Bald Ambition is a potpourri of ideas, essays, writing styles and assorted madness representing a unique voice of black gayness regurgitated from the ghetto bowels of Detroit Brent's Fagenda and Brent Reloaded From 2001 through 2004, the outrageous, thought-provoking, award-winning column in the Detroit-based Between The Lines newspaper chronicled the life of the writer struggling to cope with the everyday freak shows and fallacies of being black, gay, HIV-positive and bipolar in America. Includes such classic essays as "Dreading the Term 'N-Word' More than the Word Itself," "C'mon, Baby, Let Me Just Stick the Head In," "In Search of the Perfect Orgy," "When the Bottom Falls Out of the Market," "Girl, He Tore my Guts Out," and "When are You Queens Going to Let Go of Astrology" Historically Black, Historically Gay 40 short bios and beautifully rendered drawings of black gay historical figures, including Barbara Jordan, George Washington Carver, Angela Davis, Bayard Rustin, Billie Holiday, Benjamin Banneker and many more Black Pride Diaries A snapshot of the Black Gay Pride circuit as witnessed by the writer during three summers of book tours Verse Perverse A twisted collection of five very naughty black gay erotic fantasies, including the unspeakably blunt "Prisoners of Lust " Don't miss out on this groundbreaking latest work from the up-and-coming writer of the electrifying novels Man of the Cloth, This Time Around, and The 21st Century Chronicles of Thugg the Barbarian King

The story of Thugg begins atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, where his perfectly preserved frozen body is discovered after 12,000 years in the ice. The ancient African is transported to the prestigious Yancey University in Massachusetts for study, where the head of the Bio-engineering department announces that it is possible to restore him to life utilizing the emerging new science of microrobotics called nanotechnology. Setting this mind-boggling enterprise into motion, it is quickly realized by the university staff that the Kilimanjaroan is unprepared to cope with the shocking circumstances of his resurrection and the realities he faces in 21st Century. Thugg is deeply distrustful of white people, having never seen one in his original lifetime, and thus is paired with the head of YU's Psychology Department, a brilliant African American named Dr. Quantez Phillips, and his best friend and colleague, Dr. Ruthenia Haynes, head of the Language Department. Together they set out to prove that they can teach this "caveman" to become a thinking and productive member of modern-day society. They succeed beyond their wildest imaginations. As Thugg's language skills become increasingly sophisticated, he reveals that he was born a barbarian and ruled as the king of a vast, now extinct African empire. His saga intrigues and inspires all of humanity, especially African Americans, who hold him up as proof that blacks can achieve any goal they set their minds upon. Thugg becomes a global celebrity-a cross between Dr. Martin Luther King and Tupac Shakur. As he becomes increasingly cognizant of the dire plight of the black race, he invokes his royal roots and uses his status to speak out for revolution-acall that has the potential to dramatically alter race relations across the planet, for better or worse, forever. The epic saga plays out against the backdrop of the convoluted love triangle that erupts between Thugg, Dr. Haynes and Dr. Phillips, whose homosexuality is a closely guarded secret. Haynes' and Phillips' deep friendship is jeopardized as the two academicians battle each other for Thugg's affections. And thus, the story examines the paramount issue of homophobia, as well as racism, sexism, ethics, drug and celebrity culture, and the prison/industrial complex, from the unique perspective of an ancient African 12 millennia misplaced from the time period of his birth. Born a barbarian. Died a king. Resurrected as legend. Destined to conquer. The 21st Century Chronicles of Thugg the Barbarian King is a homoerotic ghetto love story between the three most unexpected characters of all time-the latest stunning literary event from the unique bipolar mind of Brent Dorian Carpenter.

This Time Around is the science fiction story of a gay Aferican American college student who discovers a way to travel through time and goes back into 15th Century Aferica to attempt to stop then Atlantic slave trade before it begins.

Bald Ambition is a potpourri of ideas, essays, writing styles and assorted madness representing a unique voice of black gayness regurgitated from the ghetto bowels of Detroit Brent's Fagenda and Brent Reloaded From 2001 through 2004, the outrageous, thought-provoking, award-winning column in the Detroit-based Between The Lines newspaper chronicled the life of the writer struggling to cope with the everyday freak shows and fallacies of being black, gay, HIV-positive and bipolar in America. Includes such classic essays as "Dreading the Term 'N-Word' More than the Word Itself," "C'mon, Baby, Let Me Just Stick the Head In," "In Search of the Perfect Orgy," "When the Bottom Falls Out of the Market," "Girl, He Tore my Guts Out," and "When are You Queens Going to Let Go of Astrology" Historically Black, Historically Gay 40 short bios and beautifully rendered drawings of black gay historical figures, including Barbara Jordan, George Washington Carver, Angela Davis, Bayard Rustin, Billie Holiday, Benjamin Banneker and many more Black Pride Diaries A snapshot of the Black Gay Pride circuit as witnessed by the writer during three summers of book tours Verse Perverse A twisted collection of five very naughty black gay erotic fantasies, including the unspeakably blunt "Prisoners of Lust " Don't miss out on this groundbreaking latest work from the up-and-coming writer of the electrifying novels Man of the Cloth, This Time Around, and The 21st Century Chronicles of Thugg the Barbarian King

The story of Thugg begins atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, where his perfectly preserved frozen body is discovered after 12,000 years in the ice. The ancient African is transported to the prestigious Yancey University in Massachusetts for study, where the head of the Bio-engineering department announces that it is possible to restore him to life utilizing the emerging new science of microrobotics called nanotechnology. Setting this mind-boggling enterprise into motion, it is quickly realized by the university staff that the Kilimanjaroan is unprepared to cope with the shocking circumstances of his resurrection and the realities he faces in 21st Century. Thugg is deeply distrustful of white people, having never seen one in his original lifetime, and thus is paired with the head of YU's Psychology Department, a brilliant African American named Dr. Quantez Phillips, and his best friend and colleague, Dr. Ruthenia Haynes, head of the Language Department. Together they set out to prove that they can teach this "caveman" to become a thinking and productive member of modern-day society. They succeed beyond their wildest imaginations. As Thugg's language skills become increasingly sophisticated, he reveals that he was born a barbarian and ruled as the king of a vast, now extinct African empire. His saga intrigues and inspires all of humanity, especially African Americans, who hold him up as proof that blacks can achieve any goal they set their minds upon. Thugg becomes a global celebrity-a cross between Dr. Martin Luther King and Tupac Shakur. As he becomes increasingly cognizant of the dire plight of the black race, he invokes his royal roots and uses his status to speak out for revolution-acall that has the potential to dramatically alter race relations across the planet, for better or worse, forever. The epic saga plays out against the backdrop of the convoluted love triangle that erupts between Thugg, Dr. Haynes and Dr. Phillips, whose homosexuality is a closely guarded secret. Haynes' and Phillips' deep friendship is jeopardized as the two academicians battle each other for Thugg's affections. And thus, the story examines the paramount issue of homophobia, as well as racism, sexism, ethics, drug and celebrity culture, and the prison/industrial complex, from the unique perspective of an ancient African 12 millennia misplaced from the time period of his birth. Born a barbarian. Died a king. Resurrected as legend. Destined to conquer. The 21st Century Chronicles of Thugg the Barbarian King is a homoerotic ghetto love story between the three most unexpected characters of all time-the latest stunning literary event from the unique bipolar mind of Brent Dorian Carpenter.

This Time Around is the science fiction story of a gay Aferican American college student who discovers a way to travel through time and goes back into 15th Century Aferica to attempt to stop then Atlantic slave trade before it begins.