speculative fiction author & cultural worker

photo credit: D. Sabin

Author Biography

Jewelle Gomez was born in Boston, MA and raised there by her great grandmother. Her background is Native American (Wampanoag & Ioway) and African American on her mother's side and Cape Verdean on her father's.
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Influences

James Baldwin

Joanna Russ

Web Links

Jewelle Gomez
Blog

Catching up

Sharon Page Ritchie, belly dancer extraordinaire, catches up with poet Cheryl Clarke before the ceremony in the Hormel Center. Playwright, Kate Ryan, catches up on her email in the back. Probably strategizing about the opening of her play "The Beebo Binker Chronicles" which is coming to the BRAVA theatre soon.

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Wedding Album