An oral history documenting the untold lives of 62 lesbians aged 55 to 95, giving voice to their experiences with coming out, identity, family, work, aging, adversity, and resilience across twentieth-century America.
A raw and unflinching debut poetry collection that transforms Catholic imagery and noir conventions into a series of dark requiems exploring the predatory nature of desire and the scars left by intimacy.
In 8th Day, the stakes become incredibly personal and chaotic for Cassidy James. The plot kicks off with the abduction of a troubled child and the simultaneous disappearance of a beloved local teacher. As Cassidy digs into these twin mysteries, she uncovers a far-reaching and deadly conspiracy that threatens the stability of her entire community. … Read more
A raw punk rock memoir chronicling Syrian-American Rayya Elias’s journey from her childhood in Aleppo through Detroit to 1980s Lower East Side New York, where she pursued music and hairstyling while exploring her sexuality with lovers of both sexes, battling heroin addiction, experiencing homelessness and incarceration, and ultimately finding redemption and sobriety.
In A Dooryard Full of Flowers, Isabel Miller delivers a poignant and diverse collection of stories that expand the boundaries of lesbian identity and history. The centerpiece of the volume is the long-awaited continuation of her classic, Patience and Sarah, offering readers a final, intimate glimpse into the “slow, ardent, exalted life” of the two … Read more
Maude Hutchins’ A Diary of Love is a lyrical, stream-of-consciousness exploration of the sensory and emotional awakening of Noel, a sensitive young woman navigating the complexities of human desire. Raised in a mid-Victorian country house by her flute-playing grandfather, an inhibited aunt, and a sickly governess named Miss Heminway, Noel’s world is defined by her … Read more
Spring comes to the supernatural town of Blitheton, which can only mean one thing: It’s time for the annual mermaid festival!
In A Darker Domain, Val McDermid weaves together two cold cases that converge around the legacy of the 1984-85 miners’ strike in Fife, Scotland. Detective Inspector Karen Pirie, head of the Cold Case Unit, investigates the disappearance of Mick Prentice, who vanished during the strike, and the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman’s daughter that occurred … Read more
A three-act melodrama about Irène, a lesbian who pretends engagement to Jacques while tortured by her love for the unseen Madame d’Aiguines, ultimately returning to the relationship saying ‘it is a prison to which I must return captive, despite myself.’
In A Circle of Friends, Lindsay Welsh moves away from the short-story format of her previous collections to deliver a singular, interconnected narrative centered on a group of women in a sleepy seaside town. The plot follows a diverse circle of friends as they navigate the shifting boundaries between platonic companionship and romantic desire. At … Read more