Linnea A. Due | Joining the Tribe | Like a lot of fortysomething gay men and lesbians, including me, Linnea Due thought that the post-Stonewall culture, full of queer parades, films, and
Bonnie J. Morris | Eden Built by Eves | Longtime festival enthusiast Bonnie J. Morris offers a thorough, if somewhat breathless, survey of the 25-year history of women’s music festivals, dra
J.M. Coetzee | Disgrace | After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair wi
Stacey D’Erasmo | Tea | Stacey D’Erasmo will be a familiar name to anyone who reads the Village Voice. During the years she worked at that quintessential alternative w
Jane Bowles | Two Serious Ladies | Written with biting wit and cool compassion, Two Serious Ladies is a bittersweet celebration of female freedom that has been hailed as a landmark in t
Ruth Vanita; Saleem Kidwai | Same-Sex Love in India | Lambda literary award finalist, Same-Sex Love in Indiapresents a stunning array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature
Saxon Bennett | Family Affair | Oops…is an understatement. Chase Banter thought her life couldn’t get any weirder. Her mother has taken up private investigating, her writer’s group
Dorothy Allison | Trash | Trash, Allison’s landmark collection, laid the groundwork for her critically acclaimed Bastard Out of Carolina, the National Book Award finalist that
Alexis Coe | Alice + Freda Forever | In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn’t her crime that shocked the nation–it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alic
