Clay Cane
American journalist
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Clay Cane is a journalist, author, political commentator, and radio host. He is the author of The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump (2024)[1] and Burn Down Master's House: A Novel.[2] Cane is also the host of The Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126.
The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump,
Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race,
Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church
Clay Cane | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, television personality |
| Education | Rutgers University |
| Notable works | Burn Down Master's House: A Novel, The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump, Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race, Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church |
| Notable awards | New York Festivals Radio 2022 Awards, GMAD's 2016 James Baldwin Revolutionary Award |
| Website | |
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Early life and education
Cane earned a bachelor's degree in English and African-American Studies from Rutgers University. He was a member of academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa.
Career
Cane is the co-editor and contributing writer of the 2012 anthology For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home. He also contributed to Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community.
In 2015, Cane created, directed and produced the BET.com original documentary Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church. The film explored homophobia in the black church by tackling the intersections of race, gender, sexuality and religion, earning a 2016 GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Digital Journalism.[3]
Cane's commentary has been heard on MTV, ABC, FOX, VH1, CNN,[4] and MSNBC.[5] On February 24, 2016, The White House[6] featured Cane as a Black History Month speaker along with a screening of the documentary. In 2017, he released Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race.[7] In 2024, he released the New York Times bestseller[8] The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump. In 2026, he released the New York Times bestselling novel Burn Down Master's House.[9]
Published works
- Cane, Clay (January 27, 2026). Burn Down Master's House: A Novel. Dafina. ISBN 1496759141.
- Cane, Clay (January 30, 2024). The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump. Sourcebooks, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1728290225.
- Cane, Clay (June 13, 2017). Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race. Start Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1627782180.
- Boykin, Keith (2012). For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home. Magnus Books. ISBN 978-1936833153.
- Robertson, Gil l. IV (2013). Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community. Agate. ISBN 978-1932841701.