Jewelle Gomez Biography

Jewelle Gomez has appeared in a wide variety of venues both feminist and mainstream. Her work often intersects and addresses multiple ethnicities as well as the ideals of lesbian/feminism and issues. She has been interviewed for several documentaries focused on LGBT rights and culture. She is the author of the double Lambda Award-winning novel The Gilda Stories: A Novel from Firebrand Books. Her adaptation of the book for the stage - Bones & Ash: a Gilda Story - was performed by the Urban Bush Women company in 13 U.S. cities. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts literature fellowship and two California Arts Council fellowships. Gomez was raised by her great-grandmother Grace who was born on Indian land in Iowa to an African-American mother and Ioway father. Grace returned to New England before she was fourteen when her father died and was married to John E. Morandus a Wampanoag and descendant of Massasoit the sachem for whom Massachusetts was named.

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