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Les Femmes Preferent Les Femmes by Elula Perrin

Elula Perrin | Les Femmes Preferent Les Femmes | En avril 1977, pour la première fois, une lesbienne s’exprimait en toute liberté, racontant sa vie pittoresque, ses amours tumultueuses, et affirmant

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Parker & Hulme by Julie Glamuzina; Alison J. Laurie

Julie Glamuzina; Alison J. Laurie | Parker & Hulme | The movie Heavenly Creatures was based on New Zealand’s notorious 1954 murder case in which two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, killed

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La Batarde by Violette Leduc

Violette Leduc | La Batarde | In her second revealing memoir of literary Paris, Leduc shares her insights into a post-War Parisian scene dominated by the likes of Camus, Genet, Sar

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The Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar

Joan Schenkar | The Talented Miss Highsmith | Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of twentieth-century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her favorite ‘hero-crim

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Orlando’s Sleep: An Autobiography of Gender by Jennifer Spry

Jennifer Spry | Orlando’s Sleep: An Autobiography of Gender | John’s inspiring journey to becoming a woman and lesbian.

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Cancer in Two Voices by Sandra Butler; Barbara Rosenblum

Sandra Butler; Barbara Rosenblum | Cancer in Two Voices | When Cancer in Two Voices was first published in 1991, one out of every nine women in the U.S was at risk of developing breast cancer. Now, as

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Ages And Stages by Nicole Swisse

Nicole Swisse | Ages And Stages | Being born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the 1950s was interesting because Nicole’s life would span many cultural, political, economic, social, and certa

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Members of the tribe by Michael Willhoite

Michael Willhoite | Members of the tribe | Caricature artist Willhoite presents an anthology of witty portraits of gay men and lesbians, most reprinted from the Washington Blade.

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What It’s Like to Live Now by Meredith Maran

Meredith Maran | What It’s Like to Live Now | A frank and whimsical exploration of contemporary issues offers insight into such concerns as weapons in school, homosexuality, breast cancer, AIDS, p

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Nightlight by Janine Avril

Janine Avril | Nightlight | A spare and beautiful memoir of family secrets and its consequences. While in her twenties, Janine Avril learned a shocking family secret, one that se