Last week best-selling fiction writer E. Lynn Harris died at the age of 54. Harris's closeted and openly gay black characters paved the way for a new and vibrant genre of popular literature with widespread appeal. Personally, Harris was a kind and generous man who sought to encourage and support other gay black writers, including E. Patrick Johnson, author of Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, which UNC Press published last fall. In the following guest post, Johnson remembers Harris and the legacy he leaves in his wake.--ellen The world has certainly changed...