Lambda Literary Awards
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Edition 27 (2015) Winner
Dwight A. McBride
ドワイト・A・マクブライド
Dowaito A. Makuburaido
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1967 （Honea Path, South Carolina, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Honea Path, South Carolina (birth) → Belton, South Carolina (raised) → Pittsburgh, PA (teaching) → Chicago, IL (UIC / Northwestern affiliations) → Atlanta, GA (Emory University) → New York, NY (The New School) → St. Louis, MO (Washington University in St. Louis)
Career
- Occupations
- academic administrator, scholar, professor, editor
- Active Years
- 1994-
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, Emory University, The New School, Washington University in St. Louis
- Influenced By
- James Baldwin, Melvin Dixon
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | — | English and African American Studies | AB | 1986–1990 | United States |
| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | — | English (graduate) | MA, PhD | 1991–1996 | United States |
Princeton University
English and African American Studies
Degree:
AB
Period:
1986–1990
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
AB in English and African American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
English (graduate)
Degree:
MA, PhD
Period:
1991–1996
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
United States
MA and PhD in English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Lambda Literary Award (winner) | The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within U.S. Slave Culture | — | Lambda Literary Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Lambda Literary Award (winner) | Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction | — | Lambda Literary Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (nominated) | Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality | — | Hurston/Wright Foundation | ノミネート |
Lambda Literary Award (winner)
2015
Work:
The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within U.S. Slave Culture
Organization:
Lambda Literary Foundation
Result:
受賞
Lambda Literary Award (winner)
2012
Work:
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction
Organization:
Lambda Literary Foundation
Result:
受賞
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (nominated)
2005
Work:
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality
Organization:
Hurston/Wright Foundation
Result:
ノミネート
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
James Baldwin Now (editor)
1999 criticism / edited volume 427 pagesAn edited collection of essays on James Baldwin that reassesses his work and influence from contemporary perspectives.
James Baldwin studiesrace and literature
Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony
2002 scholarly monograph 207 pagesA scholarly study examining testimony from the period of slavery, interrogating questions of truth, representation, and the complexities of abolitionist testimony.
slave testimonyabolitionismmemory and testimony
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality
2005 essays / cultural criticism 251 pagesA collection of essays on race, sexuality, and consumer culture, offering critical perspectives on brand culture and cultural representation.
racesexualityconsumer culture
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction (editor, co-ed.)
2011 anthology / edited 320 pagesAn anthology collecting fiction by and about lesbian, gay, and bisexual African American experiences across the twentieth century.
queer literatureAfrican American narrativessexuality and identity
The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within U.S. Slave Culture
2014 scholarly study / cultural criticism 320 pagesA study of bodily representation, consumption imagery, and homoeroticism in U.S. slave culture; analyzes metaphors of desire and consumption under slavery.
slaverydesire and representationhomoeroticism
Bibliography
- James Baldwin Now (ed., 1999)
- Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony (2002)
- Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality (2005)
- Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction (co-ed., 2011)
- A Melvin Dixon Critical Reader (co-ed., 2006)
- Racial Blackness and the Discontinuity of Western Modernity (2013)
- The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within U.S. Slave Culture (2014)
- Other edited volumes and special issues (e.g., Callaloo 'Plum Nelly')
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- interdisciplinary, theoretically informed critical styleemphasis on cultural criticism within historical contextsintegration of queer theory and race theory
- Recurring Motifs
- testimony and memorybodily representation and consumptionintersection of race and sexuality
Legacy
A key scholar in African American literary and queer Black studies. Served in senior university leadership roles and contributed to the field through editorial work and institution building.
Academic Societies
- Modern Language Association (MLA)
- American Studies Association (ASA)
Trivia
- Served as the 9th president of The New School from April 16, 2020 to August 15, 2023.
- Founding editor and current co-editor of the open access journal James Baldwin Review.
- The Delectable Negro is a major work examining homoeroticism and consumption imagery within U.S. slave culture.