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'''Terrance Dean''' (September 8, 1968 |
'''Terrance Dean''' (September 8, 1968 - August 11, 2022) was an author, academic and former [[MTV]] executive. He is best known for his 2008 memoir ''[[Hiding in Hip-Hop]]''<ref name=time>{{cite web |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1807080,00.html |title=Guess Who's Gay in Hip-Hop |accessdate=May 27, 2016|work=Time magazine}}</ref><ref name=essence>{{cite web |url=http://www.essence.com/2008/09/14/terrance-dean-an-invisible-life |title=Terrance Dean: An Invisible Life |accessdate=May 27, 2016|work=Essence magazine}}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/11/gayrights.usa |title=Hidden gay life of macho hip hop stars |accessdate=May 27, 2016|work=Guardian newspaper}}</ref><ref name=NPR>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/exposing-hip-hops-gay-subculture-89591 |title=Exposing hip-hop's gay subculture |accessdate=April 29, 2020|date=May 15, 2008|first=Jessica|last=Bennett|work=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> and is the author of books including ''Reclaim Your Power! A 30-Day Guide to Hope, Healing and Inspiration for Men of Color'' (2003), ''Straight From Your Gay Best Friend – The Straight Up Truth About Relationships, Love, and Having A Fabulous Life'' (2010), ''Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris'', (2010). In 2011, Dean made his fiction debut with his novel, ''MOGUL''.Since 2019 he has been a [[postdoctoral fellow]] in [[Black Studies]] at [[Denison University]].<ref name=denison>{{cite web|url=https://denison.edu/people/terrance-dean|title=Terrance Dean|publisher=[[Denison University]]|accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref> |
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Terrance Dean | |
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| Born | September 8, 1968 |
| Died | August 11, 2022 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Author and professor |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Notable work | Hiding in Hip-Hop |
Terrance Dean (September 8, 1968 - August 11, 2022) was an author, academic and former MTV executive. He is best known for his 2008 memoir Hiding in Hip-Hop[1][2][3][4] and is the author of books including Reclaim Your Power! A 30-Day Guide to Hope, Healing and Inspiration for Men of Color (2003), Straight From Your Gay Best Friend – The Straight Up Truth About Relationships, Love, and Having A Fabulous Life (2010), Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris, (2010). In 2011, Dean made his fiction debut with his novel, MOGUL.Since 2019 he has been a postdoctoral fellow in Black Studies at Denison University.[5]
Career
Dean was a contributing writer to the anthologies, Souls of My Brothers and Always Too Soon. He has also written for VIBE, ESSENCE, XXL, Hello Beautiful, Bossip.com, Juicy Magazine, Huffington Post,[6] The Advocate, The New York Sun, The Tennessean, Fatherhood Today, and The Michigan Chronicle’s Front Page.
Dean was featured in Newsweek, Ms. Magazine, Time magazine, New York Magazine, The Observer UK, Genre, VIBE, Hip Hop Weekly, Juicy magazine, Toronto NOW, AOL Black Voices, XXL.com, Bossip.com, Mediatakeout.com, Sister2Sister magazine, and Essence magazine. He has also appeared across the country, and internationally, on popular syndicated radio shows – NPR, The BBC, Frank & Wanda Morning Show, The Michael Eric Dyson Show, Russ Par, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and The Wendy Williams Experience. He has made national television appearances on Fox’s The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, and Fox’s Red Eye, CNN’s Headline News, NBC 10 Philadelphia, ABC 6 Philadelphia, WB 11 New York, and FOX 2 in Detroit.
In addition to writing, Dean worked in the entertainment industry for over 15 years with industry professionals including Spike Lee, Rob Reiner, Keenan Ivory Wayans, and Anjelica Huston. He has worked with television and film production companies such as B.E.T., Savoy Television, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, and Sony Pictures. Dean also worked with MTV Networks for several years helping to produce live award shows and events including MTV Video Music Awards, Movie Awards, Hip Hop Honors, Rock Honors, Sports & Music Festival, and Choose or Lose.
Dean received his PhD in religion from Vanderbilt University, where he studied the relationships between race, sexuality, sex and gender in homiletics and liturgics.[5][7] He previously received his BA in communications from Fisk University; Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt, and MA in religion from Vanderbilt.[5] As a Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Denison University, his research concerned topics including African-American religion, the African-American diaspora, Afrofuturism and the work of James Baldwin.[5]
Death
According to officials at Denison University, where Dean was employed, sometime in the summer of 2022, Dean was stricken with illness and briefly spent time in a hospital in Columbus, Ohio. On, August 11, 2002, Columbus police performed a wellness check in which they found Dean dead in his Downtown home. An exact cause of death, or an exact date of death, was not immediately determined[8].
Bibliography
- Reclaim Your Power! A 30-Day Guide to Hope, Healing and Inspiration for Men of Color (2003)
- Hiding in Hip-Hop (2008)
- Straight From Your Gay Best Friend – The Straight Up Truth About Relationships, Love, and Having A Fabulous Life (2010)
- Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris (2010)
- MOGUL (2011)
Influences
Dean cites the late Afro-American and openly gay author E. Lynn Harris as a literary influence.[9]
References
- ^ "Guess Who's Gay in Hip-Hop". Time magazine. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ "Terrance Dean: An Invisible Life". Essence magazine. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ "Hidden gay life of macho hip hop stars". Guardian newspaper. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ Bennett, Jessica (May 15, 2008). "Exposing hip-hop's gay subculture". Newsweek. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Terrance Dean". Denison University. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ "Terrance Dean: Best-selling author/writer/journalist/Divinity Grad Student Vanderbilt University". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ "Terrance Dean". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2022/08/13/denison-professor-terrance-dean-dead-at-53/65402063007/%7Ctitle=Denison professor, Dispatch editorial board member Terrance Dean dead at 53|accessdate=August 13, 2022|date=August 13, 2022|work=The Columbus Dispatch
- ^ "Remembering E. Lynn Harris". Essence magazine. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
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