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

Cruisin'

photo credit: D. Sabin | copyright: Gomez/Sabin

Michelle Tea, Sarah Waters, Dorothy Allison and I on the Olivia Writers Cruise. Nothing like having a captive audience when you do a reading. This cruise had the highest percentage of people totally new to Olivia cruises and we had the longest autograph session I've ever had---two hours of signing books!

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