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"Nugent is one of the best-known unknowns of the Harlem Renaissance--widely quoted by its chroniclers and revered by people interested in black gay history. By restoring his place in history and making his work widely available for scrutiny, this book performs an invaluable service. Wirth's introduction also provides an extraordinary tour of the gay side of the Renaissance and vivid glimpses of bohemian life in Harlem and the arts circles Nugent moved in."--George Chauncey, author of "Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World"
List of contents
Foreword / Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Early Work
The Bible Stories
Harlem
Gentleman Jigger (excerpts)
Harlem Renaissance Personalities
Images
After the Harlem Renaissance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Credits and Copyright Acknowledgments
About the author
Richard Bruce Nugent, one of the last surviving Harlem Renaissance luminaries when he died in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1987, was born in Washington, DC in 1906 and lived most of his life in New York City. Thomas H. Wirth is an independent scholar, bibliophile, and publisher who for twenty-five years was a staff representative for the New Jersey State College/University affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. He has a Ph.D. in chemistry from California Institute of Technology, and has taught at South Carolina State University, Southern University, Mary Holmes College, and Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. His website devoted to Richard Bruce Nugent is located at http://www.brucenugent.com/
