Writer/photographer Craig Seymour is the author of All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C. and Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross. He has written for The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Vibe, and Spin, among other publications, and has served as Pop Music Critic for the Buffalo News and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland in College Park, and is Associate Professor of Journalism at Northern Illinois University.