Flamboyants : the queer Harlem renaissance I wish I'd known / George M. Johnson ; illustrated by Charly Palmer.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- author.

Contributor:

• Palmer, Charly, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Harlem Renaissance.
• African American artists.
• African American authors--Biography.
• African American entertainers--Biography.
• African American gay people--Biography.
• African American arts.
• Harlem Renaissance--Juvenile literature.
• African American artists--Juvenile literature.
• African American authors--Biography--Juvenile literature.
• African American entertainers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
• African American gay people--Biography--Juvenile literature.
• African American arts--Juvenile literature.
• African American authors.
• African American entertainers.
• African American gay people.
• harlem renaissance.
• United States.
• LGBTQ+ arts.
• African American LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

• Young adult literature.
• Biographies
• Juvenile works
• Essays
• LGBTQ+ biographies.
• Biographies.
• Essays.

Physical Description:

133 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Queer Harlem renaissance I wish I'd known

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024.

Summary:

• "From New York Times-bestselling author of All boys aren't blue comes an illuminating set of profiles of Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance, interspersed with personal essays and spot illustrations by a Steptoe Award-winning illustrator"-- Provided by publisher.
• "From New York Times-bestselling author of ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE comes an illuminating set of profiles of Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance, interspersed with personal essays and spot illustrations by a Steptoe Award-winning illustrator"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Introduction
• "Secret not secret"
• Langston Hughes
• Countee Cullen
• Josephine Baker
• "In this essay..."
• Richard Bruce Nugent
• Ma Rainey
• Alain Locke
• Bessie Smith
• "We get lit"
• Gladys Bentley
• Claude McKay
• Jimmie Daniels
• "Can you answer me this?"
• Ethel Waters
• Zora Neale Hurston
• "Flamboyants"
• Recommended reading.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2024

ISBN:

• 9780374391249
• 0374391246

OCLC:

1407025479