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- Creator
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994
- Call number
- Sc MG 556
- Physical description
- 8 linear feet (2 record cartons, 15 archival boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Assotto Saint papers, Sc MG 556, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Some collections held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. To request access to materials in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, please visit: http://archives.nypl.org/divisions/scm/request_access Request access to this collection.
Born Yves Francois Lubin in Haiti in 1957, Assotto Saint was a New York-based gay activist, poet and performance artist who edited two anthologies of black gay poets in the early 1990s. He founded a publishing house, Galiens Press, which published his book of poems "Stations" and the anthologies "Here to Dare" and "The Road Before Us." In addition, Saint also wrote and produced several theater pieces, including "Risin' to the Love We Need" and "New Love Song." Saint was the founder and artistic director of Metamorphosis Theater and the lead singer of the rock band Xotica. He died of HIV-related diseases in 1994. Assotto Saint Papers consists of correspondence and writings by Saint, manuscripts and letters from authors featured in his anthologies as well as other gay writers, printed matter and some personal papers.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Estate of Assotto Saint, 1994
Key terms
Names
- Aaab-Richards, Dirg
- Beam, Joseph
- Bean, Thom
- Bishop, Jacqueline, 1971-
- Corbin, Steven, 1953-
- Cranfield, Steve, 1954-
- De Shields, André, 1946-
- Frechette, David
- Freeman, Brian, 1955-
- Garrett, Daniel
- Glave, Thomas
- Gonzalves, Roy.
- Hall, Marcelle
- Harris, Craig G.
- Hemphill, Essex
- Hirst, Alex, 1951-
- Morse, Carl
- Reynolds, Craig, 1907-1949
- Saint, Assoto, 1957-1993
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Black Fag.. Black Fag.
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Here to dare. Here to dare.
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. New love song. New love song.
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Risin' to the love we need. Risin' to the love we need.
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Road before us. Road before us.
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Spells of a voodoo doll. Spells of a voodoo doll.
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Tongues untied. Tongues untied.
- Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994. Wishing for wings. Wishing for wings.
- Sapphire, 1950-
- Galiens Press
- Xotika (Musical group)
Subjects
- African American authors
- African American gay men
- African American gays
- African American poets
- African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- AIDS (Disease) -- United States
- American poetry -- African American authors
- Gay activists -- New York (State) -- New York
- Gay men
- Gays
- Homosexuality -- Poetry
- Lesbians
- Racism -- Poetry
Places
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor
Access to materials
Some collections held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. To request access to materials in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, please visit: http://archives.nypl.org/divisions/scm/request_access Request access to this collection.Conditions Governing Use
All requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies on reproduction