R. Richard Wagner | We’ve Been Here All Along | The first of two groundbreaking volumes on gay history in Wisconsin. We’ve Been Here All Along provides an illuminating and nuanced picture of Wiscons
Heather Murray | Not in This Family | Many Americans hold fast to the notion that gay men and women, more often that not, have been ostracized from disapproving families. Not in This Famil
Howard Clayton | The Closet And the Cul-De-Sac | The right to privacy is a pivotal concept in the culture wars that have galvanized American politics for the past several decades. It has become a ral
Elizabeth Reba Weise | Closer To Home | In this dynamic anthology of 22 essays by and about women who are bisexual, the unifying element is its focus on the crucial intersections between ide
Lauren Jae Gutterman | Her Neighbor’s Wife | At first glance, Barbara Kalish fit the stereotype of a 1950s wife and mother. Married at eighteen, Barbara lived with her husband and two daughters i
Melinda M. Ponder | Katharine Lee Bates | Katharine Lee Bates’s ‘America the Beautiful’ resonates for many people as the most patriotic and beloved American anthem. Her words remind us of why
Gertrude Stein; Judy Grahn | Really Reading Gertrude Stein | This book is organized into three sections, each beginning with an essay that clarifies the following selections, usually in excerpted form, from Stei
Judy Grahn | Hanging on Our Own Bones | Through these seven narrative poems, Grahn weaves real-life conditions with goddess mythology to construct modern interpretations of lamentation in ni
Michael A. Messner | Out of Play | From beer ads in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue to four-year-old boys and girls playing soccer; from male athletes’ sexual violence against wom