Saint's Progeny: Assotto Saint, Gay Black Poets, and Poetic Agency in the Field of the Queer Symbolic.

The article discusses poetry focusing on gay black identity and agency, with particular focus given to poems including "Invocation" by Sabah As-Sabah, "The Geography of Poetry" by Assotto Saint, and "Rights and Permissions" by Essex Hemphill. The relationship between race theory and queer theory is...

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Publicado en:	African American Review Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 507 - 519
Autor principal:	Steward, Douglas
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	Johns Hopkins University Press Fall99
Materias:	Invocation (Poem) Geography of Poetry, The (Poem) Rights & Permissions (Poem) As-Sabah, Sabah Saint, Assotto Hemphill, Essex, 1957-1995 Gay poets 20th century (Literary period)
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Sumario:	The article discusses poetry focusing on gay black identity and agency, with particular focus given to poems including "Invocation" by Sabah As-Sabah, "The Geography of Poetry" by Assotto Saint, and "Rights and Permissions" by Essex Hemphill. The relationship between race theory and queer theory is also commented on.