Lorraine Hansberry's lesbianism is one of my favorite pieces of Black literary history.
To be Young, Gifted, and Black
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Lorraine Hansberry’s likes and dislikes
April 1, 1960:
I LIKE:
Mahalia Jackson’s music
My husband — most of the time
dressed up
being admired for my looks
Dorothy Secules eyes
Dorothy Secules
Shakespeare
Having an appetite
Slacks
My homosexuality
Being alone
Eartha Kitt’s looks
Eartha Kitt
That first drink of Scotch
To feel like working
The little boy in “400 Blows”
The way I look
Certain flowers
The way Dorothy Talks
Older Women
Miranda D’Corona’s accent
Charming women
And/or intelligent women
I HATE
Being asked to speak
Speaking getting
Too much mail
My loneliness
My homosexuality
Stupidity
Most television programs
What has happened to Sidney Poitier
Racism
People who defend it
Seeing my picture
Reading my interviews
Jean Genet’s plays
Jean Paul Sartre’s writing
Not being able to work
Death
Pain Cramps
Being hung over
Silly women
As silly men
David Suskind’s pretensions
Sneaky love affairs.
I AM BORED TO DEATH WITH:
A RAISIN IN THE SUN!
alonzo Levister
drinking without happiness
Eartha Kitt
Being a Les
“Lesbians” the capital L variety
other peoples problems
The Race Problem
Silly white people
Rumors of War
the Great American money obsession
my own Loneliness
SEX
myself
Being a “Celebrity”
I want:
to work
to be in love!
Dorothy Secules (at the moment)
https://publish.illinois.edu/ihlc-blog/2018/06/04/lorraine-hansberry-letters-to-the-ladder
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Rizzoli & Isles (2010 - 2016)
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