Subsequent years in New York City she spent in Black theater including work with the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop and many years as a stage manager for off-Broadway productions. During her high school and college years Gomez was involved with Black political and social movements which is reflected in much of her writing.
"Grace A." from the collection Don't Explain is an early example. Their history of independence as well as marginalization in an African-American community are referenced throughout her work. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, Gomez was shaped socially and politically by the close family ties with her great-grandmother, Grace, and grandmother Lydia. Morandus, a Wampanoag and descendant of Massasoit, the sachem for whom Massachusetts was named. Grace returned to New England before she was 14, when her father died, and she was married to John E. Gomez was raised by her great-grandmother, Grace, who was born on Indian land in Iowa to an African-American mother and Ioway father. Jewelle Gomez was born on September 11, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dolores Minor LeClaire, a nurse, and John Gomez, a bartender. She has been interviewed for several documentaries focused on LGBT rights and culture. Her work centers on women's experiences, particularly those of LGBTQ women of color. Her writing-fiction, poetry, essays and cultural criticism-has appeared in a wide variety of outlets, both feminist and mainstream.
She lived in New York City for 22 years, working in public television, theater, as well as philanthropy, before relocating to the West Coast. Jewelle Gomez (born September 11, 1948) is an American author, poet, critic and playwright.
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