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
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.
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 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
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
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
Joan Nestle | A Restricted Country | A proud working-class woman, an ‘out’ lesbian long before the Rainbow revolution, Joan Nestle has stood at the forefront of American freedom struggles
Xander Cricket | Rachel Maddow: A Neowonk Guide To The Leftist, Lesbian Pundit | Rachel Maddow is the first openly gay woman to host a primetime television show. She took Air America Radio by storm in 2005, and her Rachel Maddow Sh
Rita Reed | Growing Up Gay | Adolescence, painful enough in its own right, is all the more so for young people who feel their differences acutely at a time when fitting in and bel
