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Poet and author Ellen Wittlinger, whose YA novels have been praised for their depiction of memorable and realistic protagonists. The characters navigated the experiences of first love and other provocative issues of adolescence. Wittlinger died November 17, 2022 following her battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. She was 74 years old. Wittlinger was born October 21, 1948, … Read more
These books are part of the very broad genres of non-fiction writing that includes Chicana, Latina and Latinx -identified writers and subjects. Get Lost in a Good Book It’s easy to get lost in a good book, especially if you’re reading the year’s best fiction book, a sizzling romance novel, or a really good historical … Read more
Author and activist Barbara Joan Love, co-author of the originative work Sappho Was A Right-on Woman, has died. Love was a lesbian activist, writer and editor. With the National Organization for Women, Love organized and participated in demonstrations and marches. She also worked within the organization to improve the acceptance of lesbian feminists within the … Read more
Doris Grumbach wrote novels, essays, and literary criticism in the second half of the 20th century that explored how women were trapped within repressive families and disintegrating marriages. Grumbach also wrote about lesbian characters and themes in a way that was unusual at the time in mainstream literature. She died on November 4, 2022, at … Read more
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
Kathleen Joan DeBold, the longtime D.C. LGBTQ activist and editor of Out for Office: Campaigning in the Gay Nineties, died suddenly on October 9, 2022, in Ocean City, Maryland. Born Kathleen Joan DeBold on November 16, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York, to Francis Charles and Joan Marie DeBold, she moved with her family to Maryland … 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