My Lover Is a Woman by Leslea Newman

My Lover Is a Woman

Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems

Leslea Newman

Editor Lesl?a Newman has collected the work of both well-known and emerging poets to create an anthology of some of the finest writers of any gender or sexual orientation writing poetry today. The probing fierceness of Adrienne Rich’s ‘Love Poem,’ the stirring sensual incantation of Ellen Bass’s ‘Praise,’ the intensely felt tenderness of Dorothy Allison’s ‘Reason Enough to Love You,’ are just a few examples of the rich talent displayed in this volume.These poets have written daring confessions of love, sorrow, anger, and joy. Each poem is an elaborate confirmation of the resilience of the human spirit, and the ability to transform experience–including the struggle against the societal taboo of same-sex love–into brilliant poetry.



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ISBN: 9780345421142
Genre: Poetry
Subject: Lesbians – Poetry; Lesbians’ Writings, American; Lesbians/ Poetry; Love Poetry, American/ Women Authors
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Language: English
Format: Paperback
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Book_ID: 258929

Author: NorthShore Noir Press