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Impossible Women by Valerie Rohy

Valerie Rohy | Impossible Women | Impossible Women fills a critical gap in queer theory by spotlighting representations of lesbian sexuality in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Americ

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The Lesbian Index by Kim Emery

Kim Emery | The Lesbian Index | Adds historical and philosophical perspectives to current debates over whether lesbian identity is socially constructed or genetically based.

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The Cambridge Companion To Gay And Lesbian Writing by Hugh Stevens

Hugh Stevens | The Cambridge Companion To Gay And Lesbian Writing | In the last two decades, lesbian and gay studies have transformed literary studies and developed into a vital and influential area for students and sc

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Latin American Writers On Gay And Lesbian Themes by David William Foster

David William Foster | Latin American Writers On Gay And Lesbian Themes | Gay and lesbian themes in Latin American literature have been largely ignored. This reference fills this gap by providing more than a hundred alphabet

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The Safe Sea Of Women by Bonnie Zimmerman

Bonnie Zimmerman | The Safe Sea Of Women | Written for scholars, writers, activists, and the general reader, The Safe Sea of Women is an indispensable survey of an important area of lesbian cul

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Lgbtq Literature by Robert C. Evans

Robert C. Evans | Lgbtq Literature | This collection of critical essays on LGBTQ literature features an overview of the genre and critical readings of selected works and authors.

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Sappho Is Burning by Page DuBois

Page DuBois | Sappho Is Burning | To know all we know about Sappho is to know little. Her poetry, dating from the seventh century B.C.E., comes to us in fragments, her biography as spe

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Remembered Rapture by Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks | Remembered Rapture | With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learne

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Seduction and Betrayal by Elizabeth Hardwick

Elizabeth Hardwick | Seduction and Betrayal | Nominee for the National Book Award, this collection of literary criticism considers the careers of women writers as well as the representation of wom

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Checklist by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley | Checklist | A definitive checklist of ‘variant’ women and homosexual fiction. Generally short reviews (sometimes merely a title and publisher) by various reviewer