Pronoun Envy by Anna Livia
Anna Livia | Pronoun Envy | Controversy over gendered pronouns, for example using the generic ‘he,’ has been a staple of feminist arguments about patriarchal language over the la
Literary Criticism
With Her Machete In Her Hand by Catriona Rueda Esquibel
Catriona Rueda Esquibel | With Her Machete In Her Hand | I am wildly ecstatic about this project and thoroughly grateful for Esquibel’s interventions in the cause of Chicana lesbian authors …now extending
After Sex? by Janet Halley; Andrew Parker
Janet Halley; Andrew Parker | After Sex? | Since queer theory originated in the early 1990s, its insights and modes of analysis have been taken up by scholars across the humanities and social s
Noël Coward & Radclyffe Hall by Terry Castle
Terry Castle | Noël Coward & Radclyffe Hall | At first glance, it seems difficult to imagine two more different literary personalities than Noel Coward and Radclyffe Hall. Coward’s writing is play
With Her Machete in Her Hand by Catriona Rueda Esquibel
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
Un/Popular Culture by Kathleen Martindale
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
Sappho and the Virgin Mary by Ruth Vanita
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
Seduction And Betrayal by Elizabeth Hardwick
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
Revolting Librarians by Elizabeth Katz; Celeste West
Elizabeth Katz; Celeste West | Revolting Librarians | A collection of stories about librarians, libraries, books and people.
Unnatural Affections by George E. Haggerty
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