does your mama know? Alexis De Veaux laces together

Alexis De Veaux laces together the past and the present with poetic elegance in an intricate and delicate pattern of call and response

and activist Essex Hemphill was born April 16

“[It] tells a story that laughs and cries and sings and celebrates

She is an associate professor at the University of Oregon

Recipient of the MAP Fund and the National Performance Network Creation Fund

does your mama know? Alexis De Veaux laces togethered. by Lisa C. Moore AVAILABLE AT CHARIS BOOKS & MORE! By turns funny, passionate, angry and joyous, does your mama know? reflects the complexity of emotions that accompany a black lesbians coming out. These short stories, poems, interviews and essaysfiction and nonfictionmake up a powerful collection of original and new writing. Winner of two Lambda Literary Awards! Originally published in 1997, this 2009 revised edition of does your mama know? adds