In Conversation with Thomas Glave and Jason Okundaye

Writer and cultural critic Jason Okundaye joins acclaimed Jamaican-American author Thomas Glave for a conversation exploring Black queer life, literature and political imagination across Britain, the Caribbean and beyond.

Together they will discuss intimacy, masculinity, memory and resistance through the lens of their recent work, including Jason’s award-winning Revolutionary Acts: Love & Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain and Thomas’ essay collection Among the Bloodpeople: Politics & Flesh. Thoughtful, searching and wide-ranging, this event brings together two vital contemporary voices reflecting on queer history, identity and belonging.

Thomas Glave is the author of five books and the editor of Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles. A two-time Fulbright Scholar and honorary visiting professor at the University of Liverpool, he serves on the editorial board of Wasafiri, and is a trustee of Writing West Midlands and Peepal Tree Press.

Jason Okundaye is an Assistant Editor and Writer at the Guardian. His first book, Revolutionary Acts, a social history of Black gay men in Britain, was published by Faber in 2024 and shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.

Supported by Black at Sussex