James Earl Hardy

"B-Boy Blues" ushered in a burgeoning period of "positive representation" of black gay love. Meet the man who started it all. Join us as we discuss "B-Boy Blues" and his numerous past works as well as the ones promised for the not so distant future.

Hardy is an honors graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, he is also a feature writer and entertainment critic. His work has earned him grants from the E.Y. Harburg Arts Foundation and the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editiors; two Educational Press Association Writing Awards; a Columbia Press Association Feature Writing Citation; a Village Voice writing felowship; and scholarships from the Paul Rapoport Memorial Foundation and the National and New York chapters of the Association of Black Journalists.