Do men and monogamy mix? It's not a question Mitchell "Little Bit" Crawford gave much thought to until his beaufriend of almost two years, Raheim "Pooquie" Rivers, an All-American jeans model, heads to Hollywood to make his first feature film. As Mitchell soon discovers, the temptation to cheat is very real . . . and it seems to be everywhere. An ex even pops up hoping to pick up where they left - and got - off. While intrigued, Mitchell chalks all the attention up to "the married man" syndrome: one is much more desirable when he's attached to someone else. But as he continues to run into bisexual musician Montgomery "Montee" Simms, the look-but-don't-touch rule is put to the test. As he and Montee get closer, Mitchell's idealistic beliefs about commitment are challenged. Will he love the one he's with because he can't be with the one he loves?

Love the One You're With (B-Boy Blues, Book 5)

Literature & Fiction

Hardy, James Earl

United States

Amistad

Do men and monogamy mix? 
It's not a question Mitchell Little Bit Crawford gave much thought to until his beaufriend of almost two years, Raheim Pooquie Rivers, an All-American jeans model, heads to Hollywood to make his first feature film. As Mitchell soon discovers, the temptation to cheat is very real. In fact, it seems to be everywhere: at his job, in his lawyer's office, at restaurants, the shopping mall, and in the recording studio. An ex even pops up hoping to pick up where they left -- and got -- off. While intrigued, Mitchell chalks all the attention up to "the married man" syndrome: one is much more desirable when they're attached to someone else.
But as he continues to run into bisexual musician Montgomery "Montee" Simms, the look but don't touch rule is put to the test. As he and Montee get closer, Mitchell's idealistic beliefs about commitment are challenged. Will he love the one he's with because he can't be with the one he loves?

Love the One You're With (B-Boy Blues)

In the sixth and final title of his groundbreaking, bestselling B-Boy Blues series, James Earl Hardy brings his beloved couple -- Mitchell, the Buppie from Brooklyn, and Raheim, the homeboy from Harlem -- into the twenty-first century.
As they prepare for the birthday party of Raheim's fifteen-year-old son, Errol (formerly known as "Junior" and "Li'l Brotha Man"), Mitchell and Raheim both juggle their own midlife crises and consider once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.
With the Big 4-0 just three years away, Mitchell is a little antsy: He has a very successful freelance writing career, but he longs for something more. And that something more finds him -- a dream job from a most unlikely place. But he's gotten very comfortable working his own schedule and being a stay-at-home dad -- does he really want to return to the daily grind of punching a time clock again?
Raheim has just officially entered his thirties -- and, unfortunately, has the one gray hair to prove it. And after years of coming this close to getting roles won by the likes of Taye Diggs and Mekhi Phifer, he is finally offered the lead in a film that could make him a star. But will he do what no other Black actor has done before: play gay and come out in the process?
James Earl Hardy draws on the themes that put him on the map -- love, family, and high drama in tandem with media phenomena like same-sex marriage, the down-low, gay adoption, and homo thugs -- to create another vivid, vibrant, and saucy portrait of Black same-gender-loving (SGL) life and love.

A House Is Not a Home: A B-Boy Blues Novel

In a tribute to the late author E. Lynn Harris, three authors have written novellas that focus on the romantic lives of gay African-Americans, with each story paired with the author's personal remembrances of Harris, as well as the lasting influence he has had on the genre. Original.

Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute To E. Lynn Harris

Dean, Terrance

Clay, Stanley Bennett

Kensington Pub. Corp

Complemented with photographs from Lee's personal archives, this illustrated and informative biography traces the life and career of the noted African-American film director.

Spike Lee: Filmmaker (Black Americans of Achievement)

Children's Books

Huggins, Nathan Irvin

Biographies

Chelsea House Pub

Boyz II Men (African-American Achievers)

Describes the development of the music group that was the first to break Elvis Presley's record for length as number one on the pop chart

Biographies & Memoirs

MERCURY FREE clearly presents a great deal of medical research and environmental evidence personal letters and professional stands on why mercury use in dental "silver fillings has been banned in some European countries.
Dr. Hardy hopes to make the general public aware of the dangers of mercury in dental fillings dangers to their health, and to the environment. He also offers alternative, safer, more durable substitutes.

Mercury Free: The Wisdom Behind the Global Consumer Movement to Ban Silver Dental Fillings

HARDY

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gabriel Rose Press

A cross between the Unofficial Gay Manual and the SNAPS! series, Fag Gags: Reads By, For &amp; About The Children celebrates, as its introduction states, the "crass wit, unquestionable timing, and acid tongues" of Black same-gender-loving men. Hardy and his co-author, Hassan X, have compiled a host of hilarious one-liners that poke fun at many figures inside (The "Blundering Ball Queen") and outside (The "Chocoholic") of African-American gay circles. While some of the gags will be familiar to non-Black and non-gay readers (on the "Frustrated Female," who can't understand why any man would "choose" to be gay, the authors declare: "Honee, I am more woman that you'll ever be and more man than you'll ever get!"), others are taken from the contemporary Black gay scene (on the "Homiesexual," the Brutha who just doesn't think he is all man but the Man: "You're on the down low? Ha, don't you mean you get down low?").

Fag Gags : Reads By, For & About The Children

Humor & Entertainment

X, Hassan

Humor

Iaj Books

The first short story collection from James Earl Hardy, the acclaimed author of the best-selling B-Boy Blues series! Whether it's the maintenance man making a much needed house call ("Booty, By Jake"), a 40-year-old "born again" virgin falling in lust with his 20-year-old former student ("How Stanley Got His Back in Groove"), a porn star trying to stay aroused—and awake—while filming his final movie ("The Last Picture. Show."), or a blind man proving that sight isn't a prerequisite for bringing another pleasure ("Can You Feel What I'm Saying?"), Hardy serves up seven scandalous tales, imbued with his trademark mix of passion and politics, that are guaranteed to turn you on—and off.

Can You Feel What I'm Saying?: An Erotic Anthology

I A J Books

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Love the One You're With (B-Boy Blues, Book 5)

Love the One You're With (B-Boy Blues)

A House Is Not a Home: A B-Boy Blues Novel

Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute To E. Lynn Harris

Spike Lee: Filmmaker (Black Americans of Achievement)

Boyz II Men (African-American Achievers)

Boyz II Men (African-American Achievers)

Mercury Free: The Wisdom Behind the Global Consumer Movement to Ban Silver Dental Fillings

Fag Gags : Reads By, For & About The Children

Can You Feel What I'm Saying?: An Erotic Anthology