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Queerness, blackness and memory: often compared to James Baldwin, award-winning Jamaican author Thomas Glave writes the unofficial stories.(Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent)(Book review)
IT IS A FALL EVENING in Washington, D.C., the proverbial belly of the beast, and Thomas Glave is reading at Howard University, poking at that belly for being so full and self-satisfied. The acclaimed "Jamerican" writer has just started touring with his new book Words To Our Now: Imagination and Dissent, an experimental essay collection that explores U.S. imperialism, state-sanctioned homophobia and the power of language to resist and witness atrocity. Michelle Cliff, his literal and figurative countrywoman, called Words To Our Now "the work of a revolutionary mind." But when asked by an audience member about the efficacy of literature to dismantle oppression, he rejects ...
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