Essex Hemphill (April 16, 1957 - November 4, 1995) was an African-American poet, known also for his activism for equality and rights for gay men.
Essex Hemphill (1957-1995). Courtesy glbtq encyclopedia.
| Essex Hemphill | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16, 1957 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | 4, 1995 (aged 38) |
| Occupation | poet, activist |
| Nationality |
 American |
Life[]
Hemphill was born in Chicago, and raised in southeast Washington, DC.[1]
He began to writing poetry poems at the age of 14.[1]
His poetry was published widely in journals, and his essays appeared in High Performance, Gay Community News, RFD Magazine, The Advocate, Pyramid Periodical, 'Essence, and others.
He died in Philadelphia of AIDS-related complications.[2]
Writing[]
The poems and essays in Ceremonies address the sexual objectification of black men in white culture, relationships among gay black men and non gay black men, HIV/AIDS in the black community and the meaning of family.
Recognition[]
Ceremonies: Prose and poetry won the American Library Association's Gay and Lesbian Book Award in Literature.[2]
Brother to Brother: Collected writings of black gay men won a Lambda Literary Award.[1]
Hemphill received 4 grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry in 1988, a Pew Charitable Trust Fellowship in the Arts in 1993, and the Emery S. Hetrick Award for community-based activism from the Hetrick-Martin Institute, also in 1993.[2]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Earth Life: Poems. Washington, DC: Be Bop Books, 1985.
- Conditions: Poems. Washington, DC: Be Bop Books, 1986.
Collected editions[]
- Ceremonies: Prose and poetry. New York: Plume, 1992; San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2000.
Edited[]
- Brother to Brother: Collected writings by black gay men. Los Angeles, CA, & Boston: Alyson, 1991.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
"American Hero" by Essex Hemphill
Audio / video[]
- as narrator Out of the Shadows, AIDS documentary
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Essex Hemphill, Academy of American Poets, Poets.org, Web, Sep. 19, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Essex Hemphill, gbltq encyclopedia. Web, Sep. 19, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:Essex Hemphill, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 19, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- Essex Hemphill 1957-1995 at the Poetry Foundation
- Early Work by Essex Hemphill, Standards, University of Colorado
- Books
- Exxex Hemphill at Amazon.com
- About
- Essex Hemphill profile at the Academy of American Poets
- Essex Hamphill at the gbltq encyclopedia
- Hemphill, Essex at the Gay History Wiki
- A Tribute to Essex Hamphill Official website
- "The Condition of Essex Hemphill" by David Bergman
- Entry at IMDB
- Review of Tongues Untied
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