Robert Reid-Pharr
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Robert Reid-Pharr is a critical essayist and Distinguished Professor of English at the CUNY Graduate Center
. He has frequently collaborated with noted science fiction author Samuel R. Delany
at panels and through writing. His essays have appeared in, among other places, Callaloo, Social Text
, Transition, Studies in the Novel, Women and Performance, The African American Review, American Literary History, Fuse, AfterImage, Radical America, American Literature, Gay Community News, and the Washington Blade. He was a 2002-03 research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He has also won grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Library Company of Philadelphia. A prolific public speaker, he had a part in the film The Watermelon Woman
directed by Cheryl Dunye
.
In addition to the CUNY Graduate Center he has taught at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago, the University of Oregon, and Swarthmore College. His collection of essays, Black Gay Man, won the 2002 award for Best Gay Non-fiction given by the Publishing Triangle. His book, Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual, is a finalist for a Lambda Book Award. He worked with the now defunct Gay Rights National Lobby and the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays. In that capacity he became associated with such black gay literary and political figures as Essex Hemphill, Gil Gerald and Barbara Smith. A native North Carolinian, he holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a Ph.D. from Yale. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
CUNY Graduate Center
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. He has frequently collaborated with noted science fiction author Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany
Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as "Chip" is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein...
at panels and through writing. His essays have appeared in, among other places, Callaloo, Social Text
Social Text
Social Text is an academic journal published by Duke University Press. Since its inception as an independent editorial collective in 1979, Social Text has addressed a wide range of social and cultural phenomena, covering questions of gender, sexuality, race, and the environment...
, Transition, Studies in the Novel, Women and Performance, The African American Review, American Literary History, Fuse, AfterImage, Radical America, American Literature, Gay Community News, and the Washington Blade. He was a 2002-03 research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He has also won grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Library Company of Philadelphia. A prolific public speaker, he had a part in the film The Watermelon Woman
The Watermelon Woman
The Watermelon Woman is a 1996 feature film by filmmaker Cheryl Dunye about Cheryl, a young black lesbian working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles relegated to black actresses during the...
directed by Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye is a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. Dunye is a lesbian and her work often concerns themes of race, sexuality and gender, particularly issues relating to black lesbians.Dunye was born in Liberia...
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In addition to the CUNY Graduate Center he has taught at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago, the University of Oregon, and Swarthmore College. His collection of essays, Black Gay Man, won the 2002 award for Best Gay Non-fiction given by the Publishing Triangle. His book, Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual, is a finalist for a Lambda Book Award. He worked with the now defunct Gay Rights National Lobby and the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays. In that capacity he became associated with such black gay literary and political figures as Essex Hemphill, Gil Gerald and Barbara Smith. A native North Carolinian, he holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a Ph.D. from Yale. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Selected bibliography
- Conjugal Union: The Body, the House, and the Black American (ISBN 978-0195104028)
- Black Gay Man: Essays (with introduction by Samuel R. DelanySamuel R. DelanySamuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as "Chip" is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein...
) (ISBN 978-0814775035) - Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual (ISBN 978-0814775844)