Ceremonies is currently out of print, as are Hemphill’s equally rare self-published works like Earth Life and Conditions.But the release of Love Is a Dangerous Word provides a new generation of ...

The venue will host the Pig Gig, a reading from “Low Down and Coming on: A Feast of Delicious and Dangerous Poems About Pigs.” James P. Lenfestey, editor of the compilation, will travel from ...

Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released collection called Love is a Dangerous Word: the Selected Poems of Essex ...