Lillian Faderman | Odd Girls And Twilight Lovers | From Library Journal
Faderman charts the evolution of the concept of the ‘lesbian’ as a 20th-century social construct and shows how love between w
Joanna Russ | The Female Man | The Female Man is a classic feminist science fiction novel by American writer Joanna Russ, published in 1975. Four women, Joanna, Jeannine, Janet and
Violette Leduc | La Bâtarde | An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La Batarde
Ann M. Martin | Here Today |
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