The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been in the minority… It will take such a small committed minority to work unrelentingly to win the uncommitted majority. Such a group may transform America’s greatest dilemma into her most glorious opportunity.
Background
Thomas Glave is a writer and professor of English and creative writing at SUNY-Binghamton. He earned his bachelor’s from Bowdoin College and his MFA from Brown University in 1998.
Interests
Glave’s main areas of interest are contemporary Caribbean queer writing; Latin-American (queer and other) literature; Black British writers; literatures of testimony and human rights; francophone Caribbean literature in translation; and experimental fiction and creative nonfiction.
Admired for his “unique style and exploration of taboo, politically volatile topics,” he is the author of Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh, among other works. He is a dedicated activist for human rights worldwide and serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in the City University of New York (CUNY).
As an MLK visiting professor at MIT, he was hosted by the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, where he taught literature courses and gave public lectures.