Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence Elina Alter often heartbreaking but threaded throughout

often heartbreaking but threaded throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom--Persepolis is a stunning work from one of the most highly regarded

"We need someone who relates to teens and is living proof that it does get better

robots and monsters--and their own inner demons--on one last quest before school starts again

A tyrant rises in the ashes of mighty Tairngare

her family discovers that she wants to leave her country home

Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence Elina Alter often heartbreaking but threaded throughoutEvidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved murders, seemingly abandoned by the government and mainstream culture. Yet in this darkest of moments, a new vision of community and hope managed to emerge. Darius Bost's account of the media, poetry, and performance of this time and place reveals a stunning confluence of activism and the arts. In