Michael D Beckford
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Paul Stringer lives a life of chance after being sexually molested by his uncle, he must find the one thing that makes him whole again as he struggles with his identity like many other gay black men through the lure of homosexuality. Will Paul Stringer be able to put back the strings which were torn by his uncle or continue to face the burdens of homosexuality on his quest from gay to straight? Urban gay fiction on its heels with this highly rated...
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A troubled teen from the Southside of Chicago gives an intimate account of his daily struggles and hustles as he strives to make something better of himself. He goes by the name of Daquan Bell, but most know him as JuJu.His father and mother separated while Daquan was at a very young age, leaving he and his mother to fend for themselves. A typical reality for many of the youth that grew up on his block.Growing up under the tutelage of a single mother,...
3) Fatherhood
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For adoptees, the word 'lucky' gets thrown around a lot. They're regularly told they're lucky to not be in an orphanage, lucky to have been brought into a family, lucky to be adopted at all. Often they're depicted in media as being broken, in need of saving and fixing. Then they're expected to become the hero of their own journeys and overcome their origins.
Whatever Next? considers how these traditional narratives surrounding adoption have both dominated...
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Max Greene is no ordinary gay black teen. Well not in the sense that one would imagine an 'ordinary' teen to be. Max is a shy kid that loves music, he craves the opportunity to simply be himself. Unfortunately in the Greene household being himself subjects him to both physical and verbal abuse of a different kind. Max is a great kid, doesn't have the characteristics of being a trouble maker. A superb student in all of his classes, a shining star amongst...