Flamboyants
The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
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George M. Johnson
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Long-listed, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, 2024
This program is read by the author and features music from Josephine Baker, Gladys Bentley, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ethel Waters to enhance the listening experience.
From the New York Times-bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance.
In Flamboyants, George M. Johnson celebrates writers, performers, and activists from 1920s Black America whose sexualities have been obscured throughout history. Through 14 essays, Johnson reveals how American culture has been shaped by icons who are both Black and Queer–and whose stories deserve to be celebrated in their entirety.
Interspersed with personal narrative, powerful poetry, and illustrations by award-winning illustrator Charly Palmer, Flamboyants looks to the past for understanding as to how Black and Queer culture has defined the present and will continue to impact the future. With candid prose and an unflinching lens towards truth and hope, George M. Johnson brings young adult listeners an inspiring collection of biographies that will encourage teens today to be unabashed in their layered identities.
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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©2024 George M. Johnson (P)2024 Macmillan AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-05-24
Blown Away!
Johnson takes us on a voyage through time! I was able to learn more
about my fav black authors and the untold stories of many others. I’m so grateful!
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- Alyssa King @cozy.soul.reads
- 11-01-24
One Of The Best Books Of All Time
I loved the introduction to this story, I felt seen and heard in every page. George M. Johnson's voice is so clear, compassionate and genuine throughout this whole book. In only 2 hours I felt everything just by listening to this story, I found myself being gently educated and guided through a history I have yearned to learn more about. After reading Jay's review (I highly reccomend checking it out) I rushed to Audible to get this book and listen today. I adored the chapter "secret not secret" It felt like finding a letter in a library or at a crowded party. Each chapter a mix of discussions of the lives of some of the most iconic authors of color who were part of the LGBTQIA+ community. While reading this book I realized how cheated i was in public schools and even while in college (I'm currently still studying.) I never got to learn in depth about these amazing people, almost like a secret history of lives. It's never too late to learn, but i feel grateful to have this book.
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- Anile
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Illuminating of lost history
Black Folks have always been the first, including the queer ones. The ones who were proud to be in the open and the ones who kept it in the closet; the one who did the most changes and the one who did the most by surviving. A brilliant little book with a wealth to gain and knowledge to treasure.
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