Salt Water and Other Stories
Barbara Wilson (2)
Against the spare landscape of new lesbian fiction, the stories in Salt Water stand out as unusually distinguished and affecting–realistic portrayals of longing and disconnection between women. Award-winning author Barbara Wilson was a cofounder of Seal Press and winner of a 1998 Lambda Literary Award for her memoir, Blue Windows. In this new collection, she traces meetings of mind and body, for the most part with sober detachment, but sometimes with unexpected humor. In ‘Is This Enough for You?’ Wilson tracks the rapid escalation of a ‘conference crush.’ The securely coupled Ellen finds herself attracted to a fellow teacher named Nan, also in a long-term relationship. In the space of a few hours, Ellen moves from a calm awareness that Nan was ‘becoming beautiful in her mind’ to a conviction that Nan was ‘one of the most attractive women she’d ever met.’ And despite their attempts to be good, despite their firm resolutions, their bodies persist in bringing them together, ‘like two dogs their owners are trying to pry apart.’ Seriously good fiction from a seasoned writer. –Regina Marler
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Details
| ISBN | 1555834868 |
| Genre | Short Story Collection (Single Author) |
| Publication Date | 18-Feb-99 |
| Publisher | Hushion House |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 249 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Subject | Fiction |
| BookID | 10971 |
