Essex Hemphill: The Force Remains With Us

Today, April 16, is the birthday of Mr. Essex Hemphill–the groundbreaking and iconic openly gay African-American author, poet and performance artist. He would’ve been 59.

I was fortunate to call Essex a dear friend. So, in celebration of his extraordinary life and awesome talent, I’m re-running one of my tributes to him.

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