{"title":"Jewelle Gomez","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection of works by \u003cstrong\u003eJewelle Gomez\u003c\/strong\u003e, a captivating American author who masterfully blurs the lines between genres, offering rich narratives rooted in themes of identity, history, and the supernatural. Gomez's storytelling is an exploration of diverse experiences, providing insights into the African American and LGBTQ+ communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong her celebrated novels is the groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, a powerful blend of \u003cem\u003eSci-Fi \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e that also delves into \u003cem\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e. This creative and thought-provoking work follows Gilda, a black lesbian vampire, on her journey through time and space, touching on pivotal eras of American history while challenging conventional tropes of the vampire genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to her gripping narratives, Jewel Gomez's writing is noted for its nuanced characters and the intricate weave of social issues throughout her stories. Each book in her collection offers an immersive experience, whether exploring rich historical landscapes or venturing into speculative realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse our selection and discover the enchanting world of Jewelle Gomez, where every story promises to engage, enlighten, and transport you to places and times of wonder and reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-gilda-stories","title":"The Gilda Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA groundbreaking work of Afrofuturism before the term was even coined\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA lush, exciting, inspiring read\u003c\/em\u003e — Sarah Waters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this radically reimagined vampire myth, the night hides many things...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLouisiana, 1850. A young girl escapes slavery and is taken in by two mysterious women. 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This is a book to give to those you want most to find their own strength.\"—Dorothy Allison\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable novel begins in 1850s Louisiana, where Gilda escapes slavery and learns about freedom while working in a brothel. After being initiated into eternal life as one who \"shares the blood\" by two women there, Gilda spends the next two hundred years searching for a place to call home. An instant lesbian classic when it was first published in 1991, \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\u003e has endured as an auspiciously prescient book in its explorations of blackness, radical ecology, re-definitions of family, and yes, the erotic potential of the vampire story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJewelle Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, activist, and the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eForty-Three Septembers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDon't Explain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lipstick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlamingoes and Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOral Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\u003e was the recipient of two Lambda Literary Awards, and was adapted for the stage by the Urban Bush Women theater company in thirteen United States cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Pauline Gumbs\u003c\/b\u003e was named one of \u003ci\u003eUTNE Reader\u003c\/i\u003e's 50 Visionaries Transforming the World, a Reproductive Reality Check Shero, a Black Woman Rising nominee, and was awarded one of the first-ever \"Too Sexy for 501c3\" trophies. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJewelle's big-hearted novel pulls old rhythms out of the earth, the beauty shops and living rooms of black lesbian herstory, expressed by the dazzling vampire Gilda. Her resilience is a testament to black queer women's love, power, and creativity. Brilliant!\"—Joan Steinau Lester, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack, White, Other\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn sensuous prose, Jewelle Gomez uses the vampire story as a vehicle for a re-telling of American history in which the disenfranchised finally get their say. Her take on queerness, community, and the vampire legend is as radical and relevant as ever.\"—Michael Nava, author of \u003ci\u003eThe City of Palaces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI devoured the 25th anniversary edition of Jewelle Gomez's \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\u003e with the same venal hunger as I did when I first read it. I still feel a connection to Gilda: her tenacity, her desire for community, her insistence on living among humanity with all its flaws and danger. The Gilda Stories are both classic and timely. Gilda emphasizes the import of tenets at the crux of black feminism while her stories ring with the urgency of problems that desperately need to be resolved in our current moment.\"—Theri A. Pickens, author of \u003ci\u003eNew Body Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis revolutionary classic by a pioneer in black speculative fiction will delight and inspire generations to come.\"—Tananarive Due, author of \u003ci\u003eGhost Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\u003e was ahead of its time when it was first published in 1991, and this anniversary edition reminds us why it's still an important novel. Gomez's characters are rooted in historical reality yet lift seductively out of it, to trouble traditional models of family, identity, and literary genre and imagine for us bold new patterns. 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This original vampire story predates Dracula and introduces the genre as reliant on themes of gender, sexuality, and race.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGomez's foreword deftly links the two works by exploring the historical and cultural contexts that surround these two powerful iterations of the vampire genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"As in the past we still hold our freedom and our pleasure in our own strong hands. 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