Telling Moments by Lynda Hall

Telling Moments

Autobiographical Lesbian Short Stories

Lynda Hall

Telling Moments collects contemporary short stories by a diverse group of twenty-four lesbian writers. Engaging themes of life and death, aging, motherhood, race, love, work, and travel, the writers offer brief glimpses into lesbian lives.
The stories are by well-known contemporary writers–Gloria AnzaldĂșa, Mary Cappello, Emma Donoghue, Jewelle Gomez, Karla Jay, Anna Livia, Valerie Miner, LeslĂ©a Newman, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Ruthann Robson, Sarah Schulman, and Jess Wells–and exciting newer voices, such as Donna Allegra and Marion Douglas. There are also stories from performance artists Carmelita Tropicana, Peggy Shaw, and Maya Chowdhry. Anna Livia’s protagonist appreciates her mother’s artful garden creation. Ruthann Robson tells of a survivor of the health care system. In Marion Douglas’s story a teenager dances with an alluring classmate. Donna Allegra’s strong construction worker copes with the death of her mother. And Karla Jay sets her character forth to swim with sharks. Most of the stories are accompanied by an author photo, biographical sketch, and–a most significant feature–a commentary from the author on her writing process and the autobiographical nature of her story, illustrating the truth behind the fiction.

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Details

ISBN 299191141
Genre Anthology – Fiction; Autobiography/Biography
Publication Date Sep-03
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Editor Lynda Hall
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 272
Language English
Rating NotRated
Editor Lynda Hall
Subject Autobiographical Fiction, English
BookID 12976

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