Lesbian Empire by Gay Wachman
Gay Wachman | Lesbian Empire | A critical reading of sexually radical fiction by British women in the years during and after World War I. Gay Wachman examines work by Sylvia Townsen
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Burning Ground by Pearl Luke
Pearl Luke | Burning Ground | Working in a fire tower in the Canadian woods, Percy Turner’s emotional state is hanging on by a thread. Fires smolder within her–the lifelong passio
Making A Comeback by Julie Blair
Julie Blair | Making A Comeback | Jazz pianist Liz Randall is reeling from her wife’s death and struggling to keep their band together. An invitation to play at the prestigious Montere
Other Women by Lisa Alther
Lisa Alther | Other Women | With two young sons, a failed marriage, a job as an emergency room nurse that leaves her feeling paralyzed and hopeless, and a relationship with a wom
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall | The Well of Loneliness | First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Hall’s own life, it was banned outrig
Whacked by Josie Gordon
Josie Gordon | Whacked | There are things they don’t tell you in seminary school. Lonnie Squires is certain that if she’d been warned that her calling could lead to death by c
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters | Fingersmith | Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a ‘baby farmer,’ who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her o
The Price of Fame by Lynn Ames
Lynn Ames | The Price of Fame | When local television news anchor Katherine Kyle is thrust into the national spotlight, it sets in motion a chain of events that will change her life
Breathless by Kitty Tsui
Kitty Tsui | Breathless | How to describe writing about sex? ‘Pornography’ seems old fashioned, male-oriented; and ‘erotica,’ while kinder and gentler, feels like a marketing t
Luna by Julie Anne Peters
Julie Anne Peters | Luna | Regan’s brother Liam can’t stand the person he is during the day. Like the moon from whom Liam has chosen his female namesake, his true self, Luna, on