(The other interviewees included Al Gore and Ellen DeGeneres, among others.) We first met in my living room in upstate New York nearly two decades ago for one of a dozen new interviews that I conducted for the second edition of Making Gay History. That’s the power of her unapologetic truth-telling, passion, and open-hearted joy for life. From Eric Marcus: Barbara Smith inspires me to sit up straight, pay attention, and strive to do better.
