The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Jewelle Gomez | The Gilda Stories | Jewelle Gomez sees right into the heart. This is a book to give to those you want most to find their own strength.’–Dorothy Allison ‘Gomez’s women ar
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Zami by Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde | Zami | Zami is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lord
Lovers’ Choice by Becky Birtha
Becky Birtha | Lovers’ Choice | From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Sharon Canning
Lover’s Choice takes the reader on short trips into the lives of eleven different women. T
Their Own Receive Them Not by Horace L. Griffin
Horace L. Griffin | Their Own Receive Them Not | Griffin, an Episcopal priest and a teacher of pastoral theology, provides a lively and fascinating examination of homosexuality in the black church.28
The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin
Staceyann Chin | The Other Side of Paradise | ‘No one knew Staceyann’s mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother’s house in Lottery, Jamaica, on C
The Big Mama Stories by Shay Youngblood
Shay Youngblood | The Big Mama Stories | From Publishers Weekly
These folktale-like stories, told by a young woman about her ‘mamas’–the several women who raised her following the death
Black Bull, Ancestors And Me by Nkunzi Zandile Nkabinde
Nkunzi Zandile Nkabinde | Black Bull, Ancestors And Me | Describing the dichotomy of being both revered and reviled, this memoir traces the story of a sangoma–a traditional healer–who is also a lesbian. De
Lover’s Choice by Becky Birtha
Becky Birtha | Lover’s Choice | From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Sharon Canning
Lover’s Choice takes the reader on short trips into the lives of eleven different women. T
Say Jesus and Come to Me by Ann Shockley
Ann Shockley | Say Jesus and Come to Me | A black evangelist’s affair with a sultry nightclub singer. Hot romance.
she brought the lord’s love to all . . .
but found he
Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith
Lillian Smith | Strange Fruit | One of the very earliest paperback Lesbian novels published in America.