Pulp
We, Too, Must Love by Ann Aldrich (All Editions)
We, Too, Must Love is the 1958 sequel to We Walk Alone, written by Ann Aldrich, the pen name of Marijane Meaker. Written in direct response to the hundreds of letters Aldrich received after We Walk Alone‘s publication, the book surveys lesbian subcultures in and around New York City, examining class distinctions, social cliques (the … Read more
We Walk Alone by Ann Aldrich (All Editions)
We Walk Alone by Ann Aldrich (a pseudonym of Marijane Meaker) is a groundbreaking 1955 work of non-fiction pulp that documented lesbian life in Greenwich Village, drawing on the author’s own experience as a lesbian. Part sociological survey, part first-person reportage, the book addressed its subject at a time when almost no mainstream publishing did … Read more
The Odd Kind by Arthur Adlon (All Editions)
The Odd Kind by Arthur Adlon is a lesbian pulp novel set in the world of high-fashion modelling, first published in 1961. The story centres on La Modena, a model who has reinvented herself from humble origins, and Pam Elliott, another model drawn between desire for a woman and the material rewards a wealthy man … Read more
Satan’s Harvest by Sanford Aday (All Editions)
Satan’s Harvest by Sanford Aday is a pulp novel first published in hardcover by Vantage Press in 1953. The story follows Lupe, a young Mexican girl from a broken home who ends up in a brothel with her older sister, where she is claimed by the lesbian madame. The book was subsequently reprinted multiple times … Read more
Beebo Brinker by Ann Bannon (All Editions)
Beebo Brinker follows a young, handsome butch woman who travels from rural Wisconsin to New York City, still wearing a dress, naive about the world she is about to enter. In Greenwich Village she discovers a community of women, falls hard for the femme Paula, and then becomes entangled with Venus Bogardus, a wealthy, secretly … Read more
69 Barrow Street by Sheldon Lord (All Editions)
In 69 Barrow Street, Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block) delivers another slice of mid-century Greenwich Village life, blending the “small town in a big city” atmosphere with the transgressive edge typical of 1960s pulp. The story centers on a specific address that serves as a crossroads for a variety of “lost souls” and bohemians. While the … Read more
21 Gay Street by Sheldon Lord (All Editions)
In 21 Gay Street, Sheldon Lord (a pseudonym for mystery legend Lawrence Block) provides a voyeuristic, “beatnik” look at Greenwich Village life in the late 1950s. The story follows Joyce Kendall, a fresh-faced college graduate from Iowa who arrives in New York for a job at a “true confessions” magazine. She finds a room in … Read more
