Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction

This is the book I wish someone had handed me when I first came out. It is one of the most validating books I've read as a Black bisexual writer, due both to the eclectic mix of Black writers and narratives and the section introductions that took into consideration Black, feminist, and LGBTQ+ political and literary movements individually and interactionally. I'd highly recommend this book be used in English classes in both secondary and post-secondary schools because of the power it has to affirm Black SGL/LGBTQ+ students (particularly writers) and to challenge the limited narrative about Black experience and writing that exists in English classes.