Evidence of Being

Darius Bost

earliest edition we have, 2018 University of Chicago Press, 2018 192 pages

Evidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved murders, seemingly abandoned by the government and mainstream culture. Yet in this darkest of moments, a new vision of community and hope managed to emerge. Darius Bost's account of the media, poetry, and performance of this time and place reveals a stunning confluen...

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Evidence of Being edition · 2019 · University of Chicago Press · 9780226589961
Evidence of Being edition · 2018 · University of Chicago Press · 192 pages · 9780226589794
Evidence of Being paperback · 2018 · University of Chicago Press · 192 pages · 9780226589824

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