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Anne Lister; Helena Whitbread | The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister | These remarkable diaries are a piece of lost lesbian history. Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold
Michelle Cliff | If I Could Write This in Fire | Born in a Jamaica still under British rule, the acclaimed and influential writer Michelle Cliff embraced her many identities, shaped by her experience
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Chris Albertson | Bessie | A biography of Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the ‘Empress of the Blues’. Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time, Bes
Joan Schenkar | Truly Wilde | Born a scant three months after her uncle Oscar’s notorious arrest, raised in the shadow of the greatest scandal of the turn of the twentieth century,
Ellen DeGeneres | My Point…And I Do Have One | In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foiblesincluding how we be