (note)

1. Thomas Glave was a writer, scholar, and social activist who has published four books of short fiction and essays exploring the experiences of LGBT people of color. His first book of short stories, "Whose song? and other stories" was published in 2000. As a scholar, he has edited the first anthology of Afro-Caribbean LGBT literaure, "Our Caribbean." He was active in the struggle for civil rights for the LGBT community in Jamaica, co-founding the first Jamaican LGBT organization, J-FLAG (Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals, and Gays), in 1998. The bulk of the collection dates from 1990 to 2012 and consists of unpublished drafts and versions of short fiction and essays, correspondence, promotional fliers for readings and talks, and other materials that document Glave's career as a scholar and writer.

Linking entry (note)

1. See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the Thomas Glave papers, 1990-2012. (Sc MG 836).

Author

1. Glave, Thomas, creator.

Title

1. Thomas Glave audio and moving image collection.

Publisher

1. [2010]

Biography

1. Thomas Glave was a writer, scholar, and social activist who has published four books of short fiction and essays exploring the experiences of LGBT people of color. His first book of short stories, "Whose song? and other stories" was published in 2000. As a scholar, he has edited the first anthology of Afro-Caribbean LGBT literaure, "Our Caribbean." He was active in the struggle for civil rights for the LGBT community in Jamaica, co-founding the first Jamaican LGBT organization, J-FLAG (Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals, and Gays), in 1998. The bulk of the collection dates from 1990 to 2012 and consists of unpublished drafts and versions of short fiction and essays, correspondence, promotional fliers for readings and talks, and other materials that document Glave's career as a scholar and writer.

Linking entry

1. See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the Thomas Glave papers, 1990-2012. (Sc MG 836).

Source

1. Thomas Glave Gift 2010

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Research call number

1. Sc MIRS Glave 2010-18