Gay spiral fiction
By Addie E. Citchens
Reverend Sabre Winfrey, Jr., shepherd of the Seven Seals Missionary Baptist Church, believes in God, his own privilege, and enterprise. He owns the barbershop and the radio station, and generally keeps an iron hand on every aspect of society in Dominion, Mississippi. He and his wife, Priscilla, have five boys; the youngest, Emanuel, is called Wonderboy—no one sings prettier, runs as fast, or turns as many heads. But Wonderboy, his father, and all the structures in place that hold them on highest are not as righteous as they seem to be. And when Wonderboy is caught off guard by an encounter with a stranger, he finds himself confronted by questions he’d never imagined. His response sends shock waves through the entire community.
Priscilla and Diamond, two women who love these men, bear witness to their charms and bear the brunt of their choices. Through their eyes and their stories, Dominion offers an intricate, intimate view of how secrets control us, how shame stifles us, how silence implicates us, and how even love plays a role in the everyday aggression and casu
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Romare Bearden, a leading twentieth-century painter and collage artist, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in He grew up in New York and Pittsburgh, and his childhood memories of both cities would become frequent subject matter of his art later in life. Mr. Bearden attended Boston University and graduated from NYU with a degree in education. He studied art intensively as a student, and later worked as a cartoonist, editor, and art director for several journals and newspapers. In addition to seeking his art, Mr. Bearden was a social worker in New York for decades. In the s he held solo exhibitions in Harlem, downtown Fresh York, and Washington, D.C., one of the several prominent African-American artists to exhibit artwork regularly at the time. Mr. Bearden was an active part of the thriving intellectual and cultural life in Harlem, and a member of the Harlem Artists Guild, director of the Harlem Cultural Council, and a co-founder of The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Cinque Gallery, and the Black Institute
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