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Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known | George M. Johnson

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From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance. In Flamboyants, George M. Johnson celebrates writers, performers, and activists from 1920s Black America whose sexualities have been obscured throughout history. Through 14 essays, Johnson reveals how American culture has been shaped by icons who are both Black and Queer – and whose stories deserve to be celebrated in their entirety. Interspersed with personal narrative, powerful poetry, and illustrations by award-winning illustrator Charly Palmer, Flamboyants looks to the past for understanding as to how Black and Queer culture has defined the present and will continue to impact the future. With candid prose and an unflinching lens towards truth and hope, George M. Johnson brings young adult readers an inspiring collection of biographies that will encourage teens today to be unabashed in their layered identities.

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Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known | George M. Johnson

An introduction to the notable queers of the Harlem Renaissance as seen through his own experience of them, interspersed with original poetry and incredible paintings by Charly Palmer, George M. Johnson‘s Flamboyants is a beautiful reflection on the legacy of these important artists.

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Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known | George M. Johnson

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Such an inspiring collection of essays/tributes to icons of the Harlem Renaissance. Johnson hits on his themes so well and I'm desperate to read more from him now. The 'I Wish I'd Known' is especially relevant as this collection is aimed and at YA audience and the power in reading these stories as an adult is palpable but as inspiration to young queer creatives it is just beyond. So grateful that this one is in the world.

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