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I saw Michael K. Williams at the Midtown Publix yesterday night. I wanted to pitch him my Essex Hemphill biopic idea but didn't. Next time?
"How eager are we to burn this threadbare masculinity, this perpetual Black suit that we have outgrown?" ~ Essex Hemphill
*I might be wrong but I believe that is poet Essex Hemphill in the photo with him.
Ceremonies by. Essex Hemphill The Alchemist by. Paul Cohello Tides of Lust by. Samuel Delaney If Beale Street Could Talk by. James Baldwin
'I'm faced daily with choosing violence or a demeanor that saves every other life but my own.' - Essex Hemphill.