{"id":3438,"date":"2021-01-27T21:16:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2021-01-27T21:36:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:36:05","slug":"oooh-baby-james-earl-hardy-is-coming-to-outspoken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/27\/oooh-baby-james-earl-hardy-is-coming-to-outspoken\/","title":{"rendered":"OOOH BABY! JAMES EARL HARDY IS COMING TO OUTSPOKEN!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Thursday, January 29, 2021 at 7PM CST, TUV Magazine Editor-in-Chief Gwendolyn D. Clemons and Nigel Ashford will collaborate to interview the iconic literary legend James Earl Hardy on OUTSpoken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OUTSpoken is an online television\/talk show that showcases LGBTQIA+ people of color to highlight and uncover the untold stories and realities of their lived experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NIGEL ASHFORD<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nigel Ashford is the creator, producer, and host of OUTSpoken. He resides in Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can watch the broadcast live from OUTSpoken’s Facebook and Youtube. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OUTSpokenLGBTQ\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Earl Hardy is an American playwright, novelist, and journalist.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

He is generally considered the first to depict same-sex love stories that take place within the hip-hop community. His writing is largely characterized by its exploration of the African-American LGBTQ experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Earl Hardy’s classic novel “B-Boy Blues” celebrates its 25th Anniversary.  Years before “homo thug” and “down low” became infamous catchphrases, there was B-BOY BLUES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardy’s novel ushered in the Africentric gay fiction genre, and put Black-on-Black male love on both the map and the bestseller lists! Regarded as one of the first novels exploring Black gay romance themes, the self-published \u201cB-Boy Blues\u201d became a cult classic and is considered required reading for Black men of the LGTBQ+ community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JAMES EARL HARDY <\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hardy\u2019s original best-selling novel spawned a series of books including \u201cIf Only For One Nite,\u201d \u201cThe Day Eazy-E Died,\u201d \u201cLove The One You\u2019re With\u201d and \u201cA House is Not a Home\u201d \u2013 mostly named after R&B songs and lyrics popularized by late R&B powerhouse Luther Vandross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jussie Smollett <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jussie Smollett is readying his feature film directorial debut with a film adaptation of James Earl Hardy\u2019s groundbreaking novel \u201cB-Boy Blues.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gwendolyn D. Clemons is TUV Media Co-Founder. She is the co-producer, co-creator, and co-host of The Unleashed Voice Talks. TUV Talks is an online television\/talk show that features the lives of the Black LGBTQIA+ community. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=tuv%20magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gwendolyn D. Clemons, Editor-in-Chief of TUV Media <\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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