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Let’s address the obvious question first. Room isn’t a lesbian novel. There’s no lesbian romance in it, no queer subplot, nothing that would get it shelved in the LGBTQ section of your local bookstore. So why is it in the Lesbian Bibliography? Because of who wrote it. Emma Donoghue is one of the most important … Read more
Andrea Gibson, the American poet, performer and activist best known for the spoken-word collections Lord of the Butterflies and You Better Be Lightning, died on July 14, 2025. Gibson was born on August 13, 1975, in Calais, Maine, and used they/them pronouns. They came out at age 20 while studying creative writing at Saint Joseph’s … Read more
Victoria A. Brownworth, the Philadelphia journalist and author who wrote the Lambda Literary Award–winning novel Ordinary Mayhem, died on May 22, 2025. Born in February 1956, Brownworth studied American studies and women’s history at Temple University. She began her career at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News in the 1980s and early 1990s, … Read more
Editions & Revisions Set in Western Canada, it’s the story of a Canadian girl, Nicola, orphaned and in search of love. Her passion for a beautiful schoolmate ends in disillusion when the older girl, Tammy, tries to force Nicola into an affair with a boy, trying to cover up her own similar affair. Editions Table … Read more
Editions & Revisions La ragazza di nome Giulio (A Girl Named Jules) explores the psychological and sexual awakening of Jules, a young woman navigating identity, desire, and repression in fascist and postwar Italy. Editions Table Title Year ISBN Cover La ragazza di nome Giulio 1964 — La ragazza di nome Giulio 1964 — A Girl … Read more
Editions & Revisions After seventy-five years of high-minded respectability, the Amelia Gower Women’s Club is in trouble. One distinguished director has been strangled. Another has taken a fatal plunge down the club’s elegant staircase. As soon as restaurateur-sleuth Jane Lawless begins investigating these murders, wheels within wheels start to turn, meshing private lives with the … Read more
Editions & Revisions A beautiful young woman, naive in many ways, finds herself attracted to her friend Lydia. As she gives in to her temptations, she is brought to sensual heights never before imagined. Editions Table Title Year ISBN Cover A Hunger In Her Flesh 1972 A Hunger In Her Flesh 2001 9781562012465
Editions & Revisions In this forceful and witty collection of essays, Jane Rule speaks frankly of the issues she has confronted as a woman, an artist, and a lesbian, and of the difficult conflicts between personal privacy and social commitment. Editions Table Title Year ISBN Cover A Hot-Eyed Moderate 1986 9780886190774 A Hot-Eyed Moderate 1986 … Read more
Editions & Revisions The First Kate Martinelli Mystery The unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A string of shocking murders has occurred, each victim an innocent child. For Detective Kate Martinelli, just promoted to Homicide and paired with a seasoned cop who’s less than thrilled to be handed a green … Read more
Editions & Revisions Second mystery featuring private investigator and jazz guitar player Lil Ritchie, set at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Editions Table Title Year ISBN Cover Shattered Rhythms 1994 312118880 Shattered Rhythms 1994 2242699