Poetry. African American Studies. LGBT Studies. "The poems collected in LAST RIGHTS portray caring, humanness, family or kinship, humor, despair, ordinary problems and unqualified love as they occur in the everyday lives of homosexuals. With the quiet dignity of these poems Marvin K. White challenges us to consider how homophobia may distort what we behold"—The Washington Post.

Author Hometown: OAKLAND, CA USA



About the author: Marvin K. White—author of OUR NAME BE WITNESS, STATUS, and Lambda Literary Award finalists LAST RIGHTS and NOTHIN' UGLY FLY—is a poet, performer, playwright, visual artist and community arts organizer. White is a Cave Canem fellow, sits on the board of Fire & Ink, a national black LGBT writers organization, and is co-founder of B/GLAM (Black Gay Letters and Arts Movement).