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Jewelle Gomez is a writer and activist and the author of the double Lambda Award-winning novel, THE GILDA STORIES from Firebrand Books. Her adaptation of the book for the stage "Bones & Ash: a Gilda Story," was performed by the Urban Bush Women company in 13 U.S. cities. The script was published as a Triangle Classic by the Paperback Book Club. more>

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NEW WRITING
Read an excerpt from Waiting for Giovanni a play in two acts by Jewelle Gomez, in collaboration with Harry Waters, Jr. more>

MORE WRITING
Read an excerpt from Jewelle's forthcoming novel, TELEVISED.  It takes place at the 30th anniversary reunion of a group of former Black student radicals. more>

This excerpt from a new Gilda Story was published in DARK MATTER, the first anthology of African American speculative fiction. more>

Read Jewelle's poem, Pardo—Searching for a name. Pardo was a 12th century Portuguese word often used for darker races, sometimes it meant earth-colored, sometimes it meant an in-between color, sometimes it meant gray. more>

Read Jewelle's blog