Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: Selections from the Work of Richard Bruce Nugent

by Richard Bruce Nugent

Book Overview

Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) was a writer, painter, illustrator, and popular bohemian personality who lived at the center of the Harlem Renaissance. Prot g of Alain Locke, roommate of Wallace Thurman, and friend of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, the precocious Nugent stood for many years as the only African-American writer willing to clearly pronounce his homosexuality in print. His contribution to the landmark publication FIRE ,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822329131
• ISBN13: 9780822329138
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"