Essex Hemphill : take care of your blessings / edited by Camille Brown ; with contributions by Kathy Anderson, Brian Freeman, Maleke Glee, Wayson Jones, E. Ethelbert Miller, Charles I. Nero, Michelle Parkerson, Christopher Prince, James Smalls, Ashley Whitfield, Cynthia Lou Williams, and Ajamu X.
- Hemphill, Essex.
- Date:
- 2025
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Take care of your blessings
Description
"Essex Hemphill (1957-1995) was a poet, performer, editor, and activist whose work engages themes of race, gender, sexuality, love, and community during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Essex Hemphill: Take care of your blessings, this publication explores the interdisciplinary relationship between Hemphill's writing--raw, politically charged, and deeply personal--and contemporary visual art"-- Back cover.
Publication/Creation
Washington, D.C. : The Phillips Collection, 2025.
Physical description
104 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
Contributors
- Hemphill, Essex.artist
- Brown, Camilleeditor
- Anderson, Kathy Elainecontributor
- Freeman, Brian, 1955-contributor
- Glee, Malekecontributor
- Wayson R. Jonescontributor
- E. Ethelbert Millercontributor
- Nero, Charles Isidore, 1956-contributor
- Michelle Parkersoncontributor
- Prince, Christophercontributor
- Smalls, James, 1958-contributor
- Whitfield, Ashley.contributor
- Williams, Cynthia Loucontributor
- Ajamu, 1963-contributor
- The Phillips Collectionhost institution,publisher
Notes
Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, and on view from May 17 to August 31, 2025.
Includes inserts (22 x 14 cm) for "Between pathos and seduction," "American wedding," "In the life," and "Heavy corners" from Love is a Dangerous Word, ©1992, 2025 by Essex Hemphill. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (page 95).
Contents
Director's foreword / Jonathan P. Binstock -- Take care of your blessings / Camille Brown -- A second Renaissance / James Smalls -- Ways to dream / Ashley Whitfield -- A loving act / Maleke Glee -- Notes on Essex : as told to Camille Brown / Wayson Jones, Michelle Parkerson, Christopher Prince, Ajamu X, Brian Freeman, Charles I. Nero, E. Ethelbert Miller, Kathy Anderson & Cynthia Lou Williams -- Plates -- Publication covers -- Selected bibliography -- Timeline -- Contributor biographies -- Image credits.
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Languages
Where to find it
Location Access Awaiting cataloguing for Wellcome Collection
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9798986272542