Seeking out poetry and literature articles on the Internet. Attributing this service to the spirit of a great African American writer by author/owner Leo Shelton.
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“A hilarious and fun read with a punch” is how it is being described…. MBG is a humorous look at stereotypes, those people put on themselves, and that sometimes culminate from those we put on others. They often become unwritten rules, even lifestyles or those ever-funny true-isms for how we live, love and laugh at and with each other.
MBG takes you through some of the unwritten rules, and even downright stereotypes that define how some black men look at themselves and each other, how they laugh at, even mock or feed into the stereotypes or simply change the rules to define who they are, sometimes proudly, sometimes ridiculously and sometimes cleverly, in terms of dating, being down-low, on grooming, living, even sex.
Leo Shelton is an author, poet, writer, educator, scholar, and a self-proclaimed life long learner and student of life. An urban renaissance, influenced by the classic works of artists and legends as Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes and Marlon Riggs, he also credits influences such as Robert Hayden, Richard Wright, Walt Whitman, and Paul Laurence Dunbar as well as many of the artists today in music, spoken word, and creative expressions like Terrance Hayes, Tim’m West, Common and Floetry, for helping him to find his voice and place in writing. And this one goes outside of the poetry and prose of RHYTHMS – Poetry and Muse and SOUL-FULL – Poetry that introduced many readers to his writing talent and abilities.
by author/owner Leo Shelton.
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“A hilarious and fun read with a punch” is how it is being described…. MBG is a humorous look at stereotypes, those people put on themselves, and that sometimes culminate from those we put on others. They often become unwritten rules, even lifestyles or those ever-funny true-isms for how we live, love and laugh at and with each other.
MBG takes you through some of the unwritten rules, and even downright stereotypes that define how some black men look at themselves and each other, how they laugh at, even mock or feed into the stereotypes or simply change the rules to define who they are, sometimes proudly, sometimes ridiculously and sometimes cleverly, in terms of dating, being down-low, on grooming, living, even sex.
Leo Shelton is an author, poet, writer, educator, scholar, and a self-proclaimed life long learner and student of life. An urban renaissance, influenced by the classic works of artists and legends as Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes and Marlon Riggs, he also credits influences such as Robert Hayden, Richard Wright, Walt Whitman, and Paul Laurence Dunbar as well as many of the artists today in music, spoken word, and creative expressions like Terrance Hayes, Tim’m West, Common and Floetry, for helping him to find his voice and place in writing. And this one goes outside of the poetry and prose of RHYTHMS – Poetry and Muse and SOUL-FULL – Poetry that introduced many readers to his writing talent and abilities.
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MBG – Men Who are Black and Happen to be Gay
Leo Shelton
Tugson Press
ISBN-10:0-9791786-2-2 ($10.00 US) (68 pages)
ISBN-13: 978-0-9791786-2-7