Research Catalog

Title

Assotto Saint papers, 1981-1994.

Author

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994.

Description

8 lin. ft. (2 record cartons, 15 archival boxes)

Summary

Assotto Saint Papers consists of correspondence and writings by Saint, manuscripts and letters from authors featured in his anthologies as well as other gay writers, printed matter and some personal papers.

Subjects

• African American gay people
• Gay people
• Lesbians
• Sapphire, 1950-
• AIDS (Disease) > United States
• Racism > Poetry
• Beam, Joseph
• Saint, Assoto, 1957-1993
• Hirst, Alex, 1951-
• Gonzalves, Roy
• Hall, Marcelle
• African American authors
• Glave, Thomas
• Garrett, Daniel
• United States > Intellectual life > 20th century
• Morse, Carl
• Hemphill, Essex
• African American poets
• Frechette, David
• Bean, Thom
• Gay men
• Aaab-Richards, Dirg
• Harris, Craig G
• African American gay men
• Galiens Press
• Reynolds, Craig, 1907-1949
• Cranfield, Steve, 1954-
• De Shields, André, 1946-
• Corbin, Steven, 1953-
• Freeman, Brian, 1955-
• Xotika (Musical group)
• American poetry > African American authors
• Gay activists > New York (State) > New York
• Bishop, Jacqueline, 1971-
• African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century
• Homosexuality > Poetry

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
• Audiotapes transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Source (note)

• Estate of Assotto Saint

Biography (note)

• Born Yves Francois Lubin in Haiti in 1957, Assotto Saint was a New York-based gay activist, poet and performance artist who edited two anthologies of black gay poets in the early 1990s. He founded a publishing house, Galiens Press, which published his book of poems "Stations" and the anthologies "Here to Dare" and "The Road Before Us." In addition, Saint also wrote and produced several theater pieces, including "Risin' to the Love We Need" and "New Love Song." Saint was the founder and artistic director of Metamorphosis Theater and the lead singer of the rock band Xotica. He died of HIV-related diseases in 1994.

Call Number

Sc MG 556

OCLC

700077396

Author

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994.

Title

Assotto Saint papers, 1981-1994.

Biography

Born Yves Francois Lubin in Haiti in 1957, Assotto Saint was a New York-based gay activist, poet and performance artist who edited two anthologies of black gay poets in the early 1990s. He founded a publishing house, Galiens Press, which published his book of poems "Stations" and the anthologies "Here to Dare" and "The Road Before Us." In addition, Saint also wrote and produced several theater pieces, including "Risin' to the Love We Need" and "New Love Song." Saint was the founder and artistic director of Metamorphosis Theater and the lead singer of the rock band Xotica. He died of HIV-related diseases in 1994.

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Added Author

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Black Fag.

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Here to dare.

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. New love song.

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Risin' to the love we need.

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Road before us.

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Spells of a voodoo doll.

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Wishing for wings.

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Tongues untied.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 556