Category: Poetry

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Flesh and Paper by Gillian E. Hanscombe; Suniti Namjoshi

Gillian E. Hanscombe; Suniti Namjoshi | Flesh and Paper | A dialogue between the two women as friends, poets and lovers.

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Elephant Poem Coloring Book by Judy Grahn

Judy Grahn | Elephant Poem Coloring Book | Grahn uses the elephant as a symbol of domination and how you can’t expect the dominating one to stop on his own ‘Any more than bankers hand out money

Posted in Arts & Photography Grier Rated Poetry

She Who by Judy Grahn

Judy Grahn | She Who | Artists featured: Max Dashu, Irmajean McCarty, Marnie Schlegel, Karen Sjoholm, Casey Czarnik, Wendy Cadden, Zelima Xochiquetzal, Shebar Windstone, Cat

Posted in Black Interest Poetry

The Days Of Good Looks by Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl Clarke | The Days Of Good Looks | Lauded by luminaries such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Adrienne Rich, and Joy Harjo, among others, the work of African American lesbian poet Cheryl Clarke has

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The Same Sea As Every Summer by Esther Tusquets

Esther Tusquets | The Same Sea As Every Summer | Poetic and erotic, El mismo mar de todos los veranos (The Same Sea As Every Summer) was originally published in Spain in 1978, three years after the d

Posted in Grier Rated Poetry

The Work of a Common Woman by Judy Grahn

Judy Grahn | The Work of a Common Woman | Selected poems by a feminist author reexamine love, death, power, lesbianism, and the role of women in society

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Illegal Assembly by Karen Brodine

Karen Brodine | Illegal Assembly | Affirms the right to dignity of feminist workers, lesbians, and all minorities.’–Mary Tall Mountain, Feminist Review

Posted in Native/Indigenous Interest Poetry

In Her I Am by Chrystos

Chrystos | In Her I Am | Lesbian erotic writing from tenderly seductive to outrageous, raw, stirring images, these are poems of astonishing intensity, vital and unforgettable.

Posted in Anthology - Nonfiction Autobiography/Biography Lesbian Studies Non-Fiction Poetry

Zami; Sister Outsider; Undersong by Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde | Zami; Sister Outsider; Undersong | 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 Audr

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Off Colour by Jackie Kay

Jackie Kay | Off Colour | Jackie Kay, whose first novel recently won the Guardian Fiction Award, first came to attention with The Adoption Papers, intertwined poetic monologues