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Some of the most insightful academic discussions about my process and performances are contained within the publications below.
– Djola Branner

Blacktino Queer Performance
E. Patrick Johnson & Ramón H. Rivera-Servera
Duke University Press, 2016

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Theatrical Jazz: Performance, Áse & the Power of the Present Moment
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones
Ohio Stage University Press, 2015

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The Color of Theater: Race, Culture and Contemporary Performance
edited by Roberta Uno & Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns
Continuum Studies in Drama, 2005

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A History of African American Theater
by Errol G. Hill & James V. Hatch
Cambridge University Press, 2003

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African American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader
edited by Harry J. Elam & David Krasner
Oxford University Press, 2001

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The Performer’s Guide to the Collaborative Process
by Sheila Kerrigan Heinemann, 2001

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Recognizing Ourselves: Ceremonies of Lesbian and Gay Commitment
by Ellen Lewin
Columbia University Press, 1998

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Acts of Intervention: Performance, Gay Culture and AIDS
by David Román
Indiana University Press, 1998

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Laughing in the Dark: A Decade of Subversive Comedy
by Laurie Stone
Ecco Press, 1997

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Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian Writers of Color
edited by Emmanuel Sampath Nelson
Harrington Park Press, 1994

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