{"id":36897,"date":"2025-05-09T20:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/close-calls-new-lesbian-fiction-by-susan-fox-rogers\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:44:23","slug":"close-calls-new-lesbian-fiction-by-susan-fox-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/close-calls-new-lesbian-fiction-by-susan-fox-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Close Calls: New Lesbian Fiction by Susan Fox Rogers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Close Calls: New Lesbian Fiction<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Susan Fox Rogers<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\n<p>Close Calls presents twenty-one new stories that reflect the complexity and richness of lesbian life today, exploring a wide range of topics such as family, love and loss, children, violence, and sex. Susan Fox Rogers has brought together both established and new writers, including Ruthann Robson, Donna Allegra, Gwendolyn Bikis, Linda Smukler, Wickie Stamps, Anna Livia, among many others. Close Calls showcases the innovative and provocative writing that makes lesbian fiction today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .TFtable<br \/> .TFtable td<br \/> \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/<br \/> .TFtable td:nth-child(2)<br \/><\/style>\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>ISBN: <\/b>9780312168025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Genre: <\/b>Fiction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject: <\/b>Fiction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Publication Date: <\/b>1997-09-15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Publisher: <\/b>St. Martin&#8217;s Griffin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Language: <\/b>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Format: <\/b>Paperback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Rating:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Notes: <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Book_ID: <\/b>257990<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Close Calls: New Lesbian Fiction | Susan Fox Rogers | Close 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