Category: Autobiography/Biography

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Performing Arts

Eva Le Gallienne: A Biography by Helen Sheehy

Helen Sheehy | Eva Le Gallienne: A Biography | The extraordinary life of one of the great actors of the 20th century is viewed in this complex biography, including her protean career and courageous

Posted in Autobiography/Biography LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Out in All Directions by Eric Marcus; Lynn Witt; Sherry Thomas

Eric Marcus; Lynn Witt; Sherry Thomas | Out in All Directions | A collection of articles, anecdotes, facts and figures, trivia, and more–from more than two hundred contributors across the country–provides a detai

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Film and Television

Hollywood’s Silent Closet by Darwin Porter

Darwin Porter | Hollywood’s Silent Closet | Hollywood at the dawn of the Talkies was one of the most gossippy and sexual places on Earth. This anthology of star-studded scandal from the 1920s pr

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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson | Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? | Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most admired books of the past few

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Short Story Collection (Single Author)

Restoring the Color of Roses by Barrie Jean Borich

Barrie Jean Borich | Restoring the Color of Roses | A collection of creative nonfiction about getting better: A vivid portrait of a lesbian who fell out of her life and came back restored.

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Grier Rated Music

Bessie by Chris Albertson

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

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Except For One Little Problem by Joan Denson

Joan Denson | Except For One Little Problem | Denson sheds light on what it was like to struggle with her sexuality as she grew up in the 50’s & 60’s- a time before lesbian chic, a time before wom

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Music

Fire In The Rain, Singer In The Storm by Holly Near; Derk Richardson

Holly Near; Derk Richardson | Fire In The Rain, Singer In The Storm | Singer-songwriter Holly Near reveals her professional triumphs and setbacks and her personal side, detailing her childhood, her activism, her emerging

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Comedy

When You Lie about Your Age, the Terrorists Win by Carol Leifer

Carol Leifer | When You Lie about Your Age, the Terrorists Win | Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue sharing her greatest childhood memory

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Outercourse by Mary Daly

Mary Daly | Outercourse | A resplendent philosophical autobiography of the world’s foremost radical, feminist philosopher.