Research Catalog
Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones collection
- Title
- Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones collection, 1981-2008 (bulk 1981-1996).
- Author
- Hemphill, Essex
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | No restrictions | Sc MG 832 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 832 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Jones, Wayson
- Description
- .8 linear feet. (2 archival boxes.)
- Summary
- The Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones Collection documents the collaboration and friendship of poet (Hemphill) and musician (Jones), and their artistic endeavors to foreground the experiences of Black gay life in the United States. The collection contains biographical information by and about Hemphill and Jones as well as various tributes, 1981-2008. Hemphill's published and unpublished writings, 1982-1994, and scripts for collaborative performances and projects, 1983-1994, are included. There are also programs, flyers, and clippings.
- Subjects
- Flyers
- Gay activists > United States
- African American musicians > 20th century
- Riggs, Marlon T
- African American political activists
- African American editors > 20th century
- Gay men in art
- African American poets > 20th century
- Hemphill, Essex
- Jones, Wayson, 1957-
- African Americans in the performing arts
- Scripts
- Gay men in literature
- Clippings
- Chapbooks
- Parkerson, Michelle
- Duckette, Larry, 1953-2001
- African American authors > 20th century
- Gay men's writings, American
- African American composers > 20th century
- Gay artists > United States
- Manuscripts
- Black author
- African American entertainers
- Genre/Form
- Chapbooks.
- Scripts.
- Clippings.
- Flyers.
- Manuscripts.
- Source (note)
- Wayson Jones
- Biography (note)
- Essex Charles Hemphill was an African American poet, performer, editor, and cultural activist. Hemphill and Wayson Jones, a musician and performer, became roommates while attending the University of Maryland where Jones was a music student. Their friendship developed into a creative partnership when Jones joined Cinque, a poetry ensemble group that Hemphill co-founded with Larry Duckette in 1983. The trio performed in Washington, D.C. and appeared in Marlon Riggs's documentary about Black gay men, "Tongues Untied." In 1985 Hemphill and Jones began performing as a duo and were recipients, along with filmmaker Michelle Parkerson, of two residencies at the Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia in 1986 and 1987.
- Hemphill continued to write and perform until his deathon November 4, 1995, due to complications associated with HIV/AIDS. Currently, Jones continues to perform in the D.C. area, and has been exploring representation ideas in his work, especially in regards to racial/sexual orientation.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 832
- OCLC
- 812533859
- Author
- Hemphill, Essex.
- Title
- Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones collection, 1981-2008 (bulk 1981-1996).
- Biography
- Essex Charles Hemphill was an African American poet, performer, editor, and cultural activist. Hemphill and Wayson Jones, a musician and performer, became roommates while attending the University of Maryland where Jones was a music student. Their friendship developed into a creative partnership when Jones joined Cinque, a poetry ensemble group that Hemphill co-founded with Larry Duckette in 1983. The trio performed in Washington, D.C. and appeared in Marlon Riggs's documentary about Black gay men, "Tongues Untied." In 1985 Hemphill and Jones began performing as a duo and were recipients, along with filmmaker Michelle Parkerson, of two residencies at the Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia in 1986 and 1987.Hemphill continued to write and perform until his deathon November 4, 1995, due to complications associated with HIV/AIDS. Currently, Jones continues to perform in the D.C. area, and has been exploring representation ideas in his work, especially in regards to racial/sexual orientation.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Jones, Wayson.Hemphill, Essex. Nethula journal of contemporary literature.Hemphill, Essex. Brother to brother: new writings by black gay men.Hemphill, Essex. Ceremonies.Hemphill, Essex. Conditions.Hemphill, Essex. Diamonds was in the kitty.Hemphill, Essex. Plums.Hemphill, Essex. Earth life.Hemphill, Essex. Some of the people we love are terrorists.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 832