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One Does Not Exist Outside the Other The stories on this Chicana, Latina, Latinx, and Hispanic fiction list touch on race, culture, gender and sexuality. None of these factors is more important than the other because one does not exist outside the other. As You Look by Veronica Gutierrez Former LAPD cop-turned private investigator Yolanda … Read more
Here’s a list of books I’ve read from July to September, 2022. In case it interests you, and in case I need to remember what the hell I’ve read. The following are publisher book summaries. Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion With a forward by Hilton Als, these twelve pieces … Read more
Here’s a list of books I’ve read from April to June, 2022. In case it interests you, and in case I need to remember what the hell I’ve read. The following are publisher book summaries. A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to … Read more
Influential Jewish Lesbian author Elana Dykewomon passed away on August 7, 2022. She was 72 years old. Her brother Daniel Nachman said the cause was complications of esophageal cancer. Dykewomon’s published works, listed below, spanned more than 40 years. The Lambda Literary Award winner was born Elana Nachman in New York City in 1949. After … Read more
No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much.” Indeed, no woman writer can write ‘too much’…No woman has ever written enough. – bell hooks Black and African American Lesbian literature focuses on the experiences of Black women’s experiences. The experiences are shaped by homophobia, racism, sexism, and classism, but are more than … Read more
Activist, attorney and author Urvashi Vaid died of breast cancer on May 18, 2022. Born in New Delhi, India, Vaid moved to the USA when she was a child. She attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, graduating with degrees in English and Political Science in 1979. A year later she enrolled in law school … Read more
Writer Frances Eleanor Cherry died April 24, 2022 after fighting Parkinson’s disease, leaving an extensive legacy in literature and a life-long commitment to anti-establishment themes, which often accompanied her writing. Daughter Caitlin Cherry led funeral-goers in a rendition of one of her mother’s favourite songs, Ode to a Gym Teacher. The anthem was a … Read more
Ah, books. Who could possibly get through a winter without them? Lots of people you say? Something about television, you say? But books touch a different part of the mind, and the soul. Watch TV, sure, but always make room in your heart and soul for books. Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 … Read more
Lesbian icon and author Leslie Cohen passed away in Miami, Florida on March 16, 2022. Cohen was the author of the memoir The Audacity of a Kiss. She grew up in Queens, New York, and attended Buffalo State College, then Queens College. Cohen received her Master’s degree in Art History. She worked at Artforum magazine … Read more
On December 15, 2021, esteemed Black queer feminist author bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins) passed away at her home in Berea, Ky. She was 69. Her sister Gwenda Motley said the cause was end-stage renal failure. The American activist and author was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. Her work focused on the … Read more