Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon
Elana Dykewomon | Beyond the Pale | Elana Dykewomon’s Lambda Award-winning novel Beyond the Pale announces itself to the world with an infant’s scream–‘a new voice, a tiny shofar
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All the Pretty Girls by Chandra Mayor
Chandra Mayor | All the Pretty Girls | In each of these short stories, set against a finely-crafted backdrop of poverty and violence, abuse and hope, Chandra Mayor provides a glimpse into t
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Miranda July | The First Bad Man | ‘Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she
The Crazy Hunter by Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle | The Crazy Hunter | In particular, the novella Bridegroom’s Body is specifically mentioned by Grier. In this novella, Lady Glourie realizes that the young nurse who has
Like a Woman by Debra Busman
Debra Busman | Like a Woman | Like A Woman follows Taylor, a working class white girl too tough and too tender for her own good, who helps friends, rescues strays, and carri
Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair
April Sinclair | Coffee Will Make You Black | I still thought breasts might be more trouble than they were worth. Growing up reminded me a little bit of Hide and Go Seek. When it was your time
The Odd Couple by Q. Kelly
Q. Kelly | The Odd Couple | Morrisey Hawthorne and her four-year-old son, Gareth, have a pretty good life. Then one day they meet Charlene Sudsbury, who is trying to move on from
New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 by Shelly Oria
Shelly Oria | New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 | The stories in New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 are full of voices, some unnamed and others identified, that speak to a contemporary generation as they explore
Star Against Star by Gawen Brownrigg
Gawen Brownrigg | Star Against Star | Story of a girl conditioned from childhood to lesbian affairs, first by an overly seductive mother, then by a school friend. The book has the doom-rid
Seed of a Woman by Ruth Geller
Ruth Geller | Seed of a Woman | An intense first novel of the emerging women’s movement within the New Left