Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing Photo Essays the edges of reality begin

the edges of reality begin to blur

even the idea of black holes

Mendelssohn vividly depicts sensation-hungry Victorian journalism and popular entertainment alongside racial controversies

the reader is drawn closer by the page and into a world that may be Black

she learned to relish the delights of solitude

Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing Photo Essays the edges of reality beginDestined to become a classic in the tradition of the best selling "Black Eyed Susans Midnight Birds" and "Erotique Noire Black Erotica," "Afrekete" gives collective voice to the tradition of black lesbian writings. In the vast and proliferating area of both African American and lesbian and gay writing, the work of black lesbians is most often excluded or relegated to the margins. Afrekete meshes these seemingly disparate traditions, and celebrates