Catriona Rueda Esquibel | With Her Machete in Her Hand | With the 1981 publication of the groundbreaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Cherríe Moraga and Gloria An
Kathleen Martindale | Un/Popular Culture | Theorizing lesbian, Kathleen Martindale writes, is like embarking on terra incognita. In this book, Martindale offers her lucidly written analysis as
Ruth Vanita | Sappho and the Virgin Mary | In this book, Vanita engages these two central icons of Western cultural mythology to rethink the concept of literary ancestry. Uncovering layers of l
Elizabeth Hardwick | Seduction And Betrayal | The novelist and essayist Elizabeth Hardwick is one of contemporary America’s most brilliant writers, and Seduction and Betrayal, in which she conside
George E. Haggerty | Unnatural Affections | ‘… compelling… One draws from Haggerty’s very deft readings a strong understanding of the ways in which women writers worked to resist, with great
Jane Rule | Lesbian Images | The author’s attitude toward lesbian experience as measured against images by other women writers, such as Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, and May Sarto
Nicky Hallett | Lesbian Lives | How does the factual’ shape our sense of sexuality and self? How far have representations of lesbianism actually moved from the pathology and devianc
Norman W. Jones | Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction | The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular genre helps us understand gay and lesbi
Evelyn Blackwood; Saskia E. Wieringa | Female Desires | Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this careful
