Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction United States A cage is no place

A cage is no place for a merman to survive

and Bennet doesn’t need the distractions of changing relationships with his long-term partner

Chacaby led the first gay pride parade in Thunder Bay

But the children of the Orisha struggle to wield their magic for war

Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction United States A cage is no placeWinner of the 2003 Lambda Literary Award for Fiction Anthology Showcasing the work of literary giants like Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, and writers whom readers may be surprised to learn were "in the life," Black Like Us is the most comprehensive collection of fiction by African American lesbian, gay, and bisexual writers ever published. From the Harlem Renaissance to the Great Migration of the Depression era, from the