Lesbian Literature Catalog : (1983)

Title: Lesbian Literature Catalog : (1983)
Description: This is the first Lesbian Literature Catalog by Giovanni's Room Bookstore of Philadelphia. The beginning of this issue details the contents of the catalog and offers a brief introduction by Victoria Brownworth entitled Some Reflections on Lesbian Literature. The rest of the catalog lists upcoming lesbian fiction, literary biographies, poetry, and plays. Some of the names from the catalog include: Linsey Abrams, Mercedes de Acosta, Sarah Aldridge, Ellen Bass, Marie-Claire Blais, Elizabeth Bowen, Paula Christian, Rosa Guy, Adrienne Rich, Jane Rule, and many more. This issue also features advertisements for lesbian-focused publications like Sappho: A New Translation and The Feminine Mystique.
Date Issued: 1983
Relation: Lesbian Literature Catalog
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GIOVANNI'S ROOM

DEl)I(:ATION
This year Giovanni's Room celebrates its 10th
anniversary. In the seven years that Ed
Hermance and I have owned the store, the
lesbian, feminist, and gay book industry has
experienced enormous changes, namely in the
availability of contemporary writings and the
revival of earlier work; in the variety and
quantity of quality literature from both independently owned companies and larger
publishing companies, and in the fact that
reviewers in both the literary, independent,
and major news media are recognizing our
writers' abilities with respect-we can no
longer be ignored or trivialized. These advances could not have occurred without the
support of our communities throughout the
country, nor without the inroads forged by
political activists all over the world.
In light of all that has become a reality, I
would like to take this opportunity to dedicate
this first edition of our LESBIAN
LITERATURE CATALOG to some of the
courageous, defiant, brilliant, outrageous
women who have come before us. They have
laid the groundwork for this positive
evolution.
First, this being a Philadelphia product,
recognizing the work of one of our exemplary
citizens is in order. Among her many valuable
activities in the gay community, BARBARA
GITTINGS spear-heads The Gay Task Force,
Social Responsibilities Round Table of the
American Library Association. Her work has
been effective in changing attitudes in the
library systems, making positive gay literature
available throughout the U.S.
These past couple of years our community has
experienced the deaths of several prominent
lesbians whose life-long dedication and
commitment to our words must be honored
here:

This catalog is our first major effort to
produce a comprehensive, annotated lesbian
literature list. We tried to be thorough, listing
every title that is in print in the U.S., and
including a number of imported books we
found to be available. There may be titles not
listed, those due in spring or summer 1983, but
we had to establish a cut-off date. We hope to
produce supplements with new and late
arrivals. If we've missed a title that you know
is available, we'd love to know about it.
Address suggestions and comments to
CATALOG UPDATE, at the address on the
order form.
We'd like to thank the assistance of the
following friends who have volunteered many
hours, months, and in some instances years,

CLAUDIA SCOTT (1948-1979), another
Philadelphian, who is becoming known for
her poetry in the lesbian community. She was
an integral member of the lesbian/gay
community. Her contributions included
counseling in the lesbian community, carpentry, and electrical work-she worked on
the renovations of Giovanni's Room when we
purchased our present building. Claudia
committed suicide during the winter holiday
season of 1979. She left us finely-wrought
poems, stories and journals, many of which
were . published posthumously in Lesbian
Writer: Collected Work of Claudia Scott,
edited by Frances Haneke! and Susan Windle
(Naiad).
JEANETTE FOSTER (1894-1981), whose Sex
Variant Women in Literature (1956), a
pioneering bibliography (now out of print),
forged an essential link to the literature that
came before our contemporary wave of
feminism.
JUNE ARNOLD (1927(?)-1982), founder of
Daughters, Inc., a woman-owned press
dedicated to fiction by lesbians. She authored
Applesauce, Sister Gin, and The Cook and the
Carpenter, all soon to be out of print.
DJUNA BARNES (1892-1982), a brilliant
writer; many of her early works from the 20's
and 30's are now being revived. Her Ladies'
Almanac is among the finest lesbian writings
and, will hopefully be reprinted soon.
JANE CHAMBERS (1938-1983), lesbian
playwright, participant in The First Gay
Cultural Arts Festival, N.Y., and winner of
several awards in the gay community, most
notably The Annual Award of the Fund for
Human Dignity in 1982.

compiling, annotating, arranging and typing
the materials for this catalog: Pat Bane, Becky
Birtha; Judy Calhoun, J C , Sharon
Gerstel, Ann Harrison, Lillian Hermance, Pat
Kuras, Judy Levin, Marjorie Morgan, Connie
Saems and Sue Williams. Also, thanks to the
staff and friends of Giovanni's Room for their
support, patience, and encouragement. We
have depended on all the readers over the
years who have shared their thoughts about
lesbian books with us. Thanks to one and all.
-Arleen Olshan
Cover art-Arleen Olshan
Typesetting-Diana Flaherty
Design-Joe McGlone
Copyright, Giovanni's Room, 1983

Though their companies are no longer in
operation, several publishers and bookwomen, through courage and dedication, have
helped make our successes today possible.
Their work is remembe~ed, and they, too,
should be honored here: DAUGHTERS,
INC., DIANA PRESS, Amazon Quarterly,
Chrysalis, The Ladder, Thirteenth Moon, and
the not,to-be-forgotten WOMEN IN
DISTRIBUTION. And all those who are not
listed here.
As our literature changes and grows we are
experiencing the emergence of the voices of
women of color, with the publishing of
Conditions: Five and Heresies: The Third
World Women's Issue laying the ground
work. In 1981 we saw Black Lesbians: An
Annotated Bibliography, by J .R. Roberts
(Naiad), and This Bridge Called My Back:
Writings by Radical Women of Color, edited
by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua
(Persephone). Another group viewed by
society as a minority, Jewish lesbians, has
most recently gained recognition in Nice
Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology, edited by
Evelyn Torton Beck (Persephone).
Reviewing our first decade we've seen
publishers produce an enormous variety of
work by authors whose voices have risen to fill
a void. Some of the publishers have survived
and prospered; some have not. Looking ahead
we would like to welcome a new company
whose strong voice we anxiously awaitKITCHEN TABLE: WOMEN OF COLOR
PRESS.
We the staff of Giovanni's Room are proud to
be a part of this tradition and will try to do our
part in the preservation, promotion, and
distribution of the words, lives, and culture of
our women.

~NNI:S
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GIOVANNI'S ROOM
345 S. 12TH ST.
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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PARTI

SOME REFLECTIONS ON
LESBIAN LITERATURE
by Victoria Brownworth

SECTION I
LESBIAN FICTION,
LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES
POETRY, AND PLAYS
PAGE4
SECTION II
FICTION & POETRY
ANTHOLOGIES
PAGE23
SECTION III
BOOKSON
WOMEN'S BOOKS
PAGE25

PART II
SECTION I
COMING OUT
PAGE27
SECTION II
BIOGRAPHIES &
INTERVIEWS
PAGE27
SECTION III
LESBIAN IDENTITY
PAGE29
SECTION IV
HERSTORY &
POLITICS
PAGE30
SECTIONV
SELF HELP
PAGE31
SECTION VI
SEX
PAGE32
SECTION VII
LESBIAN MOTHERS
PAGE 33
SECTION VIII
SPIRITUALITY
PAGE 33
SECTION IX
PERIODICALS
&GUIDES
PAGE 35
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When I came out as a lesbian nearly fifteen
years ago, the lesbian book market did not
exist. In the Free Library were Daniel Webster
Cory's The Lesbian in America and Radclyffe
Hall's The Well of Loneliness. If I had had to
depend on positive images in literature of
lesbianism to aid my transition from closet to
street, I might still be banging my head on the
coat hooks.
Today, as a regular book reviewer for one
of America's five largest newspapers, as well
as for the gay and feminist media, I experience
first-hand the wealth of titles available to the
lesbian reader. Times have changed!
It seems like a very short time ago that a
book called Rubyfruit Jungle slipped into a
few "alternative" bookstores around the
country. Published by a small woman-ownedand-run press, Daughter's, Inc., it became an
immediate cult classic, and the New York
Times Magazine hastened to write a piece on
the "new wave" in publishing-the
"feminist" press. That was nearly ten years
ago and small presses have blossomed and
blown all over the country since that time. In
addition, the big-name publishing houses have
jumped on the proverbial bandwagon and
have begun publishing books by well-known
lesbian and feminist authors. These same
publishers have also realized the impact of
"herstory" on history and biographies about
famous lesbians now abound. What was once
only whispered rumor about such notable
women as Eleanor Roosevelt can now be
read-serialized and syndicated-in the daily
newspaper.
But, as I have said, it wasn't always this
way. Great dedication and energy on the part
of a few women have given us more information about ourselves, our history, and
our style of living than ever before. Some of
the women's presses that have catalyzed and
implemented this change are The Naiad.Press,
run by Barbara Grier, who also pioneered the
now-famous journal of lesbian writings, The
Ladder; The Feminist Press, which has had a
really important impact on the more academic
aspects of women's writing; and Persephone
Press. These three American presses have been
.in large measure responsible for a wealth of
new and rediscovered titles.
The Naiad Press, whose recent publication
of Faultline, a marvelously witty lesbian
novel, was run at 30,000 copies (most small
presses print runs of 3,500 to 5,000 books per
title), has over the last few years published
some of the most important lesbian literature
of the twentieth century. Naiad has

.rediscovered such writers as Renee Vivien,
while also publishing Sarah Aldridge and
Claudia Scott for the first time.
Persephone Press has recently come out
with some fine and important anthologies:
The Coming Out Stories, Lesbian Fiction,
This Bridge Called My Back, and Nice Jewish
Girls.
The Feminist Press has leaned toward the
more scholarly aspects of feminism and
lesbianism, and many of their publications are
reissues of long-out-of-print works by writers
of the twenties and thirties, both fiction and
more academic non-fiction.
British publishers have been doing much the
same work as those in America in recent years.
Onlywomen Press and Sheba Press are only
two in the rapidly burgeoning independentpress movement in Britain, and many
American women are finding more and more
British fiction to their taste. The simultaneous
publishing in Britain and America of the work
of Valerie Miner has had a very real impact on
lesbian readers.
Diversity in publishing is important to
lesbian and feminist work. Several succinct
bibliographies have been published that
catalogue the dramatic number of works by
and about lesbian and feminist women. Such
work is of interest fo scholars as well as to the
lay audience. The three most comprehensive,
exact, and important are Sex Variant Women
in Literature, by Jeannette Foster, which is
now out of print, and Black Lesbians by J .R.
·Roberts, which won the 1982 Book Award
. from the American Library Association's Gay
Caucus. The updated Lesbian in Literature
belongs in every complete lesbian library.
As Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters were
the mainstays of women's literature a century
ago, now there are new women to add to that
list of classic writers. Jane Rule is fast becoming recognized, not only as a popular fiction
writer, but also as a writer of defining and
lasting merit. Maureen Duffy, a longneglected British writer, has finally been
noticed by American audiences for the genius
she is. Djuna Barnes, the doyenne of the circle
of lesbian wirters that included Natalie Barney
and Renee Vivien, and who was hailed by T.S.
Eliot as one of the great writers of the age, has
been rediscovered by various small and bigname publishers. The work of H.D., perhaps
the finest Symbolist writer and Modernist
writer of the twentieth century, has likewise
been reissued.
The list is endless and so are the titles and
types of reading. Ann Bannon's charming
novels of lesbian life in New York City of the
19~0's are no less important than the collected
works of an influential political writer such as
Meridel LeSeuer.
As has been said in many a sexist cigarette
advertisement, but which is appropriate here,
we have come a long way. It's an exciting time
to want to read about who and what we are as
women, as feminists, and as lesbians, and this
year portends to be the most fulfilling yet.

BARNES

01)1) GIRL OUT
Ana BIUUl4tt

Part I of the Lesbian Literature Catalog
contains three sections. Section one includes
fiction, literary biographies, poetry, and
plays. The second section includes fiction and
poetry anthologies. And section three lists
books about women's books. Each of the
sections is alphabetical by author or editor.

PARTI
SECTION I
LESBIAN FICTION,
LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES,
POETRY, AND PLAYS.
Abrams, Linsey: CHARTING OF THE
STARS (Crown), 1979, $1.98 cl. (reduced
from $9.95). A remarkable first novel about a
girl who struggled into womanhood in the
generation that rejected the values and dreams
of the American past.
Acosta, Mercedes de: HERE LIES THE
HEART (Arno), 1960, $16.00 cl. Stories,
photos, and journal entries from Paris and
other European cities from the 1920's and
30's. She was a friend to many artists and expatriots.
Acosta, Mercedes de: STREETS AND
SHADOWS (Moffat, YaJd), 1922, $10.00 cl.
"Each poem is a picture as beautiful as it is
clear ... the presentation is so direct and
simple.''-New York Tribune.

Akhmatova, Anna: WAY OF ALL THE
EARTH, tr. from Russian by D.M. Thomas
(Ohio U. Pr.), 1979, 96 pp., $5.95 pb. Anna
Akhmatova (1889-1966) is considered one of
Russia's greatest poets. Her work survived
ostracism and persecution during the Stalinist
era. At her death she was honored as one of
the few poets to retain the Russian poetic
tradition.
Aldridge, Sarah: ALL TRUE LOVERS
(Naiad), 1978, 282 pp., $6.75 pub. Romantic
novel about two women who meet as teenagers
during the Depression, by a master of lesbian
romance. Excellent characterizations and
period descriptions.
Aldridge, Sarah: CYTHEREA'S BREATH
(Naiad), 1980, 213 pp., $6.50 pb. Sensitive,
romantic novel set in turn-of-the-century
Baltimore. A young female doctor and her
prim, mature female patron become involved
with each other. Enjoyable and very feminist
in an historical sense.
Aldridge, Sarah: THE LATECOMER
(Naiad), 1979, 107 pp., $5.00 pb. Story of a
reserved older woman and a lively younger
woman who meet on shipboard and slowly
come to recognize their love for each other.
Aldridge, Sarah: THE NESTING PLACE
(Naiad), 1982, 218 pp., $6.95 pb. Romance set
in the social circles of Washington, D.C. A
female doctor becomes involved with a
wealthy patron of her clinic.
Aldridge, Sarah: TOTTIE: A Tale of the
Sixties (Naiad), 1980, 181 pp., $5.95 pb.
Tender love affair between young female
lawyer and a younger woman who has been
running around with dangerous radicals.
Enjoyable reading.
Aikin, Katy: IMPASSIONED COWS BY
MOONLIGHT (Hanging Loose), 1975, 72
pp., $3.00 pb. Autobiographical poems.
Allnut, Gillian: SPITTING THE PIPS OUT
(Sheba), 1981, 140 pp., $5.25 pb. A collection
of poems, prose, and wry comments that tell
the story of one woman's journey toward selfhood. British import-please write for
availability and price.
Arnold, June: APPLESAUCE (Daughters),
1977, $5.00 pb. Appk~'-· =e deals with the
violent attempts of,.~~~~nan to fit herself into
the roles of a
':1tten, intellectual, earth
mother, and .. nally her male alter-ego,
"Gus."
Arnold, June: COOi< :<.· \ND THE CARPENTER (DaughtP ~~•? 1973, $3.50 pb.
Lesbian novel SP':,.o'. a women's commune.
Fascinating litt. O';, style.
Arnold, June: SISTEP :,_.GIN (Daughters),
1975, $4.00 pb. A ur' ~~,~ ,esbian novel about
older women; i~~'-o\.:s sex between older
0
women.
Ballard, Nancer: DEAD RECKONING
(Good Gay Poets), 1978, 56 pp., $2.50 pb. A
fine selection of writing on a variety of
topics-sensuality, relationships (both

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familiar and romantic)-with feminist and
lesbian undertones.
Balliett, Bev, and Patti Patton: GRAPHIC
DETAILS: Lesbian Erotica and Humor
(Starr), 1979, $4.50 pb. A joyful collection of
poems • and short stories about lesbian
seduction and sexual fantasies.
Ann Bannon has created a series of positive
lesbian novels, written during the late 50's and
the early 60's, and featuring larger-than-life
heroine Beebo Brinker. These early editions
have become collectors' items over the years .
It is our pleasure to announce the availability
of these stories once again. Thanks to Naiaq :
Press many of the early classics are now '
becoming affordably available.
Bannon, Ann: BEEBO BRINKER (Naiad); ,
1983, (1962), 208 pp., $3.95 pb.
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Bannon, Ann: I AM A WOMAN (Naiad) 1 ,
1983, (1959), 224 pp., $3.95 pb.
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Bannon, Ann: JOURNEY TO A WOMAN
(Naiad), 1983, (1960), 224 pp., $3.95 pb.
Bannon, Ann: ODD GIRL OUT (Naiad),
1983 (1957), 192 pp., $3.95 pb.
Bannon, Ann: WOMEN IN THE SHADOWS
(Naiad), 1983 (1959), 176 pp., $3.95 pb.
Barnes, Djuna: THE BOOK OF REPULSIVE
WOMEN (privately printed), (1915), $2.50
saddlestitched. These poems, first published in
1915 when Barnes was 23, are very humorous .
Contains some of her noteworthy drawings.
Barnes, Djuna: CREATURES IN AN
ALPHABET (Dial), 1982, 64 pp., $10.95 cl.
Begun in the early 1960's, this was written fo r
children. Barnes's sophistication, however ;
would suit only a very gifted child. Still, it
retains the freshness and exuberance of one of
the great 20th-century writers.
Barnes, Djuna: NIGHTWOOD (New ·
Directions), 1961, $4.95 pb. Originally
published in 1937, a novel with lesbian
elements, overt and repressed. A classic.
Barnes, Djuna: RYDER (St. Martin's), 1981
(1928), $5.95 pb. A complex work, this almost
unknown novel displays technical virtuosity of
language and a blending of prose, a one-act
play, and illustrations.
Barnes, Djuna: SELECTED WORKS (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1980 (1962), 366 pp., $12.95
cl. Short stories. including "Spillway" ; a
play, The Antiphon; and the novel , Nightwood.
Barnes, Djuna: SMOKE AND OTHER
EARLY STORIES (Sun and Moon) , 1982,
$8.00 pb. Short fiction that first appeared in
the New York Morning Telegraph. They are
wonderful, ironic, witty pieces. This book also
points out what a remarkable, eclectic forum
newspapers could be in the early years of this
century.
Kannenstine, Louis F.: THE ART OF
DJUNA BARNES: Duality and Damnation.
(New York U. Pr.), 1977, $9.50 pb. This study

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Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks, photo
from The Lesbian in Literature.

Sexual Politics, Feminine Mystique, The Female
Eunuch, Sisterhood is Powerful
Think of what those books did for and to the '70's
in the business of liberating women ... and business
in bookstores across the nation ...
Now ... for women and men ... the book for
the '80's

ANATOMY OF
FREEDOM
ROBIN MORGAN

The first book to make the electrifying
connections not only between feminism and
daily life (sexual identities, marriage rhythms,
children's rights, a whole new way of aging) but
also between feminism and global politics, the
technology of the future, and even the "New
Physics." Ms. Morgan has something very
special, very personal, and very hopeful to say
about the changes feminism has brought to our
society and how our choices concerning the
future of women and family will affect our lives
in the-next decade.
$16.95
author's previous books
SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL,
MONSTER
LADY OF THE BEASTS
GOING TOO FAR

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examines the effect of her varied career upon
the nature of her literary work. Kannenstine
provides a very readable explanation of the
dominant themes of Barnes's literary career.
Barney, Natalie Clifford: AVENTURE DE
L'ESPRIT (Arno), 1975, 275 pp., $20.00 cl.
Portraits of members of her literary circle in
Paris in the early 1900's. In French.
Barney, Natalie Clifford: EP ARPILLEMENTS, ed. by Jean Chalon (Persona), 1982.
A French import-please write for availability
and price.
Barney, Natalie Clifford: UN PANIER DE
FRAMBOISES, about $4.80. A French
import-please write for availability and
price.
Barney, Natalie Clifford: TRAITS ET
PORTRAITS (Arno), 1975, 209 pp., $13.00
cl. Includes biographical sketches of several
Parisian literary figures at the beginning of
this century. In French.
Chalon, Jean: PORTRAIT OF A SEDUCTRESS: The World of Natalie Barney
(Crown), 1979, $10.95 cl. The authorized
memoirs (the understanding was that a
biography would be published posthumously).
The author recreates the atmosphere of the
time and of her relationships. We hope there
will be more available on her in the future.
Bass, Ellen: FOR EARTHLY SURVIVAL
(Moving Parts), 1980, 32 pp., $4.00 pb. The
poems in this collection are torn between the
joy of daily family life and the ominous threat
of nuclear warfare and other modern menaces
to human survival.
Bass, Ellen: I'M NOT YOUR LAUGHING
DAUGHTER (U. Massachusetts Pr.), 1973,
$3.50 pb. Early feminist poetry, some with
lesbian overtones, by an excellent writer.
Beal, M.F.: ANGEL Di'NCE (Daughters),
1977, $5 .00 pb. Nri'>~\.• about a toug~,
Chicana, lesbian ,. o\9.,ve. Full of romantic
and political pa.o~'a. suspense, and violence.
Bissert, Ellen Marie: THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
DYKE (13th Moon), 1977, 1972, $3.00 pb.
Irreverent, erotic, and entertaining lesbian
poetry.

BRADLEY

Jane Bowles, photo by Marcus Blechman,
courtesy of Gail Cohen.

Blais, Marie-Claire: DURER'S ANGEL, tr.
from French by D. Lobdell (Talon), 1976,
$4.95 pb. A pensive French-Canadian girl
reminisces about her Catholic childhood and
her coming-of-age while attending a convent
school and working as a salesgirl.
Blais, Marie-Claire: NIGHTS IN THE
UNDERGROUND: An Exploration of Love,
$8.95 pb. Lesbian nightlife and loves in
Montreal. Available fall 1983.
Blais, Marie-Claire: ST. LAWRENCE
BLUES, tr. from French by R. Manheim
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1974, $7.95 cl. A
stunning picaresque tale about Canada's blind
march toward a civil war as vicious as
Ireland's.
Blais, Marie-Claire: A SEASON IN THE
LIFE OF EMMANUEL (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1966, $3.95 pb. A portrait of a poor
family in rural Quebec.
Bogus, S. Diane: SAPPHIRE'S SAMPLER
(WIM Publications), 1982, $10.00 cl, $7.00
pb. Black lesbian poetry, prose, and drama.
Boucher, Sandy: ASSAULTS AND
RITUALS (Mama's Press), 1975, $2.50 pb.
Early writings-includes discussions about the
struggles of accepting one's abilities as a
writer. A fine collection.
Boucher, Sandy: THE NOTEBOOKS OF
LENI CLARE AND OTHER SHORT
STORIES (Crossing), 1982, 136 pp., $12.95
cl., $5.95 pb. A book of well-crafted short
stories about people who could be your friends
or neighbors. The title piece is a realistic and
touching account about the end of a relationship and the start of a new life.
Bowen, Elizabeth: BOWEN'S COURT
(Ecco), 1979 (1942), $6.95 pb. The tangled
tragic history of Ireland through three cen-

turies is interwoven with the chronicle of her style. British import-please write for availown family.
ability and price.
Bowen, Elizabeth: COLLECTED STORIES Bowles, Jane: TWO SERIOUS LADIES
OF ELIZABETH BOWEN (Vintage), 1982 (Virago), about $5.75 pb. British import(1981), $8.95 pb. A collection of this English please write for availability and price.
writer's short stories that provides us with a Dillon, Millicent: A LITTLE ORIGINAL
realistic observation of British life and the SIN: The Life And Work of Jane Bowles
depth of the human condition.
(Holt, Rinehart& Winston), 1981, $17.95 cl.;
Bowen, Elizabeth: DEATH OF THE HEART 1982, $9.95 pb. A compassionate, comprehensive, fully illustrated biography of Bowles,
(Avon), 1979, $2.25 pb.
who
was considered the last great bohemianBowen, Elizabeth: EVA TROUT, OR
outrageous in her public lesbian proclivities
CHANGING SCENES (Avon), 1978 (1968),
$1.95 pb. A novel of human entanglements but devoted in marriage to the famed gay
around a figure who grew up from a cruel writer Paul Bowles.
Boycott, Billie: NO MAN'S LAND (Stockchildhood. A compelling novel.
well), 1978, $4.50 pb. A pre-feminist 50's-style
Bowen, Elizabeth: FRIENDS AND
lesbian novel. Includes butch-fem relation•
RELATIONS (Avon), 1980 (1931), $2.25 pb.
ships.
British import.
.
A tale of four people whirled through the
complex shoals and rapids of human emotions Bradley, Marion Zimmer: DARKOVER
LANDFALL (DAW), 1972, 160 pp., $1.95
and social intrigues.
pb. This sci-fi novel describes the coming of
Bowen, Elizabeth: THE HEAT OF THE DAY
(Avon), 1979 (1948), $1.95 pb. Set in wartime Earthmen to Darkover, where a colonial star~
England, this story of suspected treason and ship crashes and encounters the impact of
Ghost Wind, psychic currents known to Dark;
suspended love reflects the author's extraover.
This is the first title in the Darkover
ordinary awareness of feelings of life.
series, a loosely connected set of novels,
Bowen, Elizabeth: THE HOTEL (Avon),
many, but not all, containing gay and lesbian.
1980 (1928), $2.25 pb. A comedy of the characters.
twenties set in a Mediterranean hotel.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE FORBIDDEN
Bowen, Elizabeth: THE HOUSE IN PARIS lTOWER (DAW), 1977, $2.25 pb. This novei
(Avon), 1979 (1935), $2.50 pb. One of the tells the story of two men and two women who
author's most famous and accalimed novels- defy the matrix powers. All of Darkover·
Ja story with elements of romance, mystery, combines to resist this devastating alliance.
•
and tragedy.
Bradley,
Marion
Zimmer:
HA WKBowen, Elizabeth: THE LAST SEPTEMBER MISTRESS! (DAW), 1982, 336 pp., $2.95 pb.
(Avon), 1979 (1929), $2.25 pb. A young Irish The newest Darkover novel, the story of
girl's love for an English soldier at the time of Romilly, who joins the Sisterhood of the
the uprising.
Sword, known as the Free Amazons.
Bowen, Elizabeth: THE LITTLE GIRLS Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE HERITAGE
(Avon), 1978 (1925), $1.95 pb. In this subtle OF HASTUR (DAW), 1975, 381 pp. $2.95 pb.
and delightful comedy three friends get A Darkover novel.
together after 50 years and relive a schoolgirl
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE HOUSE
escapade. Written with delicate sensitivity.
BETWEEN THE WORLDS (Del Rey), 1980,
Bowen, Elizabeth: TO THE NORTH (Avon),
313 pp., $2.50 pb. This multi-dimensional
1979 (1932), $2.25 pb. Set in London and thriller is not part of the Darkover series.
Paris of the twenties, this is a love story of
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE RUINS OF
remarkable intensity.
ISIS (Pocket), 1978, 298 pp., $2.25 pb. Isis, a
Bowen, Elizabeth: A WORLD OF LOVE culture of matriarchal rule, is being tried by its
(Avon), 1978, $1.95 pb. An exquisite novel
forebears to determine whether it should exist
about the hold of the past on the living.
or not.
Glendinning,
Victoria:
ELIZABETH Bradley, Marion Zimmer: SHARRA'S
BOWEN: A Biography (Avon), 1979 (1977),
EXILE (DAW), 1981, 365 pp., $2.95 pb. A
$3.50 pb. "As a complex and compelling Darkover novel.
personality, Miss Bowen comes very much to
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE SHATlife on these pages."-The New York Times.
TERED CHAIN (DAW), 1976, 287 pp., $2.50
Bowles, Jane: MY SISTER'S HAND IN pb. A Darkover novel recreating the role of
MINE (Ecco), 1979, $7.95 pb. Collected women who control the matrix but remain
works of an author considered by Tennessee subservient to men; also introduces the Free
Williams to be the most important writer of Amazons, who resist the role and possess the
prose fiction in modern America. Her work is key to dealing with their enemies.
subtle, sharp and exquisitely unique.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE SPELL
Bowles, Jane: PLAIN PLEASURES (Peter SWORD (DAW), 1974, 158 pp., $1.95 pb. A
Owen), 1966 (1946), 184 pp., $11.95 cl. A col- Darkover novel.
lection of short stories combining bizarre Bradley, Marion Zimmer: STORMQUEEN
characterization, sardonic wit, and mastery of (DAW), 1978, 364 pp., $2.50 pb. A Darkover

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only Brown can create them. A good read.
(Will be available in paperback, May, 1983,
from Bantam).
Brown, Rita Mae: SUDDEN DEATH
(Bantam), 1983, 241 pp., $13.95 cl. Rita
Mae's new lesbian fiction set behind the scenes
of the women's tennis circuit. An important
book, in that it discusses the dangers of living
a closeted existence. How living a lie hurts
everyone who is involved. Many excellent oneliners, but the people are much less likable
than in her previous novels.
Bussy, Dorothy: OLIVIA (Hogarth), 1981
(1949), about $9.95 cl.; about $4.50 pb. A
famous early lesbian novel by Lytton
Strachey's sister. British import-please write
for availability and price.
Byrd, Stephanie: A DISTANT FOOTSTEP
ON THE PLAIN (published by the author),
1981, $4.50 pb. Poems from the Black lesbian
. experiences in Boston.

Rita Mae Brown

Photo credit: Pat Bane

Cameron, Anne: THE JOURNEY (Avon),
1982, 307 pp., $5.95 pb. A lesbian western
adventure. A good read, reminescent of
Patience and Sarah.

, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ! Carone, Catherine: MARIE PLEINE DE
GRACES, 1965 Lesbian novel. French imnovel.
Broumas, Olga: BEGINNING WITH O (Yale port-please write for availability and price.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: SURVEY SHIP U. Pr.), 1977, 74 pp., $4.95 pb. Remarkable Cataldi, Lee: INVITATION TO A MARXIST
(Ace), 1981 (1980), $2.50 pb. A unique space volume of lesbian poetry-winner of the Yale LESBIAN PARTY (Wild & Wooley), 1978,
voyage training young people tq work together Series of Younger Poets award.
120 pp., $2.95 pb. An exciting, political and
as a team in order to survive.
Broumas, Olga: IF I YES (Watershed Tapes), feminist book of poems. Australian import.
1982, $8.95. The poet reading from Beginning
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE SURVIVORS With O and Soie Sauvage-strong, sensual
Cather, Willa: DEATH COMES FOR THE
(DAW), 1979, 238 pp., $1.95 pb. The con- women's imagery.
ARCHBISHOP (Vintage), 1971 (1927), $2.95
tinuing voyage of the survivors of the Red
pb.
Broumas,
Olga:
SOIE
SAUVAGE
(Copper
Moon, investigating the Closed World.
Canyon), 1979, $4.00 pb. Twenty meditations
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: TWO TO on the politics of love and on landscapes, both Cather, Willa: A LOST LADY (Vintage),
$2.45 pb.
CONQUER (DAW), 1980, 335 pp., $2.25 pb. interior and exterior.
A Darkover novel.
Cather, Willa: LUCY GAYHEART (VinBradley, Marion Zimmer: THE WINDS OF Brown, Rita Mae: RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE tage), 1976 (1935), $2.95 pb.
DARKOVER (Ace), 1970, 185 pp., $2.25 pb. (Daughters), 1973, $4.00 pb; (Bantam), 1977, Cather, Willa: MY ANTONIA (Houghton
$3.50 pb. Modern classic about brash, tomboy
A Darkover novel.
Molly Bolt growing up poor in the South and Mifflin), 1954 (1918), $5.95 pb. Willa
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE WORLD
making it against fantastic odds as a lesbian Cather's famous portrait of a pioneer woman.
WRECKERS (Ace), 1971, 215 pp., $2.25 pb.
and student in New York City. A dyke This is her best novel. She writes with power in
A Darkover novel.
Horatio Alger story. The most popular lesbian an attempt t .> recover the precious, incommunicable past. We include her as a
Brady, Maureen: FOLLY, A NOVEL (Cross- novel we've ever carried.
famous lesbian writer, not because of the
ing), 1982, 250 pp., $6.95 pb. An insightful,
loving look at working-class women by the Brown, Rita Mae: SIX OF ONE (Bantam); lesbian content of her work.
author of Give Me Your Good Ear. Discusses 1979, $3.50 pb. Funny like Rubyfruit Jungle,
the story travels back and forth in time be- Cather, Willa: MY MORTAL ENEMY
racism and heterosexism.
tween 1909 and 1980, through three (Vintage), 1961, $1.95 pb.
Brigatine, Meg: AMETHYST GOOSE: generations of women in the town of RunCather, Willa: OBSCURE DESTINIES
Lesbian Chants and Rhymes of Yore, 2 vols. nymeade, Pa.
(Vintage), 1974 (1930), $1.95 pb.
(published by the author), 1979, $3.50 per set.
Brown,
Rita
Mae:
SOUTHERN
DISCOMCather,
Willa: THE OLD BEAUTY AND
Amusing nursery rhymes with a dyke senFORT (Harper & Row), 1982, 256 pp., $13.50 OTHERS (Vintage), 1976, $2.45 pb.
sibility.
cl., (Bantam), 1983, 256 pp., $3.95 pb. A
Brodine, Karen: ILLEGAL ASSEMBLY heterosexual, historical novel set in the South. Cather, Willa: ONE OF OURS (Vintage),
(Hanging Loose), 1980, $3.00 pb. Poems of The characters range from prostitutes who 1971, $3.95 pb.
women's struggles by a socialist-feminist poet. work the train station, to a prominent Black Cather, Willa: SHADOWS ON THE ROCK
Brodine, Karen: SLOW JUGGLING family, to one of the wealthy, controlling (Vintage), 1971, $2.95 pb.
(Berkeley Poets), 1975, $2.50 pb.
families of the town. Structurally, the novel is Cather, Willa: YOUTH AND THE BRIGHT
Brodine, Karen: WORKWEEK (Kelsey St.), probably better than her previous work, and MEDUSA (Vintage), 1975 (1948), $3.45 pb.
the characters are lively and full of spunk as Brown, E.K., and Leon Edel: WILLA
1977, $2.50pb. Poems of women's work.

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Christian, Paula: AMANDA (Timely), 1981
(1965), $6.95 pb.
Christian, Paula: ANOTHER KIND OF
LOVE (Timely), 1980 (1961), $6.95 pb.
Christian, Paula: THE CRUISE (Timely),
1982, $8.95 pb. Christian's first new fiction in
17 years. The story takes place on a cruise ship
en route from Los Angeles to Acapulco and
includes a variety of lesbian characters. Sexy
and fun.
Christian, Paula: EDGE OF TWILIGHT
(Timely), 1978 (1959), $6.95 pb. Lesbian
fiction about the struggles of coming out in
the 50's and 60's. •
Christian, Paula: LOVE IS WHERE YOU
FIND IT (Timely), 1979 (1961), $6.95 pb. All
the Christian reprints are interesting because
they provide information about lesbian lives
prior to our current "liberated" days.
Christian, Paula: THIS SIDE OF LOVE
(Timely), 1978 (1963), $6.95 pb. Sequel to
Edge of Twilight.

CATHER: A Critical Biography (Avon), 1980
(1953), $2.95 pb. Brilliantly chronicles the life
and spirit of one of America's great women
writers.
Causse, Michele: LESBIANA: Seven.Portraits
(Le Nouveau Commerce), about $8.30 pb.
French import in English-please write for
availability and price.
Chambers, Jane: LAST SUMMER AT
BLUEFISH COVE (JH Press), 1982, $6.95
pb. With this new play NY lesbian playwright
Jane Chambers is literally opening new paths
in theater today. She brings before large
audiences accurately depicted lesbian-feminist
characters, in all our many guises. Written
intelligently, laced with humor.
Chambers, Jane: MY BLUE HEAVEN (JH
Press), 1981, $4.95 pb. This first openly gay
play by Chambers won a variety of awards. It
exudes warmth, sensitivity, and humor in
depicting the lives of contemporary lesbians.
Charnas, Suzy McKee: MOTHERLINES
(Berkley), 1978, $1.95 pb. The story of a
community of women, set in a futuristic time,
who are able to reproduce without men. There
are two communities: those who escaped the
male-dominated culture and the Motherline
women. This is a sequel to Walk to the End of
the World.
Charnas, Suzy McKee: WALK TO THE END
OF THE WORLD (Berkley), 1978 (1974),
$1.95 pb. This book is quite gruesome-it
takes place in a male-dominated, misogynist
culture. There are some gay male characters.
This book precedes Motherlines, although the
books need not be read in sequence.
Charnas, Suzy McKee: THE VAMPIRE
TAPESTRY (Pocket), 1981 (1980), 294 pp.,
$2.75 pb.

Clausen, Jan: AFTER TOUCH (Out & Out),
1975, 76 pp., $2.00 pb. An early collection of
lesbian-feminist poetry.
Clausen, Jan: MOTHER, SISTER,
DAUGHTER, LOVER (Crossing), 1980,
$4.95 pb. An excellent collection of short
fiction by a well-known lesbian poet. They
deal with the everyday life of a lesbian
mother.
Clausen, Jan: A MOVEMENT OF POETS:
Thoughts on Poetry and Feminism (Long
Haul), 1982, 54 pp., $3.25 pb. Grasps the significance of the conjunction of a literary form
and a political movement in particular and its
implications for the contemporary feminist
poet and her work.
Clausen, Jan: WAKING AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE DARK (Long Haul), 1979, 78 pp.,
$3.00 pb. Marvelous, healing poems.
Cockrell, Cathy: UNDERSHIRTS AND
OTHER STORIES (Hanging Loose), 1982, 56
pp., $4.00 pb. Stories told through the introduction of an article of clothing, identifying
time, space, growth, labels, etc. Fine fun!
Colette: THE BLUE LANTERN (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1963 (1949), $2.95 pb. This
last major work is half journal, half
reminiscence.
Colette: BREAK OF DAY (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1961, $4.95 pb. Written after her
second marriage ended, this book speaks of
the return to an independent life.
Colette: CLAUDINE AT SCHOOL
(Ballantine), 1982, $2.50 pb. We list Colette
here as a classic author who was personally
involved in women-loving-women relationships. Some, but not all of her books discuss
same-sex relationships.
Colette: THE COMPLETE CLAUDINE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1976 (1956), $10.95
pb. Many of the stories in the Claudine series

GERTRUDE
STEIN
Her only murder mystery first appeared in a
limited edition nearly
forty years ago and has
long been out of print.
Written in France during
an "unnatural summer"
of strange events, Blood
on the Dining-Room Floor is
both an unusual mystery novel and a record
of her struggle with
sudden fame.

BLOOD ON THE
DINING-ROOM
FLOOR
Edited with an
afterword by
J. H. Gill
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have major lesbian characters.
Colette: CREATURES GREAT AND
SMALL (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1951,
$3.95 pb. Reveals her passionate love for
animals and the sense of mystery in their lives.
Colette: EARTHLY PARADISE (Farrar,
•Straus & Giroux), 1966, $10.95 pb. Colette's
autobiography, drawn from writings
throughout her life-a vivid year-by-year revelation of a courageous life.
Colette: GIGI/JULIE DE CARNEILHAN/CHANCE ENCOUNTERS (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1952, $6.95 pb.
Colette: THE INNOCENT LIBERTINE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1968, $5.95 pb.
Colette: LETTERS FROM COLETTE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1980, $12.95 cl.
Impulsive, intimate, and self-revealing.
Colette: LOOKING BACKWARDS (Indiana
U. Pr.), 1975, 214 pp., $8.95 cl. A portrait of
France before and during World War II.
Colette's descriptive style ranges from prewar
salons to Paris during the German occupation.

Emily Dickinson, photo from The Life of Emily
Dickinson by Richard B. Sewall.

Colette: MITSOU AND MUSIC HALL
SIDELIGHTS (Farrar, Straus & Giroux),
1957, $2.95 pb.
Colette: MY APPRENTICESHIPS (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1978 (1957), $2.95 pb.
Collette's early years in Paris, her start as a
writer, and her first marriage.
Colette: MY MOTHER'S HOUSE/SIDE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1953, $4.95 pb.
Collette: THE OTHER ONE (Farrar, Straus
& Girous), 1960, $2.95 pb.
Colette: THE OTHER WOMAN (NAL),
1975, $1.50 pb. Nineteen short stories and a
novella set in the early 20th century. A book
of memorable vignettes of human experience.
Colette: THE PURE AND THE IMPURE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), i 967, $4.95 pb.
Probably Colette's gayest book; takes place in
Paris of the 30's with thinly disguised
characters resembling Renee Vivien and Jean
Cocteau. A ·very observant overview of the
period.
Colette: RETREAT FROM LOVE (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1974 (1907), 223 pp.,
$3.95 pb. In this, the final book of the
Claudine series, she examines love and
sexuality in their many forms.
Colette: THE RIPENING SEED (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1975, $3.95 pb. Set in Brittany, a story of a youth's initiation into the
world of sexual mystery and pleasures.
Colette: THE SHACKLE (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1976, $3.95 pb; (Ballantine), 1982,
$2.50 pb. The companion novel to The Vagabond, a feminist story of Rennee Nere.
Colette: THE TENDER SHOOT AND
OTHER STORIES (Farrar, Straus & Giroux),
1975, $6.95 pb. Eleven stories recording the
various difficulties and pleasures of the
sensual life.

Colette: THE VAGABOND (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1975, $4.95 pb.; (Ballantine), 1982
(1910), $2.50 pb. One of the first feminist
novels, about a woman divorced at 33 who
struggles to establish a new, independent life.
Colette:
CHERI/THE LAST OF
CHERI/THE
VAGABOND/THE
SHACKLE (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), $8.95
pb. (boxed set).
Eisinger, Eric M., and Mari McCarty, eds.:
COLETTE: THE WOMAN, THE WRITER
(Penn State U. Pr.), 1981, 200 pp., $16.95 cl.,
foreword by Elaine Marks. A collection of
writings about Colette by 20 leading French
and American critics and scholars. The book
examines the many facets of Colette's life and
work and defines what a phenomenon she
truly was. From her meagre, non-literary
youth through her revolutionary gynocentric
perspective, she and her work are examined
both from feminist and critical, structural
perspectives.
Mitchell, Yvonne: COLETTE (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1977 (1975), $5.95 pb. A
comprehensive biography with all the spirit of
its subject.
Phelps, Robert: BELLES SAISONS: A
COLETTE SCRAPBOOK (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1978, $15.00 cl. A biography compiled in scrapbook format-contains photos,
drawings, and marginal anecdotes by friends
and confreres.
Courtot, Martha: TRIBE (Pearlchild), 1977,
28 pp., $2.50 pb. Poems celebrating women's
strength.
Craft, Eve: BRAINCHILD (Onlywomen),
1981, $5.95 pb. The story of Ginny, a rebellious working-class woman, told with merciless humor and honesty. British importplease write for availability and price.

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Crewe, Judith: THE ANCIENT (Catalyst),
1976, 62 pp., $3.50 pb. Intense, lyrical lesbian
poems.
DeLynn, Jane: IN THRALL (Crown), 1982,
$12.95 cl. A story of love between a teacher
and a very unhappy student, both female, by
the author of Some Do.
Deming, Barbara: REMEMBERING WHO
WE ARE (Pagoda), 1981, 196 pp., $6.50 pb.
A political book containing essays and letters
in dialogue with other activists, covering
issues in feminism and lesbianism.
Dickinson, Emily: THE COMPLETE
POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, ed. by
Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown), 1960,
770 pp., $7 .95 pb.
Dickinson, Emily: THE MANUSCRIPT
BOOK OF EMILY DICKINSON, ed. by R.
W. Franklin (Harvard U. Pr.), 1981, 2 vols.,
slipcased, $85.00 cl. Handsome reproductions
in Emily Dickinson's own hand.
Bingham, Millicent Todd: ANCESTOR'S
BROCADE (Dover), 1982, 464 pp., $4.00 pb.
The story of the discovery of Emily Dickinson's letters and poems.
Mossberg, Barbara A.C.: EMILY
DICKINSON: WHEN A WRITER IS A
DAUGHTER (Indiana U. Pr.), 1982, $19.95
cl.
Sewall, R.: THE LIFE OF EMILY
DICKINSON (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1980
(1974), 821 pp., $14.95 cl. The original twovolume edition won the National Book Award
for biography.
Doolittle, Hilda (H.D.): END TO TORMENT
(New Directions), 1979, 84 pp., $4.95 pb. A
memoir of Ezra Pound, the story of a lifetime
of friendship and collaboration in poetry.
Doolittle, Hilda: THE GIFT (Norton), 1982,
160 pp., $5.95 pb.
Doolittle, Hilda: HEDYLUS (Black Swan),
1980, $15.00 cl. H.D.'s second novel includes
revisions from her notebooks. The search for
identity within the archetypal frame of a son's
relationship to his mother's world is the topic
of this book.
Doolittle, Hilda: HELEN IN EGYPT (New
Directions), 1961, 304 pp., $3 .25 pb. Not a
simple retelling of the Homeric legend, but a
recreation of the many myths surrounding
Helen of Troy.
Doolittle, Hilda: HERMETIC DEFINITION
(New Directions), 1972, 117 pp., $4.95 pb.
Late poems of searching and longing.
Doolittle, Hilda: HERMIONE (New
Directions), 1981, $6.95 pb. Autobiographical
novel, a posthumous treasure written in her
early twenties.
Doolittle, Hilda: NOTES ON THOUGHT
AND VISION (Subterranean), 1982, $7 .50 cl.;
$3.50 pb.
Doolittle, Hilda: TRIBUTE TO FREUD
(McGraw-Hill), 1974, 194 pp., $2.95 pb.

GINGERLOX

Doolittle, Hilda: TRILOGY (New Directions), 1973, 172 pp., $5.95 pb. Three long
poems written under the shattering impact of
World War II.
Friedman, Susan Stanford: PSYCHE
REBORN: The Emergence of H.D. (Indiana
U. Pr.), 1981, 332 pp., $22.50 cl. The best
literary examination of H.D. 's work to date.
Demonstrates her imagist writing through to
her epic style, placing her in the center of the
modernist mainstream. Included here are
previously unpublished letters and diary
entries.
Dorcey, Mary: KINDLING (Onlywomen),
1982, $4.50 pb. Poems by an Irish feminist.
British import-write for availability and
price.
Douglas, Carol Anne: TO THE
CLEVELAND STATION (Naiad), 1982, 350
pp., $6.95 pb. Douglas, a long-time member
of Off Our Backs collective, has written a
novel about a love affair between a black
woman and a white woman.
Duane, Kit: MOTHER EARTH, FATHER
TIME (Kelsey St.), 1979, 55 pp., $4.50 pb.
Crazy, fresh, familiar, and humorous short
stories corrected to form a delightful novella.
Duffy, Maureen: HOUSESPY (Penguin),
1978, $3.95 pb. An international mystery
story, told by the male detective, set in
England, Amsterdam, and the U.S. Very well
written with major lesbian characters. British
import.
Durrell, Lawrence: SAPPHO: A PLAY IN
VERSE (Faber & Faber), 1969 (1950), 187
pp., $4.95 pb. Durrell has created a living
Sappho with her household, her loves, and her
feasts of wine and poetry.

Dworkin, Andrea: THE NEW WOMAN'S
BROKEN HEART (Frog in the Well), 1980,
$3.00 pb. Lesbian short stories in an experimental style by a prominent political thinker.
Dykewomon, Elana: FRAGMENTS FROM
LESBOS, illus. by Barbara Johnson
(Diaspora), 1981, 61 pp., $6.00 pb. Celebrates
women loving women in short, expressive
poems. Interspersed are wonderful etchings by
Barbara Johnson.
Emrys, Barbara: WILD WOMEN DON'T
GET THE BLUES (Metic), 1977, $4.00 pb.
Clear, precise short stories by a woman who
does not believe in political correctness.
Equi, Elaine: SHREWCRAZY (Little
Ceasar), 1981, 41 pp., $3.00 pb. Wonderful,
bizarre poems by a fiercely independent
woman.
Fairbairns, Zoe: BENEFITS (Avon), 198j,
$2.95 pb.; (Virago), $7.25 pb. A shocking and
well-written, feminist futuristic novelwomen in a misogynist world and the terrifying consequences. Major lesbian characters,
but lesbianism is not the main theme.
Felix, Anne: FUSCHIA (Denoel), 1981,
$11.95 pb. An erotic lesbian novel in French.
French import-please write for availability
and price.
Francois, Jocelyne: LES BONHEURS
(Mercure de France), $12.00 pb. Reprint of a
novel in French about a unique and absolute
love between Sarah and Anne. French import-please write for availability and price.
Freewoman, Joan: PHOENIX POEMS,
(published by the author), 1977, $1.00 saddlestitched. Women's poetry of strength,
examination, and celebration.
Futcher, Jane: CRUSH (Little, Brown), 1981,
$8.95 cl. Explores how a young woman learns
about her own strength, but only after she is
painfully used by someone she admires. A
good coming-out story.
Galloway, David: LAMAAR RANSOM,
PRIVATE EYE (Riverrun), 1980, $11.95 cl.
Lamaar Ransom, a sharp, wise-cracking,
lesbian private detective, becomes a target in a
funny and complicated mystery.
Gapen, Jane: SOMETHING NOT YET
ENDED (Pagoda), 1981, 235 pp., $6.50 pb.
Story of a woman caught in a world created by
others in which she has become a stranger to
those around her and to herself as well.
Garden, Nancy: ANNIE ON MY MIND
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1982, 186 pp.,
$10.95 cl. Lesbian love between two teenagers;
a fine addition to any adult library and a good
read for young people.
Gautier, Theophile: MADEMOISELLE DE
MAUPIN (Penguin), 1981, 348 pp., $4.95 pb.
Written in the 19th century, this novel is one
of the first to depict a lesbian character. The
portrayal is far from flattering and strictly of
historical interest.
Gearhart, Sally: THE WANDERGROUND
(Persephone), 1979, $6.00 pb. A best-selling

Sally Gearhart, photo by Deborah Snow.

fantasy of the future. Written in connected
short segments, it tells how and why the
women leave contemporary society for the
Wanderground. A very important work.
Geller, Ruth: PICTURES FROM THE PAST
(Impress), 1981, $7.95 pb. Short stories by the
author of Seed of a Woman . Most of these
tales focus on people of the white working
class, and some include lesbians.
Geller, Ruth: SEED OF A WOMAN (Impress), 1979, $5.95 pb.
George, Sally: FROG SALAD (Scribners),
1981, 256 pp., $10.95 cl. Lesbian-feministactivist fiction.
Gidlow,
Elsa:
MAKINGS FOR
MEDITATION (Druid Heights), 1973, 48
pp., $2.00 pb. Beautiful poems accompanied
by exquisite illustrations.
Gidlow, Elsa: SAPPHIC SONGS (Naiad),
1982, 93 pp., $5.95 pb. Sixty-two years' worth
of erotic love lyrics by a famous lesbian poet.
Gidlow, Elsa: SHATTERING THE MIRROR
(Druid Heights), 1976, $1.50 pb. A philosophical essay.
Gilman, Charlotte • Perkins: BERLAND
(Random House), 1979, $3.95 pb. On the eve
of WWI, three male explorers stumble onto an
all-female society. A utopian novel written 65
years ago.
Gingerlox: SENSE YOU (Gena Rose), 1979,
48 pp., $3.50 saddlestitched. Poetry by the
author of the now out=of-print lesbian novel

Berrigan.

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Goldberg, Natalie: CHICKEN AND IN
LOVE (Holy Cow), 1980, 58 pp,, $2.50 pb.
First collection of poems by a highly unusual
and entertaining poet.
Gooch, Steve: THE WOMEN PIRATES
ANN BONNEY AND MARY REED: A Play
(Pluto), 1978, 74 pp., $6.25 pb. The story of
two extraordinary women who at the turn of
the 18th century, fought for liberation from
ruling-class law and morality. Together they
lived and loved, fleeing their sex roles and the
law.
Grahn, Judy: THE QUEEN OF WANDS
(Crossing), 1982, 64 pp., $4.95 pb. An
examination of mythology, linking Helen of
Troy, the Navaho Rug Maker, and contemporary factory loom workers into a major
poetic statement.
Grahn, Judy: SHE WHO (Diana), 1977, 89
pp., $6.00 pb. A graphic book of poems.
Grahn, Judy: A WOMAN IS TALING TO
DEATH (Diana), 1977, 20 pp., $3.00 pb. The
classic poem of women and oppression.
Grahn, Judy: THE WORK OF A COMMON
WOMAN (St. Martin's), 1982, 160 pp., $4.95
pb. Lesbian poetry by one of the finest voices
of our movement.
Green, Sharon: THE CRYSTALS OF MIDA
(DAW), 1982, $2.95 pb. Scifi novel of
Amazons searching for thieves who stole
crystals from the tower of Mida.
Griffin, Susan: WOMAN AND NATURE:
The Roaring Inside Her (Harper & Row),
I 979, $4.95 pb.

Guy, Rosa: EDITH JACKSON (Bantam),
1981 (1978), $1.95 pb. Part of the Ruby
trilogy, about a young black woman and her
search for love.
Guy, Rosa: THE FRIENDS (Bantam), 1981
(1973), $2.25 pb. The first in a series of novels
about black young adults in contemporary
Harlem. Tells the story of how Phyllisia and
Edith become close despite their differences .
Unusual, unforgettable characters .
Guy, Rosa: RUBY (Viking), 1976, 220 pp.,
$8.95 cl.; (Bantam), 1978, $2.25 pb. An exciting novel about an 18-year-old girl's
transitional time in becoming a woman. A
tough, tender, and touching book about the
Trinidadian family introduced in The Friends.
H.D.: See Doolittle, Hilda. Hacker, Marilyn: SEPARATIONS (Knopf),
1976, 109 pp., $3.95 pb. Poetry exploring the
separations between feeling and word, word
and world.
Hacker, Marilyn: TAKING NOTICE
(Knopf), 1980, $5.95 pb. Passionate, political
poems written in traditional stanzaic forms.
Hall, Radclyffe: THE UNLIT LAMP (Dial),
1981 (1924), $5.95 pb. Hall's 1924 novel about
tragic, repressed lesbian love. Poignant and
beautifully written, this is a collector's item
that was long unavailable.
Hall, Radclyffe: THE WELL OF
LONELINESS(Avon), 1981 (1928), $3.95 pb.
The 1928 lesbian classic, the romantic-tragic
novel that was a plea for understanding.
Precipitated a legal battle on its publication. A
.must for every collector.
Hanscombe, Gillian E.: BETWEEN
FRIENDS (Alyson), 1982, $5.95 pb. A novel
written as a series of letters among four
women ranging from a Iesbian-feministseparatist to a married heterosexual. A welldone, much-needed book.
Harris, Bertha: CO1'1 FESSIONS OF
CHERUBINO (Dal'i~\~:s), 1978 (1972),
$5.00 pb. The the~"o\, the book is the tryanny
of sexual passio.O.inilluminated by love.
Harris, Bertha: LOVER ~:Oaughters), 1976,
$4.50 pb. An entert;:,: 'Qi\~ 1esbian novel with
wonderful, shorto~'-O~.:ctions revealing myths
o,f Amazons of o. ~- Written in a unique style.
Hautzig, Deborah: HEY, DOLLFACE
(Bantam), 1980, $1.95 pb. Very readable,
positive young-adult novel.
Hopkins, Lea: I'M NOT CRAZY, JUST
DIFFERENT (published by the author),
N.D., 24 pp., $3.00 pb. Opinionated, amusing
poetry and prose by a black lesbian from
Kansas .
Hopkins, Lea: WOMYN I HA VE KNOWN
YOU (published by the author), 1978, 90 pp.,
$5.95 pb. Poetry and graphics.
Isabell, Sharon: YESTE.P'lA Y'S LESSONS
(Crossing), 1974, 20\ \l{\~\·.;6.00 pb. Powerfully unique au·o"-" ~.aphy from a workingclass woman.

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Radclyff Hall, photo from Homoseksualiteit in
Nederland by Rob Tielman.

Iverson, Lucille: OUTRAGE (Know), 1974,
76 pp., $2.00 pb. A collection of poems, from
gentle love songs to tough, streetwise poetry.
Jones, Toeckey: GO WELL, STAY WELL
(Harper & Row), 1979, 202 pp., $7.95 cl.
Novel about a black girl and a white girl who
become close friends in South Africa and challenge the apartheid system. For young adults.
Kaye, Melanie: WE SPEAK IN CODE
(Motheroot), 1980, 106 pp., $4.75 pb.
Splendid collection of women-identified
poetry and prose, ranging from humorous
tales to political pieces.
Klepfisz, Irena: KEEPER OF ACCOUNTS
(Persephone), 1982, 97 pp., $5.95 pb. Born in
Warsaw in 1941, Klepfisz views America as an
alien country where safety can never be
assumed. In her poems she writes of the connections between historical events and the
present.
Klepfisz, Irena: PERIODS OF STRESS (Out
& Out), 1977, 61 pp., $2.00 pb. Poems exploring the stressful situations of the poet's past
and present. Healthy, healing poems.
Knudson, R.R.: FOX RUNNING (Avon),
1975, $1.95 pb. Novel about two teenage girls,
one of Apache heritage, both competitive
runners, and their close relationship despite
their different backgrounds.
Knudson, R.R.: YOU ARE THE RAIN
(Dell), 1974, $1.25 pb. Young adult novel
about a meek, unathletic, introspective
teenage girl lost during a hurricane in the
Everglades with a forceful, brash, athletic girl
who has belittled her, and how their mutual
dependence changes their roles and their
relationship.

Koertge, Noretta: WHO WAS THAT
MASKED WOMAN? (St. Martin's), 1981,
266 pp., $6.95 pb. New lesbian coming-of-age
novel.
Kumin, Maxine: WHY CAN'T WE LIVE
TOGETHER LIKE CIVILIZED HUMAN
BEINGS? (Viking), 1982, 192 pp., $12.95 cl.
How women and men, women and women,
and men and men relate to one another-how
they connect or fail to connect. Short stories
told with economic and potent imagery.
Kumin, Maxine: THE RETRIEVAL
SYSTEM (Penguin), 1978, 69 pp., $3.95 pb.
Questioning poems with passionate
resolutions.
Kuras, Pat M.: THE PINBALL PLAYER
(Good Gay Poets), 1982, 33 pp., $3.50 pb.
Remarkable poems on the everyday lives of
lesbians.
Lally, Lee: THESE DAYS (Some of Us),
1972, 36 pp., $1.00 pb. Lesbian relationships
in poetry.
Lang, Elizabeth: ANNA'S COUNTRY
(Naiad), 1981, 208 pp., $6.95 pb. The story of
a battered suburban housewife who falls in
love with the lesbian next door in the
liberating years of the early 70's.
Lanyon, E. Jean: WOMAN SCRAPBOOK
(Jos. W. Small), 1979, $3.00 pb. Poems and illustrations by the woman who was poet
laureate for the state of Delaware from 1979
to 1981.
LaPalma, Marina: GRAMMARS FOR JESS
AND TWENTY-TWO CROPPED SETS
(Kelsey St.), 1981, 56 pp., $4.50 pb. Neat,
attractive book of prose-poems.
Lapidus, Jacqueline: READY TO SURVIVE
(Hanging Loose), 1975, $1.50 pb. First book
by this radical feminist poet.
Lapidus, Jacqueline: STARTING OVER,
drawings by Tee A. Corinne (Out & Out),
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1977, 63 pp., $3 .50 pb. "In these poems ,
suffering, anger, and hope are woven together
into a tapestry of change. Jacqueline Lapidus
is the poet who mourns bitter defeats and .
celebrates her resolute victories. "-Andrea
Dworkin.
Larkin, Joan: HOUSEWORK, paintings by ,
Mimi Weisbord (Out & Out), 1982 (1975), 79 .
pp., $3.50 pb. Very serious poems that reflect :
Larkin's need and desire for changes in her ·
life.
LeDuc, Violette: LA BATARDE, tr. by Derek
Coltman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1965, ;
$9.95 pb. A stunning and innovative approach :
to autobiography in which the author explores ·
and explains her life in starkly poetic prose.
LeGuin, Ursula: THE LEFT HAND OF ,
DARKNESS (Ace), 1976 (1969), 304 pp.,
$2.25 pb. Story takes place in an androgynous :
society where a person can, at different times,
be either sex. Result: a society without sex ·
roles.
Lehmann, Rosamund: nusTY ANSWER
(Harcourt Brown Jor.,❖'-· ich), 1975, $3.95
pb. A 1927 novel w' s.:~: sensitively depicts a
young woman's o❖"~on first for a gay man,
then for a worn • ., who is her college roommate.
Levy, Elizabeth: COME OUT SMILING
(Delacorte), 1981, 186 pp., $8.95 cl. Young
adult novel about a 14-year-old coming to
terms with a friend's lesbian relationship at
summer camp.
Lifshin, Lyn: BLACK APPLES (Crossing),
1975, 63 pp., $20 95 pb. Determined,
passionate poetry from the popular and prolific poet.

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Audre Lorde, photo from The Lesbian in
Literature

Lifshin, Lyn: UPSTATE MADONNA
(Crossing), 1975, 127 pp., $4.95 pb. A
collection of visually delightful poems written
from 1970 to 1974.
Lindau, Joan: MRS. COOPER'S BOARDING-HOUSE (McGraw-Hill), 1980, $10.95
cl. A young adult novel. In the summer of
1944, IO-year-old Kat decides to go to the
World Series and sets out to earn the money
she needs to get there. A wonderful story of a
strong young girl and her surprising friendship
with Mrs . Cooper, from whom she learns
about love in its many forms . Good lesbian
characters.
Lippard, Lucy R.: I SEE/YOU MEAN
(Chrysalis), 1979, 149 pp., $5.95 pb. An
experimental novel exploring the relationships
between two men and two women . Lippard
says that writing this book made her a
feminist.
Lipschutz, Barbara: CONTRADICTIONS
(Know), 1974, 36 pp., $2.00 pb. Intense,
personal poems about the pain between men
and women.
Livia, Anna: RELATIVELY NORMA
(Onlywomen), 1982, 220 pp., $5.95 pb. New
British lesbian-feminist fiction. Minnie, a
lesbian-feminist from a Brixton commune,
goes to Australia to visit her mother, determined to come out to her . There she gets
herself caught up in many familial adventures.
Wit, fantasy, and some timely interventions
by the Goddess combine with clear realism to
present a feminist novel full of insight and
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Lonidier, Lynn: A LESBIAN ESTATE
(Manroot), 1977, 83 pp., $4.00 pb. Spiritual
fantasy poems with delightful graphics.
Lonidier, Lynn: WOMAN EXPLORER
(Painted Bride Quarterly), 1979, 171 pp.,
$8.00 pb. Poems operating at "the frontiers of
consciousness."
Lorde, Audre: THE BLACK UNICORN
(Norton), 1978, 121 pp., $5.95 pb. An intense
collection of poems, discusses being a black
woman, a mother, a daughter, a lesbian, and a
feminist. Very powerful writing.
Lorde, Audre: THE CANCER JOURNALS
(Spinsters Ink), 1980, 77 pp., $4.00 pb.
Winner of the 1982 Gay Book of the Year
award from the American Library
Association.
Lorde, Audre: CHOSEN POEMS-OLD
AND NEW (Norton), 1982, 115 pp., $5.95
pb., $12.95 cl. Includes selections from earlier
books that have long been out of print, including The First Cities, Cables to Rage, From a
Land Where Other People Live, and NY Head
Shop.
Lorde, Audre: USES OF THE EROTIC: The
Erotic as Power (Out & Out), 1978, $1.00 pb.
Important essay by the famous black lesbian
poet.
Lorde, Audre: ZAMI: A New Spelling of My
Name (Persephone), 1982 ..z;-o\\\\-'l ·, $7.95 pb.
Here Larde creat~s 1ot '3-v~~.crary form-biomythograP~a"'e '1'1~\te ..:ombining elements of
history, Y.~i;raphy, and myth.
Lynn, Elizabeth: THE DANCERS OF ARUN
(Berkley), 1980 (1979), $2.50 pb. Book II of
The Chronicles of Tornor. Focuses on a young
lesbian dancer and the intrigues between the
ruling dynastic families of her city.
Lynn, Elizabeth: A DIFFERENT LIGHT
(Berkley), 1980, $2.25 pb. A scifi fantasy that
holds the reader's interest to the end. Includes
deep same-sex relationships.
Lynn, Elizabeth: NORTHERN GIRL
(Berkley), 1981 (1980), $2.50 pb. Book III of
the Chronicles of Tornor. Astonishing
feminist fantasy of a mainly matriarchal
culture.
Lynn, Elizabeth: WATCHTOWER (Berkley),
1980 (1979), $2.50 pb. Book I of the
Chronicles of Tornor. Homoerotic images and
lesbian characters.
Lynn, Elizabeth: THE SARDONYX NET
(Berkley), 1982 (1981), 423 pp., $2.75 pb. In a
far-future universe, a star captain turned slave
discovers rebellion, the highest form of love.
Lynn, Elizabeth: THE WOMAN WHO
LOVED THE MOON, AND OTHER
STORIES (Berkley), 1981, $2.25 pb. Scifi
stories, many with lesbian characters.
Marchessault,
Jouette:
TRYPTIQUE
LESBIEN (Editions de la Pleine Lune), 1980,
120 pp., $6.95 pb. French Canadian importplease write for availability.

Vicki P. Mcconnel ("Gingerlox"), photo from
The Lesbian in Literature.

Marcus, F.: THE KILLING OF SISTER
GEORGE (Samual French), 1965, $3.50 pb.
Modern classic play of lesbian lives.
Marie, Linda: I MUST NOT ROCK
(Daughters), 1977, 7fvrW;:., $5.00 pb. A
lesbian who was O\}t ~ ..ally abused child tells
her story.
Markham, Stephanie: THE RIME OF THE
ANCIENT FEMINIST (Stramullion), 1981,
38 pp. A cunning satire of Coleridge's original
for the well-versed and ill-versed alike,
published by a Scottish-based feminist collective. British import-please write for availability and price.
Marraffino, Elizabeth: BLUE MOON FOR
RUBY TUESDAY (Contact/II), 1981, 43 pp.,
$3.00 pb. Poems and graphics of lesbian
visions.
Mattie, Pat D.: NO LIES, NO MORE, NOT
NOW (Jungle), 1975, $2.00 pb. Lesbian
poems of growth and change. Many of the
poems are erotic.
Mavor, Elizabeth: THE LADIES OF
LLANGOLLEN (Penguin), 1971, $4.25 pb.
The legendary romance of Lady Eleanor
Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby who eloped
to Wales in 1778. They lived a celebrated life,
hosting the intellectuals of Europe for over 50
years. British import.
McCauley, Carole Speario· HAPPENTHING
IN TRAVEL ON (Da,, ~\~':~s), 1975, 273 pp.,
$4.00 pb. Book a~t o\ ~even women stranded
in the mountain&Q.Ler a plane crash.
McCrary, Blanche: MOURNING THE
DEATH OF MAGIC (Macmillan), 1976,
$10.95 cl. An understated novel about contemporary southern life and the struggle of the
new generation with themselves. Characters

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revised spring, 1983-please write for price
and availability.
Millett, Kate: GOING TO IRAN (Coward,
McCann & Geoghegan), 1981, 333 pp., $15.95
cl. Millett's account of her visit to Iran, her
political involvements, and her banishment. A
terrifying account.
Millett, Kate: SITA (Ballantine), 1978, 313
pp., $2.50 pb. An often painful account of
Millett's affair with the mysterious woman
named Sita, written in novel form.

include an adopted son who leaves for California, the belle who has a lesbian affair and
the sister who stays at home.
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McConnell, Vicki P.: MRS. PORTER'S
LETTER: A Lesbian Mystery (Naiad), 1982,
210 pp., $6.95 pb. Nyla Wade, journalist-detective, in her effort to unravel the mystery of
the letter, encounters a vengeful hooker, and
discovers her true self.
McCullers, Carson: THE HEART IS A
LONELY HUNTER (Bantam), 1981 (1970),
307 pp., $2.75 pb. The story of a young girl
growing up in a small southern town.
McCullers, Carson: BALLAD OF THE SAD
CAFE, & OTHER STORIES (Bantam), 1967,
153 pp., $2.50 pb. Revelations of love and
longing, bitter heartbreak, and occasional
happiness.
McCullers, Carson: THE MEMBER OF THE
WEDDING (Bantam), 1981 (1969), 153 pp.,
$2.95 pb. A young girl's search for a way out
of a dark and confusing world.

Meigs, Mary: LILY BRISCOE: A Self
Portrait (Talon), 1981, 260 pp., $8.95 pb.
Mary Meigs takes on the name Lily Briscoe,
(from Woolf's To the Lighthouse) as her alter
ego to tell her autobiography/memoir. It is a
wonderful revealing account of her life and
relationships. She lives with Barbara Deming,
and is friends with Marie-Claire Blais and
many others.
Miller, Isabel: PATIENCE AND SARAH
(Fawcett), 1983 (1969), 192 pp. A delightful,
romantic fiction set in the 19th century. A
classic based loosely on the life of the painter
Mary Ann Wilson and her lifelong companion
Miss Brundidge of Greene County, NY. To be

Miner, Valerie: BLOOD SISTERS (St.
Mart_in's), 1982, 224 pp., $11.95 cl., $6.95 pb.
Lesbian-feminist political fiction. A touching
story of two cousins from England and the
States who meet as adults in London. An
account of the three generations of women
Kate Millet
and their commitment to their Irish heritage . .
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Beautifully written.
Miner, Valerie: MOVEMENT (Crossing), Morgan, Robin: DEATH BENEFITS
(Copper Canyon), 1980, 24 pp., $30.00 cl,
1982, 200 pp., $13.95 cl., $6.95 pb. Feminist
fiction reflecting on the 60's and 70's limited edition, signed and hand bound. First
generation, written in connected short-story issued to benefit the Domestic Violence
Program of Jefferson County, WA., these
for~at. Having Miner available through U.S.
poems
have appeared in MS. Magazine and
publishers has been one of our joys this year.
The News Depth Perception.
Miner, Valerie: MURDER IN THE
Morgan, Robin: LADY OF THE BEASTS
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT (Women's
(Random House), 1976, 131 pp., $4.95 pb.
Press), 1982, 170 pp., $7.50 pb. Brand new
Poems exploring the many varieties of.
British import, by an author whose work is
women.
greatly appreciated amongst the Giovanni's
Mulisch, Harry: TWO WOMEN, tr. from
Room women. This new story contains
Dutch by Els Early (Riverrun), 1981, 125 pp,,
notions of ethics, loyalty, and love, with an
$5.95 pb. A beautifully written record of a
untraditional murder mystery. It is a story
love affair by a Dutch author who is inabout women-about women understanding
credibly sensitive to his topic. Worthy of any
each other's differences, respecting each
comprehensive lesbian collection.
other's choices, and needing each other's
support.
Myles, Eileen: SAPPHO'S BOAT (Little
Caesar), 1982, 56 pp., $3.00 pb. Spunky
Montgomery, Joanne: WORDS (published by
the author), 1982, n.p., $3.00 pb. Fiery, i)Oems from an unleashed dyke.
Namjoshi, Suniti: FEMINIST FABLES
powerful poems by a Philadelphia lesbian(Sheba Feminist Press), 1981, 123 pp., about
feminist. A name to watch for in the future.

Valerie Miner, photo by Helen E. Longino.

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NAYLOR

Victoria Ramstetter, photo from The Lesbian in
Literature.

$5.25 pb. An elegant collection of stories and
drawings that rework mythology as it used to
be. British import-please write for
availability and exact price.
Naylor, Gloria: THE WOMEN OF
BREWSTER PLACE (Viking), 1983 (1982),
192 pp., $13.95 cl., $5.95 pb. Short stories,
connected by their setting, disclosing the lives
• of seven women. Negative lesbian imagery.
Oliveros, Pauline: PAULINE'S PROVERBS,
ed. by Linda Montana (Printed Editions),
1979, $3.25 pb.
O'Mary, Barbara: THIS WOMAN: Poetry of
Love & Change (Times Change), 1973, 64 pp.,
$1. 75 pb. Poems filled with the spirit of
coming out in the 70's. Still feels good to read
it.
Oosthuizen, Ann: LONELINESS AND
OTHER LOVERS (Sheba Feminist Press),
1981 , 160 pp., $6.95 pb. A novel of changes,
heartbreaks and discoveries. British importplease write for availability and price.

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Paddock, Nancy A DARK LIGHT (Vanilla),
1978, 69 pp., $3.50 pb. Tender and fierce
poems exploring the spirituality of women and
nature.
Parker, Pat: WHERE WOULD I BE
WITHOUT YOU: The Poetry of Pat Parker
and Judy Grahn (Oliva Records), 1976, $7.95
LP. An album of their poetry.
Parker, Robert: LOOKING FOR RACHEL
WALLACE (Dell), 1981, 219 pp., $2.50 pb. A
novel told through the eyes of a tender-tough
male detective. His job is to protect a
prominent lesbian-feminist author whose life
has been threatened. Very astute understanding of lesbian issues and very believable
story.
Pastan, Linda: PM/ AM, New and Selected
Poems (Norton), 1982, 112 pp., $5.95 pb.
Pasternak, Judith: STORIES FROM
WOMEN'S LIVES (More Than Half The
World Press), 1981, 24 pp., $1.75 pb. True-tolife poems of women's lives.
Petesch, Natalie L.: THE ODYSSEY OF
KATINOU KALOKOVICH (Mptheroot
Publications), 1974, 199 pp., $5.00 pb.
Although Marge Piercy is not a lesbian, her
work is important to this list. In many of her
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relationships. Her poetry expresses the
struggles of the independent woman who has
dedicated herself to feminism, her art, her lifestyle. She is worthy of the best lesbian library.
Piercy, Marge: AT THE CORE: Selected
Poems, 1977 (Watershed Tapes), 1977, $8.95
cassette.
, Piercy, Marge: BRAIDED LIVES (Fawcett),
1983 (1982), 480 pp., $3.95 pb. A story of the
50's and women's lives, capturing the fear and
tension beneath a placid surface. The terror of
pregnancy, danger of abortion, and the
struggle for control of one's own life and
future in the working-class community.
Piercy, Marge: BREAKING CAMP
(Wesleyan U. Pr.), 1968, 74 pp., $6.95 pb. A
collection of her early poetry.
Piercy, Marge: CIRCLES ON THE WATER:
Selected Poems (Knopf), 1982, 320 pp.,
$17.50 cl., $8.95 pb.
Piercy, Marge: DANCE THE EAGLE TO
SLEEP (Fawcett), 1981, 224 pp., $2.95 pb.
Story of four young revolutionaries driven
underground by society.
Piercy, Marge: GOING DOWN FAST
(Fawcett), 1982, $2.95 pb.
Piercy, Marge: HARD LOVING (Wesleyan
U. Pr.), 1969, 77 pp., $6.95 pb. Poems of
politics and passion from this important poet.
Piercy, Marge: HIGH COST OF LIVING
(Fawcett), 1979, $2.75 pb. Unusual sexual
triangle between a gay male college student, a
lesbian karate expert, and a precocious high
school girl with an overprotective mother.
Wonderful prose; a surprise ending.
Piercy, Marge: LIVING IN THE OPEN
(Knopf), 1976, 108 pp., $4.95 pb. Piercy feels
this work is the closest she has come to
autobiography.
Piercy, Marge: THE MOON IS ALWAYS
FEMALE (Knopf), 1980, 133 pp., $8.95 cl,
$5.95 pb. Poems concerning life as a woman
sees it.
Piercy, Marge: P ARTI-COLORED BLOCKS
FOR A QUILT: Poets on Poetry (U. of
Michigan Pr.), 1982, 320 pp., $6.95 pb. A
wonderful collection of essays, introductions
to previous books, interviews and reviews of
feminist authors. Gives inspiring incites into
Piercy's process as a writer.
Piercy, Marge: SMALL CHANGES
(Fawcett), 1978, 544 pp., $3.50 pb. Two
women face incredible changes as they try to
get their lives in order.
Piercy, Marge: THE TWELVE-SPOKED
WHEEL FLASHING (Knopf), 1978, 130 pp.,
$7.95 cl., $5.95 pb. This book is shaped as a
growth ring, the record of a year. The year is a
wheel that turns but does not return us to
where we were.
Piercy, Marge: VIDA (Fawcett), 1981 (1980),
412 pp., $2.95 pb. Vida is a 60's activist now
driven underground. With great style and
sympathy her life is defined against the
political 60's and 70's. An important novel.

Adrienne Rich, photo from The Lesbian in
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Piercy, Marge: WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF
TIME (Fawcett), 1981, 384 pp., $2.95 pb. A
poor chicano woman is transported into the
future to glimpse both a liberated communal
area in New England and a polluted caste
system in New York. How this future world
affects her present life makes for intriguing
reading.
Pratt, Minnie Bruce: THE SOUND OF ONE
FORK (Night Heron), 1981, 44 pp., $2.00 pb.
Attractive book of poems describing rural
relations.
Ramstetter, Victoria: ANTARES (Moonshadow Femile), 1979, 48 pp., $3.50 pb.
Delightful lesbian poetry from a leading
Cincinnati poet.
Ramstetter, Victoria: THE MARQUISE AND
THE NOVICE: A Lesbian Gothic Novel
(Naiad), 1981, 100 pp., $4.95 pb. Stunningly
written in gothic style, borrowing elements
from The Well of Loneliness and Nancy
Drew.
Rawls, Isetta Crawford: FLASHBACKS
(Lotus), 1977, 38 pp., $2.00 pb. Important,
excellent poems from a black poet.
Reading, J.P.: BOUQUETS FOR BRIMBAL
(Harper & Row), 1980, 186 pp., $8.95 cl.
Macy and Annie have been "two halves of the
same person" since age 10. Now adolescent,
Macy is jealous and hurt when Annie falls in
love with a beautiful older woman. An honest
and realistic story of ccontemporary teenagers
faced with decisions and dilemmas .
Rich, Adrienne: COMPULSORY HETEROSEXUALITY AND LESBIAN EXISTENCE
(Onlywomen), 1981, 32 pp., $2.50, saddlestitched. " ... when we turn the lens of vision
and consider the degree to which, and the
methods whereby, heterosexual "prefernce"

ROSEN
has actually been imposed on women, not only
can we understand differently the meaning of
individual lives and work, but we can begin to
recognise a central fact of women's history:
that women have always resisted male
tyranny." publ.-from the jacket note.
Rich, Adrienne: DIVING INTO THE
WRECK, POEMS 1971-1971 (Norton), 1973,
72 pp., $3.95 pb. Co-winner of the National
Book Award for Poetry, 1974. "These are
poems taut with pain and intelligence."Marge Piercy.
Rich, Adrienne: THE DREAM OF A
COMMON LANGUAGE, Poems 1974-1977
(Norton), 1978, 77 pp., $4.95 pb. Poems that
name and explore the lives of women.
Rich, Adrienne: LEAFLETS, Poems 19651968 (Norton), 1969, 79 pp., $4.95 pb. An
early and unusual collection of Rich's work;
contains adaptions of foreign and traditional
work.
Rich, Adrienne: OF WOMAN BORN:
Motherhood as Experience (Bantam), 1977,
$3.95 pb.; (Norton), 1976, $12.95 cl.
Mothering, a subject that lacks resource
material, is written about from the author's
personal experience. She discusses both the
potential of the motherhood relationships and
the institution.
Rich, Adrienne: ON LIES, SECRETS AND
SILENCE: Selected Prose, 1966-1978
(Norton), 1980 (1979), 310 pp., $3.95 pb,
$15.95 cl. An excellent selection of essays and
introductions, some previously published.
Includes the essay Women and Honor: Some
Notes on Lying; also discusses women's
studies, motherhood, and a wide variety of
feminist/lesbian topics. An important book.
Rich, Adrienne: POEMS-SELECTED AND
NEW, 1950-1974 (Norton), 1975 (1966), 256
pp., $5.95 pb., $12.95 cl.
Rich, Adrienne: TWENTY-ONE LOVE
POEMS (Effie's Press), 1981 (1977), $4.00
saddlestitched. Thought to be Rich's comingout lesbian p0ems, a fine collection.
Rich, Adrienne: A WILD PATIENCE HAS
TAKEN ME THIS FAR: Poems, 1978-1981
(Norton), 1981, 61 pp., $4.95 pb., $12.95 cl. A
wonderful new selection of powerful poems;
includes the Twenty-One Love Poems.
Rich, Adrienne: THE WILL- TO CHANGE:
Poems, 1968-1970 (Norton), 1971, $4.95 pb.
Rich, Adrienne: WOMEN AND HONOR:
Some Notes on Lying (Motheroot), 1977, 12
pp., $2.00 saddlestitched. A very important
essay.
Gelpi, Barbara Charlesworth, and Albert
Gelpi (eds.): ADRIENNE RICH'S POETRY:
Texts of Poems, the Poet on Her Work, Reviews and Ciriticism (Norton), 1975, 150 pp.,
$4.95 pb. An excellent overview of the poet,
her poetry, and how she is perceived by the
literary, academic, general, and feminist
reader. Some of the work goes back as far as
1951.

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That summer I did not go crazy,
spoke instead to my mama who
insisted our people <lo not go crazy.
We make instead that sudden evening
silence that follows the shotgun blast,
we stand up alone twenty years after
like a scarecrow in a field
pie-eyed, toothless, naming
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Riis, Sharon: THE TRUE STORY OF IDA
JOHNSON (Women's Press), 1976, 111 pp.,
$3.25 pb. Canadian import. Fantastic little
novel of a mysterious relationship between
two girls who return to each other's lives in
maturity.
Riley, Elizabeth: ALL THAT FALSE INSTRUCTION (Angus and Robertson), 1975,
247 pp., about $8.50 pb. Story of a young girl
from an oppressive home who discovers her
own lesbianism. Seeking to find warmth and
tenderness in her relationships, all she
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Roberts, Michele: A PIECE OF THE NIGHT
(Women's Press), 1978, 186 pp., $7.25 pb.
British import. Won the London Gay News
award in 1978 for best lesbian novel. Set both
in France and England, the story of a young
woman torn 6etween two cultures and lifestyles. Beautifully wrought lesbian autobiographical novel.
Rose, Wendy: LONG DIVISION: A Tribal
History (Strawberry), 1981, 30 pp., $2.50 pb.
Poems of love, anger, and of reclaiming her
identity as a Native American.
Rosen, Ann, with Jan Sutcliffe: WENATCHEE WALLA AND ME (Hard Press),
1980, 16 pp., $5.00 in case. A photo poem

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Rule, Jane: CONTRACT WITH THE
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339 pp., $12.95 cl.; Naiad (1982), $7.95 pb. A
- series of inter-related stories of a group of
people whose lives are connected. Good
character studies of both lesbians and gay
males.
Rule, Jane: DESERT OF THE HEART
(Naiad), . 1983 (1964), 224 pp., $3.95 pb.
Reprint of Rule's first novel, considered by
many to be the quintessential lesbian romance.
Excellent plot and character studies and a
happy ending.
Rule, Jane: LESBIAN IMAGES (Crossing),
1982 (1975), 250 pp., $6.95 pb. A very important book in the discussion of lesbian
literature and authors.
Rule, Jane: OUTLANDER (Naiad), 1981, 220
pp., $6.95 pb. Thirteen stories and 12 essays
with strong lesbian content. A rich, powerful,
important collection of Rule's work.
Rule, Jane: THIS IS NOT FOR YOU (Naiad),
1982 (1972), 284 pp., $7.95 pb. The story of a
young woman and her relationship with a lifelong friend. The struggles of being able to, or
not being able to, come out as a lesbian. The
work reflects the pre-liberation times during
which it was written.
Russ, Joanna: ON STRIKE AGAINST GOD
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Russ, Joanna: WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO
(Dell), 1977 (1975), 170 pp., $1.75 pb. A space
ship crashes on an uncharted planet in
unknown space, and one of the passengers
comes up with a startling solution to the
problem of how to survive in an alien environment.
Ruth, Barbara: FROM THE BELLY OF THE
BEAST (Four Zoas), 1977, 23 pp., $3.00
saddlestitched. Radical, political, sensuous
lesbian poetry.
Salmonson, Jessica A.: THE GOLDEN
NAGANATA (Ace), 1982, 288 pp., $2.75 pb.
Story of an Amazon, Samurai, lesbian
warrior.
Salmonson, Jessica A.: TOMOE GOZEN
(Ace), 1982, 272 pp., $2.50 pb. Fantasy of the
Amazon, Samurai, lesbian warrior.
Sand, George: THE BAGPIPERS
(Cassandra), 1977, 394 pp., $5.95 pb. We
include Sand in this list as a classic writer who
was involved with women, for her prolific,
exemplary life as a writer, and because she, as
a woman, had the courage to overcome the
existing boundaries of her time.
Sand, George: FANCHON THE CRICKET
(Cassandra), 1977, 203 pp., $5.00 pb. From
the stories of village life in the 19th century.
Sand, George: THE GEORGE SAND AND
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT LETTERS
(Academy Chicago), 1979 (1921), 375 pp.,
$5.95 pb. A correspondence written over a
period of 12 years that discloses aspects of
their diverse natures.
Sand, George: THE HAUNTED POOL
(Shameless Hussy), 1976 (1951), $2.95 pb.
One of a series of rustic tales.
Sand, George: INDIANA (Cassandra), 1978,
$5.00 pb. Sand's first novel.
Sand, George: THE INTIMATE JOURNAL
(Cassandra), 1977, 198 pp., $5 .00 pb. Sand's
journal writing is her most expressive and
natural.
Sand, George: LAVINIA (Shameless Hussy),
1977, $2.95 pb. Considered Sand's feminist
novel written in the mid-19th century.
Sand, George: LELIA, tr. from French by
Maria Espinosa, foreword by Ellen Moers
(Indiana U. Pr.), 1982, 256 pp., $5.95 pb.
Sand's famous autobiography at last available
in paperback.
Sand, George: LEONE LEONI (Cassandra),
1978, 342 pp., $3.95 pb. A spellbinding tale
set in Venice.
Sand, George: MAUPRAT (Cassandra),
1977, $5.95 pb. Written in 1846, as she was
suing for separation, this novel includes much
against the abuses of marriage.
Sand, George: MY CONVENT LIFE
(Cassandra), 1977, $5.00 pb. Autobiographical account of Sand's three years in a
convent, written thirty years later.
Sand, George: MY LIFE, tr. and adapted by
D. Hofstadter (Harper & Row), 1980, 240 pp.,

$3.95 pb. A very readable selection of her
autobiography.
Sand, George: SHE AND HE (Cassandra),
1978, 224 pp., $5.00 pb. A fictionalized,
idealized account of Sand's affair with Alfred
de Musset.
Sand, George: VALENTINE (Cassandra),
1978, 336 pp., $5.00 pb.
Sand, George: WINTER IN MAJORCA
(Cassandra), 1978, 200 pp., $5.00 pb. Intimate account of her time on Majorca with
her children and the invalid Chopin.
Barry, J.: INFAMOUS WOMAN: The Life of
George Sand (Doubleday), 1978, 384 pp.,
$5.95 pb. Portrays the full flavor and furor of
the Romantic movement.
Cate, Curtis: GEORGE SAND: A Biography
(Avon), 1975, 818 pp., $2.75 pb. The
biographer portrays the provocative, talented,
daring author as large as life.
Sappho: SAPPHO: A New Translation, tr.
from Greek by Mary Barnard (U. California
Pr.), 1958, 114 pp., $1.95 pb. A nearly perfect
English translation.
Sarton, May: ANGER (Norton), 1982, 223
pp., $12.95 cl. Latest novel by the prolific poet
and novelist. This story is about an older
married couple and their difficulty in communicating.
Sarton, May: AS WE ARE NOW (Norton),
1982 (1973), 136 pp., $3.95 pb. Powerful •
account of a woman who is put in an old-age
home against her will. There are beautiful
passages throughout, including a romance
between the older woman and a younger
woman. The novel has a forceful ending.
Sarton, May: BRIDGE OF YEARS (Norton),
1971, $11.95 cl.
Sarton, May: COLLECTED POEMS, 19301973 (Norton), 1974, 416 pp., $19.95 cl. Here

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to terms with her need for solitude as a source
of inspiration.
Sarton, May: KINDS OF LOVE (Norton),
1980 (1970), 352 pp., $4.95 pb. A novel revealing the requirements necessary to stay
alive in Willard, NH. She follows the relationship of Christina and Ellen and Christina and
her husband.
Sarton, May: MISS PICKTHORN AND MR.
HARE: A Fable (Norton), 1966, 92 pp., $3.50
cl.
Sarton, May: MRS. STEVENS HEARS THE
'MERMAIDS SINGING (Norton), 1974
(1965), 220 pp., $3.95 pb. The central
character, a poet in her seventies, explores the
sources of a woman's creativity, the nature of
the Muse, the complexities of love, the need
for solitude. This is Sarton's coming-out
·novel.
Sarton, May: PLANT DREAMING DEEP
(Norton), 1983 (1968), $3.95 pb., $10.95 cl.
Sequel to her journal/ Knew A Phoenix.
Sarton, May: A RECKONING (Norton), 1981
Claudia Scott, photo from The Lesbian in
(1978), 254 pp., $3.95 pb., $11.95 cl. The
Literature.
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I story of a woman reckoning up her life after
finding out she has terminal cancer. A strong,
Sarton's major themes are love, war, inner believable character who chooses to die at
order, and self-knowledge.
home with dignity. Wonderful character
Sarton, May: CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS studies, many women and strong lesbian
(Norton), 1980 (1975), 160 pp., $3.95 pb. The presence.
story of a woman who leaves her marriage Sarton, May: RECOVERING (Norton), 1980,
after many years to continue more seriously 246 pp., $12.95 cl. An inspiring journal of
with her art. The story is told through the Sarton today. She has faced many difficulties
character of an intimate friend, who has here and maintains her life-style in strength.
grown to depend on the stability of the couple.
Sarton, May: SELECTED POEMS OF MAY
Sarton, May: FAITHFUL ARE THE
SARTON, ed. by Serena Sue Hilsinger and
WOUNDS (Norton), 1972, 288 pp., $9.95 cl.
Lois Brynes (Norton), 1978, 202 pp., $6.95
The story of a Harvard professor who
pb.
commits suicide.
Sarton, May: THE FUR PERSON (Norton), Sarton, May: SHADOW OF A MAN
1973, 125 pp., $10.95 cl.; (NAL) 1979, $1.50 (Norton), 1982, 304 pp., $4.95 pb. The novel
pb. The story of a cat living in the home of of a man engulfed by his relatives. At the
two aging spinsters, told through the cat's death of his mother he takes his first steps to
maturity.
eyes.
Sarton,
May: A SHOWER OF SUMMER
Sarton, May: A GRAIN OF MUSTARD
DAYS
(Norton),
1979 (1952), 244 pp., $3.95
SEED (Norton), 1971, 72 pp., $3.95 pb. Lyric
poems celebrating gentleness and cautioning pb. The relationships of three people bound to
each other by memories and experiences in a
against violence.
special house.
Sarton, May: HALFWAY TO SILENCE
(Norton), 1980, 64 pp., )12.95 cl.; $4.95 pb. Sarton, May: THE SMALL ROOM (Norton),
Poems reflecting five decades of Sarton's deep 1976, 256 pp., $4.95 pb. An early Sarton story
of a woman in academia. Contains lesbian
creative passions.
characters.
Sarton, May: THE HOUSE BY THE SEA
(Norton), 1981 (1977), 288 pp., $12.95 cl.; Sarton, May: A WORLD OF LIGHT:
$3.95 pb. An autobiographical journal of Portraits and Celebrations (Norton), 1976,
Sarton's settling in Maine, her garden and her 254 pp., $10.95 cl. This book includes the significant people in Sarton's life and their
taking root in her home.
impact on her during her early years.
Sarton, May: I KNEW A PHOENIX (Norton), 1979 (1959), 222 pp., $3 .95 pb. Auto- Sarton, May: WRITINGS ON WRITING
biographical work reflecting on Sarton's (Puckerbrush), 1980, 55 pp., $4.95 saddlechildhood, the various places she has lived, stitched.
Blouin, Lenora P.: MAY SARTON: A Bibher work in theater, etc.
Sarton, May: JOURNAL OF A SOLITUDE liography (Scarecrow), 1978, 236 pp., $7.95
(Norton), 1977 (1973), 208 pp., $11.95 cl., cl.
$3.95 pb. Bestselling journal of Sarton coming Hunting, Constance ed.: MAY SARTON:

Woman & Poet, portraits by Lotte Jacobi
(National Poetry Foundation), 1982, 275 pp.,
$12.95 pb., $25.00 cl. A comprehensive study
of Sarton's life and work, critical analysis of
her poetry, novels, and memoirs. A tribute to
her dedication as an ar~ist.
Saxe, Susan: TALK AMONG THE WOMEN
FOLK (Common Wori.,.\.,_.....,. Press), 1976, 22
pp., $2.00, saddlest;, 0\ ~J. Amazing collection
of poems by wel'O~vwn radical activist while
she was living unoerground in the 70's.
Schuhknecht, Chris: VERHALTENES
A UFBA UMEN (Les bens tich-Presse-Ver lag),
1981, 32 pp., about $2.50. German importplease write for availability and price.
Scoppetone, Sandra: HAPPY ENDINGS
ARE ALL ALIKE (Dell), 1978, 192 pp., $1.75
pb. Young adult lesbian novel-deals successfully with small-town prejudice and family
opposition.
Scott, Claudia: IN THIS MORNING (Tree
Frog), 1979, 55 pp., $2.95 pb.
Scott, Claudia: LESBIAN WRITER: Collected Work of Claudia Scott, ed. by Frances
Haneke! and Susan Windle (Naiad), 1982, 111
pp., $4.50 pb. Excellent collection of lesbian
poetry from the late Philadelphia poet.
Scott, Claudia: PORTRAIT (Lavender),
1974, 43 pp., $1.50 pb. Autobiographical
poems by the lesbian poet. A remarkable
collection.
Segrest, Mab: LIVING IN A HOUSE I DO
NOT OWN (Night Heron), 1982, $2.50
saddlestitched.
Shange, Ntozake: SASSAFRASS, CYPRESS
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Sirius, Jean: LESBIAN LOVE POEMS (an
aid to the inarticulate) (Sirius), 1981, $2.50
pb. Playful and delightful lesbian poems.

Sisley, Emily: THE NOVEL WRITERS
(Mosaic), 1980, 78 pp.', -$2.95 pb. A short
novel about a group of middle-aged pro!for tfie
fessionals who meet occasionally to try out
their writing on each other and who suddenly
find themselves forced out of their closets.
Speicher, Rita: NIGHT LIVES/OTHER
LIVES (Wild Goose), 1978, 69 pp., $2.95 pb.
A collection of poetry.
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author of the play For Colored Girls Who BIOGRAPHY (Random House), 1973, 352
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mama from Charleston, SC. There is magic OTHER EARLY . WRITINGS (Liverright),
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characters.
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Sheen, Barbara: SHEDEVILS (Metis), 1978, in Stein's later experimental style.
C1·nU11a Mac.'\'-1am"'
80 pp., $3.50 pb. Short stories of wild and Stein, Gertrude: GERTRUDE STEIN READS
FROM HER WORKS (Caedmon Records),
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POEMS (Out & Out), 1975, 27 pp., $2.00 pb. her brilliant re-examination of the English
Lesbian love poems with illustrations-very language. Included here: "The Making of
erotic and lyrical.
Americans, Parts 1 & 2," "A Valentine to
Shockley, Ann: THE BLACK AND WHITE Sherwood Anderson," "If I told Him," "The
OF IT (Naiad), 1980, 150 pp., $5.95 pb. These Complete Portraits of Picasso and Matisse,"
ten stories of black and white women (many and others.
middle-aged) in lesbian relationships speak Stein, Gertrude: HOW TO WRITE (Dover),
powerfully for lesbianism and against the 1975 (1931), 395 pp., $4.00 pb. First published
oppressive views of families and society.
in 1931, this book contains Gertrude Stein's
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Shockley, Ann: LOVING JiER (Avon), 1978, thoughts about the craft of writing.
205 pp., $1.75 pb. Pos;~~~'-·1omantic novel of Stein, Gertrude: HOW WRITING IS
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120 Exquisite B & W Photographs,
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poignant, sensiti , e story.
Stein deals here with literary theory. Outlines
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"How rarely one sees the subject so
ME (Avon), 1982, 288 pp., $2.95 pb. A HOT Stein, Gertrude: IDA (Vintage), 1968 (1941),
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lesbian romance of a charismatic woman 154 pp., $2.95 pb. A rounded piece of writing,
is one of her own who looks on, a sister; no
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invader, no landing conqueror, but one of
stripped of both logic and emotion. Ida's life
her own tribe. And the care for form is a
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lover's care, a sculptor's care for line and
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POEMS, drawings by Gaia (Sirius), 1980, 26 Gertrude Stein (New World Records), 1976, 2
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Letters of Alice B. Toklas.

Stein, Gertrude:
PARIS, FRANCE
(Liveright), 1970 (1940), 120 pp., $4.95 pb.
One of Stein's greatest achievements. Observations and anecdotes about every aspect of
French life. Published the day Paris fell to the
Germans.
Stein, Gertrude: SELECTED WRITINGS OF
GERTRUDE STEIN, ed. by Carl Van
Vechten (Vintage), 1972 (1954), 706 pp., $6.95
pb. Contains several stories with a lesbian
content.
Stein, Gertrude: THREE LIVES (Vintage),
1958 (1936), 279 pp., $3.95 pb. The unforgettable stories of three women, told with
poignancy and compassion.
Stein, Gertrude: THE YALE GERTRUDE
STEIN, intro. by R. Kostelanetz (Yale U.
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Gertrude Stein's most extraordinary writing;
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Martin, Marty: GERTRUDE STEIN,
GERTRUDE STEIN, GERTRUDE STEIN
(Random House), 1979, 96 pp., $8.95 cl.;
(Vintage), 1980, 60 pp., $2.95 pb. A onecharacter play, in the true Stein style, that
covers her childhood in California to her discovery of and life with Alice B. Toklas.
Martin, Marty: GERTRUDE STEIN,
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Dubnick, Randa Kay: THE STRUCTURE OF
OBSCURITY: Gertrude Stein & the Limits of
Language (U. Illinois Pr.), 1983, 200 pp.,
$18.50 cl. The author deciphers much of the
obscurity in Stein's major works. She parallels
the cubist work of Picasso and Stein's writing,
and discusses Stein's literary experiments.
Mellow, J.R.: CHARMED CIRCLE: Gertrude Stein and Company (Avon), 1982
(1975), 640 pp., $3.95 pb. Narrative of Stein's
salon in Paris; insight into her career and her
relationship with Alice B. Toklas.
Stockwell, Nancy: OUT SOME WHERE
AND BACK AGAIN (The Kansas Stories)
(Medusa), 1978, 102 pp., $3.00 pb. Mostly
stories about growing up in Kansas. A couple
of lesbian short stories, all very well written.
Straayer, Amy Christine: BURTIN AND
HEALIN AND TALKIN IT OVER (Metis),
1980, 114 pp., $5.00 pb. A collection of short
stories with forceful tales of strong everyday
women.
Strongin, Lynn: BONES AND KIM (Spinsters
Ink), 1980, 116 pp., $5.50 pb. A beautifully
written stream-of-consciousness story about a
disabled woman. It floats between the various
relationships in her life-her mother, her
lesbian lover, and the women who live in her
building.
Taylor, Sheila Ortiz: FAULTLINE (Naiad),
1982, 126 pp., $6.95 pb. A well-crafted story
of a :woman, whose capabilities of raising her
children are questionable. She's a lesbian, is
raising 500 rabbits, and has a host of unusual
characters in her life. The novel, seen through
the eyes of her friends and enemies, is a great
deal of fun-and more.
Taylor, Valerie: JOURNEY TO FULFILLMENT (Naiad), 1982 (1964), 160 pp.,
$3.95 pb. Lesbian fiction set in WW II-Erika
is saved from a Nazi concentration camp and
meets the first woman lover in her life. First
novel in the Erika Frohmann series.
Taylor, Valerie: PRISM (Naiad), 1981, 146
pp., $6.95 pb. The story of an aging lesbian
who plans to spend the rest of her life in a
small town without excitement or love. What
happens is quite the opposite. An excellent tale
that deals with aging, risk-taking, and affjrmation.
Taylor, Valerie: RETURN TO LESBOS
(Naiad), 1982 (1963), 192 pp., $3.95 pb. Erika
meets Frances Ollenfield-No. 3 in the Erika
Frohmann series.
Taylor, Valerie: A WORLD WITHOUT
MEN (Naiad), 1982 (1963), 160 pp., $3.95 pb.
Second book in the Erika Frohmann series.
Erika-older and wiser-is settled in the U.S.,
with a firm lesbian identity.
Tiptree, James, Jr. (pseud. for Alice Shel. don): OUT OF THE EVERYWHERE
(Ballantine), 1981, 278 pp., $2.75 pb. Unparalled sci-fi stories from a talented writer.
Includes the Nebula-Award winner, "The
Screwfly Solution."

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Tiptree: James, Jr.: UP THE WALLS OF
THE WORLD (Berkley), 1979 (1978), 314
pp., $1.95 pb. A stunning novel of intergalactic terror and ESP from the awardwinning writer.
Tiptree, James, Jr.: WARM WORLDS AND
OTHERWISE (Ballantine), 1979 (1975), 222
pp., $1.95 pb. Stories by the Hugo- and
Nebula-award winner, includes the astonishing matriarchal tale, "The Women Men Don't
See."
Toder, Nancy: CHOICES (Persephone),
1980, 320 pp., $6.00 pb. Bestselling contemporary Jewish lesbian novel with excellent
psychological insight and much explicit sex.
Vinge, Joan D.: THE OUTCASTS OF
HEAVEN'S BELT (NAL), 1982 (1978), 200
pp., $1.75 pb. A breathtaking tale of space
survival by the Hugo Award winning writer.
Vinge, Joan D.: THE SNOW QUEEN (Dell),
1981 (1980), 538 pp., $3.25 pb. Epic novel of
fantasy meshing with technology.
•Vivien, Jean: THE LOVE OF TWO WOMEN
(Womari Prints), 1982, $4.95 pb. Popular,
trashy lesbian romance.
Vivien, Renee: AT THE SWEET HOUR OF
HAND IN HAND (Naiad), tr. from French
by Sandia Belgrade, 1979, 81 pp., $5.50 pb.
Lesbian poetry by this French writer.
Vivien, Renee: UNE FEMME M'APPARUT,
about $7 .00-please write for availability and
price. In French.
Vivien, Renee: LE JARDIN TURC (A
L'Ecart), 1982, about $8.95 pb.-please write
for availability and price. In French.
Vivien, Renee: THE MUSE OF THE
VIOLETS, tr. from French by Margaret
Porter and Catharine Kroger (Naiad), 1979,
81 pp., $4.00 pb. A CQl!ection of poems.

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Vivien, Renee: POEMES DE RENEE
VIVIEN, Vols. I & II (Arno), 1975, $37.50 cl.
The complete poetry of Renee Vivien in
French.
Vivien, Renee: SOIREE, about $7.95 pb.please write for availability and price. In
French.
Vivien, Renee: A WOMAN APPEARED TO
ME, tr. from French by Jeannette Foster
(Naiad), 1979, 65 pp., $5.00 pb. Autobiographical novel of the author's love affair
with Natalie Clifford Barney.
Walker, Alice: THE COLOR PURPLE
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), (1982), 245 pp.,
$11.95 cl.; (Pocket), 1983, $5.95 pb. Pulitzer
prize-winning lesbian fiction set in the Black
South of the 1920's. Walker creates a new
language here-a beautiful book!
Walton, Evangeline: THE CHILDREN OF
LLYR (Ballantine), 1978 (1971), 226 pp.,
$1.95 pb. Wonderful fantasy novel of
medieval times.
Walton, Evangeline: THE ISLAND OF THE
MIGHTY (Ballantine), 1979 (1936), 368 pp.,
$1.95 pb. New reprint of a novel recounting
the wiles of a fabulous sorceress.
Walton, Evangeline: THE SONG OF
RHIANNON (Ballantine), 1979 (1972), 210
pp., $1.95 pb. Fantastic adventure of two men
and two women who battle mysterious forces.
Walton, Evangeline: WITCH HOUSE
(Ballantine), 1979 (1945), 200 pp., $1.75 pb.
An extraordinary horror story that is macabre
and relentless.
Warn, Emily: THE LEAF PATH (Copper
Canyon), 1982, $5.00 pb. Highly respected
poems selected by Suan Griffin for the 1981
King County Arts Commission's publication
project. Expresses reverence for humanity and
nature.
Waters, Chocolate: CHARTING NEW
WATER (Eggplant), 1980, 96 pp., $5.50 pb.
Poems, satire, columns, and cartoons from a
wonderfully funny lesbian poet and writer.
Waters, Chocolate: TAKE ME LIKE A
PHOTOGRAPH (Eggplant), 1980 (1977), 48
pp., $4. 75 pb. Great little book of lesbian
poetry, some very light and others extremely
serious; includes some photos.
Waters, Chocolate: TO THE MAN REPORTER FROM THE DENVER POST
(Eggplant), 1980, 47 pp., $3.75 pb. Entertaining, hilarious poems from this humorous
poet.
Webb, Phyllis: SELECTED POEMS (Talon),
1971, 129 pp., $4.95 pb. Collection of poems
by the major Canadian poet.
Weiss, Ruth: DESERT JOURNAL (Good
Gay Poets), 1977, $5.00 pb. Epic journalpoem by the famous poet.
White, Mary: SHOUT IT OUT (Bear Enterprises), 1981, $5.00 pb. A collection of poems.
Wiegner, Kathleen: COUNTRY WESTERN
BREAKDOWN (Crossing), 1974, 64 pp.,
$2.95 pb. Wonderful feminist and rural poems

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by a new poet.
Wilson, Anna: CACTUS (Onlywomen), 1981,
155 pp., $4.95 pb. A novel of two older
lesbians and two younger lesbians trying to
survive in a small town in England. Interesting
contrasts among the women's lifestyles.
British import-please write for availability
and price.
Wilson, Barbara Ellen: AMBITIOUS
WOMEN (Spinsters Ink), 1982, 228 pp., $7.95
pb. A story of friendships, rivalry, business
and career dealings, and love affairs between
women. Three women, one a political fugitive,
dealings with the FBI, and grand jury hearings
flesh out this believable story.
Wilson, Barbara: THIN ICE AND OTHER
STORIES (Seal), $4.95 pb. Remarkable
feminist stories.
Winant, Fran: DYKE JACKET (Violet Press),
1980 (1976), 62 pp., $3.50 pb. The lesbian
poems and songs of Fran Winant are a delight.
Thought-provoking and satisfying, they hit
home. The book contains a great song entitled, ''Gertrude and Alice Were Lovers.''
Winant, Fran: GODDESS OF LESBIAN
DREAMS: Poems and Songs (Violet Press),
1980, 63 pp., $3.50 pb. Mystical revelations
and searchings in poetry. The poet tells of
being attuned to the Goddess who is in and
around each of us.
Windle, Susan: MOLE HILL & MOUNTAINS (Open Ear), 1979, 40 pp., $2.00 pb.
Mystical women-identified poems.
Winsloe, Christa: THE CHILD MANUELA:
The Novel of Maedchen in Uniform (Arno),
1975 (1933), $15.00 cl. The original 1933
German novel behind the film, Maedchen in
Uniform. For collectors of Lesbiana.
Wittig, Monique: LES GUERILLERES
(Avon), 1981 (1973), 144 pp., $2.95 pb. Short
stories of Amazon life, noted for distinct style.
Wittig, Monique: THE LESBIAN BODY
(Avon), 1975 (1973), 159 pp., $1.75 pb.
Amazonian in content.
Wittig, Monique: LESBIAN PEOPLES:
Material For a Dictionary (Avon), 1979, $5.95
pb. A wonderful selection of terms of lesbian
lives and legends.

Wittig, Monique: THE OPOPONAX, tr.
from French by Helen Weaver (Daughters),
1976, $4.50 pb.
Wong, Nellie: DREAMS IN THE HARRISON RAILROAD PARK (Kelsey St.),
1981, 45 pp., $4.00 pb. Brilliant feminist
poems from a Chinese-American writer.
Woolf, Virginia: BETWEEN THE ACTS
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1969 (1941),
220 pp., $3.75 pb. A haunting novel, written
during the early years of WW II and com- _
pleted just before Woolf's death, about the
interplay between a man and two women.
Woolf, Virginia: BOOKS AND PORTRAITS: Some Further Selections from the
Literary and Biographical Writings of V.W.,
ed. by Mary Lyon (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1981 (1977), 228 pp., $10.00 cl.,
$4.95 pb. Woolf's literary criticism had great
significance on her work.
Woolf, Virginia: THE CAPTAIN'S DEATH
BED AND OTHER ESSAYS (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1978 (1950), 248 pp., $5.95 pb.
Twenty-five literary essays, collected posthumously.
Woolf, Virginia: THE COMMON READER
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1955 (1925),
246 pp., $3.95 pb. Essays about writing and
writers from Chaucer to the modern.
CONTEMPORARY
Woolf, Virginia:
WRITERS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich),
1976 (1965), 160 pp., $2.45 pb. Essays on the
20th-century books and authors.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DEATH OF THE
MOTH AND OTHER ESSAYS (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1974 (1942), 248 pp.,
$2.95 pb. Literary essays by Woolf.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DIARY OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. I: 1915-1919, ed.
by Anne Olivier Bell (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1979, 356 pp., $3.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DIARY OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 2: 1920-1924, ed.
by Anne Olivier Bell (Harcourt Brace J ovanovich), 1980 (1978), 372 pp., $12.95 cl., $5.95
pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DIARY OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 3: 1925-1930, ed.
by Anne Olivier Bell (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1981, 386 pp., $8.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DIARY OF VIRGINIA VOOLF, Vol. 4: 1931-1935, ed. by
Anne Olivier Bell (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1982, 416 pp. $19.95 cl.
Woolf, Virginia: FLUSH (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1976 (1933), 192 pp., $2.45 pb.
Story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker
spaniel, which provides glimpses of Browning
and her life with Robert.
Woolf, Virginia: FRESHWATER (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1976, 82 pp., $6.95 cl.
Woolf's only play, a hilarious farce discovered after Leonard's death.
Woolf, Virginia: GRANITE AND RAINBOW (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1975

WOOLF
Woolf, Virginia: WOMEN AND WRITING
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1980 (19041942), 200 pp., $3.95 pb. Collection of her
shorter pieces on women as writers, drawn
from her various volum_nes of essays.
Woolf, Virginia: A WRITER'S DIARY (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1973 , 365 pp., $3.65
pb. Comments on works she was both reading
and writing, plus writing exercises and notes.
Spans 27 years.
Woolf, Virginia: THE YEARS (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1965 (1937), 440 pp.,
$5.95 pb. A novel spanning three generations
of an upper-class English family.

(1958), 240 pp., $3.45 pb. Literary essays.
Woolf, Virginia: A HAUNTED HOUSE
AND OTHER SHORT STORIES (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1972 (1949, 1966), 150
pp., $2.95 pb. Stories published posthumously
by Leonard Woolf. Beautiful writing.
Woolf, Virginia: JACOB'S ROOM (Harcourt.
Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1922), 176 pp.,
$2.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. I: 1888-1912, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1977 (1975),
540 pp., $8.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 2: 1912-1922, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1976),
634 pp., $5.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 3: 1923-1928, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1980 (1977),
606 pp., $5 .95 pb.

Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 4: 1929-1931, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1981 (1978),
448 pp., $7.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 5: 1932-1935, ed.
by Niegl Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1982 (1979),
476 pp., $14.95 cl., $9.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 6: 1936-1941, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1982 (1980),
558 pp., $19.95 cl., $9.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE MOMENT AND
OTHER ESSAYS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1974 (1948), 256 pp., $2.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: MOMENTS OF BEING
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1976),
208 pp. , $8.95 cl., $2.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: MRS. DALLOWAY (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1953 (1925), 298
pp., $4.95 pb. Focuses on a party Woolf was
always excited by.
Woolf, Virginia: MRS. DALLOWAY'S
PARTY (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1975,
$2.95 pb . Sequel to Mrs. Dalloway-Seven
stories focusing on the same party.
Woolf, Virginia: NIGHT AND DAY (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1948 (1920), 512
pp., $5.75 pb. A novel: a love story posing
crucial questions about women, intellectual
freedom, and marriage, set in London before
WWI.

Woolf, Virginia: ORLANDO (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1973 (1928), 334 pp., $3.95 pb .
Woolf's most fanci.ful novel with a

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hero/ heroine who spans three centuries of
English history, society, and literature. A
feminist reappraisal of the nature of the sexes.
Woolf, Virginia: THE PARGITERS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1977), 176
pp ., $16.00 cl., $4.95 pb. The novel-essay
portion of The Years.
Woolf, Virginia: ROGER FRY: A Biography
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1976 (1940),
304 pp., $4.50 pb. Woolf's only biography,
which she undertook to commemorate a
devoted friend .
Woolf, Virginia: A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1981, 1957
(1929), 122 pp., $2.95 pb. Women will attain
the power, influence, wealth, and fame that
men have attained, Woolf claims in this essay,
provided they can find the first two keys to
freedom-fixed incomes and rooms of their
own.
Woolf, Virginia: THE SECOND COMMON
READER (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1960
(1932), 248 pp., $3.50 pb. Further literary
essays.

Woolf, Virginia: THREE GUINEAS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1963, $2.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1955 (1927),
320 pp., $6.95 pb . A novel about the daily life
of an English family in the Hebrides .
Woolf, Virginia: THE VOYAGE OUT (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1968, 1948 (1920),
376 pp., $3 .95 pb. Her first novel. Realistic,
with beautiful language. ·
Woolf, Virginia: THE WAVES (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1930), 304 pp. ,
$3 .95 pb.

Bell, Quentin: VIRGINIA WOOLF: A Biography (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1972,
318 pp., $4.50 pb. • Written by Woolf's
nephew, this is considered by many to be the
best biography of the writer.
Edel, Leon: BLOOMSBURY: A House of
Lions (Avon), 1980 (1979), 338 pp., $2.75 pb.
An absorbing, well-done account of the period
and the people.
Gadd, David: THE LOVING FRIENDS: A
Portrait of Bloomsbury (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1974, 210 pp., $3.45 pb., $6.95
cl.
Holtby, Winifred: VIRGINIA WOOLF: A
Critical Memoir (Academy Chicago), 1978,
208 pp., $5.00 pb. Discussion of the complex,
ground-breaking work of a contemporary
writer at the height of her career. Probably
among the best critical examinations of
Woolf's work.
Lehmann, John: VIRGINIA WOOLF AND
HER WORLD (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich),
1977 (1975), 128 pp., $4.95 pb. Large-format
biography with many photos.
Marcus, Jane, ed.: NEW FEMINIST ESSAYS ON VIRGINIA WOOLF (U. Nebraska
Pr.), 1981, 268 pp., $21.50 cl.
Marder, H.: FEMINISM AND ART: A Study
of Virginia Woolf (U. Chicago Pr.), 1968, 190
pp., $2.95 pb. A sensitive, thorough treatment
of Woolf's feminism.
Morrell, Lady Ottoline: LADY OTTOLINE'S
ALBUM: Snapshots and Portraits of Her
Famous Contemporaries (Knopf), 1976, 118
pp., $12.50 cl. Famed hostess of Bloomsbury
group, in an excellent selection of photos.
Noble, Joan Russell: RECOLLECTIONS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF BY HER CONTEMPORARIES (Morrow), 1972, 208 pp.,
$2.50pb.
O'Brien, Edna: VIRGINIA: A Play (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1981, 74 pp., $7.95 cl.
Richter, Harvena: VIRGINIA WOOLF: The
Inward Voyage (Princeton U. Pr.), 1978
(1970), 276 pp., $4.95 pb. An analysis of the
works of Woolf, including novels, essays, and
letters.
Rosenbaum, S.P., ed.: THE BLOOMSBURY
GROUP (U. Toronto·Pr.), 1977 (1975), 448
pp., $12.50 pb.

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Spater, G., and I. Parsons: A MARRIAGE
OF TRUE MINDS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1979 (1977), 210 pp., $5.95 pb. An
account of the marriage of Leonard and
Virginia Woolf.
Nicolson, Nigel: PORTRAIT OF A
MARRIAGE (Antheneum), 1973, 249 pp.,
$6.95 pb. The letters and diaries of Vita
Sackville-West provide the evidence of love
affairs with Violet Trefusis and Virginia
Woolf. Nicolson portrays his parents'
marriage as a loving partnership between two
people who found most of their sexual release
in homosexual contacts.
Worley, Gwen: LAND'S END (Four Oceans),
1976, 8 pp., $2.50 saddlestitched. Highly
personal, reflections of a dyke in Provincetown, MA.
Young, Donna J.: RETREAT AS IT WAS!
(Naiad), 1979, 106 P.~~- .,5.00 pb. Futuristic
lesbian fantasy in ~~,".,I-woman society. For
those interested i·~o'.,-woman utopian novels,
this is an ir>'O~dting and important contribution.
Yourcenar, Marguerite: THE ABYSS, tr.
from French by Grace Frick (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1981 (1976), 384 pp., $8.95 pb.
Yourcenar, Marguerite: A COIN IN NINE
HANDS, tr. from French by Dori Katz
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1982 (1950) (1934),
174 pp., $12.95 cl. Set in fascist Italy, this
accessible novel of heroism involves a plot to
assassinate Mussolini.
Yourcenar, Marguerite: FIRES, tr. from
French by Dori Katz (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1982 (1981), 129 pp., $8.25 pb.,
$11.65 cl. Nine dramatic monologues and
narratives based on classical Greek stories,
interspersed with highly personal (lesbian)
notations. The book reflects on a time of profound inner crisis in the author's life.
Yourcenar, Marguerite: LES YEUX
OUVERTS (Le Centurion), 1980, 335 pp.,
$12.95 pb. French import-please write for
availability and price.
Zaremba, Eve: A REASON TO KILL (Paperjacks), 1978, 186 pp., $1.95 pb. A lesbian
detective story with gay male characters. A
good, fast read. Canadian import-please
write for availability and price.

(1976), 192 pp. , $3.95 pb. Some early womenwooing-women poems here.
Bulkin, Elly, ed.: LESBIAN FICTION: An
Anthology (Persephone), 1981 , 286 pp., $8.95
pb. A wonderful selection, including short
fiction by Judy Grahn, Jane Rule, Sandy
Boucher, Julie Blackwoman, Jan Clausen,
and many more.
Bulkin, Elly, ed.: LESBIAN POETRY: An
Anthology (Persephone), 1981, 296 pp.,
$10.95 pb. This sister-selection includes May
Sarton, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Susan
Griffin, Rita Mae Brown, and much more.
Cedar & Nelly, eds.: A WOMAN'S TOUCH:
An Anthology of Lesbian Eroticism and
Sensuality (Womanshare Books), 1981 (1979),
160 pp., $6.50 pb. A collection of erotica, art,
and stories by both well-known and lesserknown contributors. For women only.

Cherry, Chris, Ellen Galford, Joy Pitman and
others: HENS IN THE HAY (Stramullion
Press), 1980, 79 pp. , $3.25 pb. Scottish
feminist press anthologising lesbian and
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Cooper, Jane, Gwen Head, Adalaide Morris,
Anderson, Margaret, ed.: THE LITTLE RE- and Marcia Southwick, eds.: EXTENDED
VIEW ANTHOLOGY (Horizon), 1953, 383 OUTLOOKS: The Iowa Review Collection of
pp., $4.95 pb. The editor, a romantic, a rebel, Contemporary Women Writers (Macmillan),
and founder and editor of The Little Review 1982, 400 pp., $7.95 pb. Includes Becky
(which has published many distinguished Birtha, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, and
writers), here presents a fine collection. In- many more .
cluded are Gertrude Stein, Emma Goldman,
Cosman, Carol, Joan Keefe, and Kathleen
Djuna Barnes, and others.
Weaver, eds.: THE PENGUIN BOOK OF
BACKBONE 2: NEW FICTION BY WOMEN POETS (Penguin), 1981 (1978), 400
NORTHWEST WOMEN (Seal) 1980, 154 pp., $5.95 pb. Classic poets, dating back to
pp., $4.95 pb. Both lesbian and feminist ancient Egypt, through contemporary 20thauthors are represented. Barbara O'Mary century authors; an international selection.
(from This Woman) re-emerges here.
COUNTRY WOMEN'S POETRY (Country
Bankier, Joanna, Carol Cosman, Doris Earn- Women), 1975, 128 pp., $2.00 pb. A
shaw, et. al., eds.: THE OTHER VOICE: collection by lesbians and their households
Twentieth Century Women's Poetry in Trans- who are living on the land.
lation, foreword by Adrienne Rich (Norton),
1976, 218 pp., $5.95 pb. An exciting collection Covina, Gina, and Laurel Galana, eds.: THE
of women poets from various cultures, socio- LESBIAN READER: An Amazon Quarterly
economic classes and origins, sharing their Anthology (Amazon), 1975, 247 pp., $5 .95
pb. Fiction, poetry, and essays from the
differences and commonalities.
periodical Amazon Quarterly, a lesbian
Barnston, Aliki, and Willis Barnstone: A magazine from the early 70's.
BOOK OF WOMEN POETS FROM ANTIQUITY TO NOW (Schocken), 1981, $9.95 pb. Dallman, Elaine, ed.:WOMAN POET, Vol I:
A beautiful, enormous book-275 poets from The West (Women-in-Literature), 1980, 100
every time with brief biographical sketches; pp., $6.00 cl. A regional anthology of contemporary women poets.
arranged geographically.
PARTI
Dineson,
Betsy, ed.: REDISCOVERY: Short
Bernikow, Louise, ed.: THE WORLD SPLIT
(Avon), 1982, 272 pp. , $3.50
Story
Anthology
OPEN: Four Centuries of Women Poets in
SECTION II
England & America, 1552-1950, introduction pb. Includes 22 stories, spanning 300 years;
FICTION & POETRY
by Louise Bernikow, preface by Muriel includes Aphra Behn, June Arnold, Willa
(Vintage), 1974, 346 pp., $4.95 pb. Cather, Alix Kates Shulman, and more.
Rukeyser
ANTHOLOGIES
Many classic writers reprinted here; also some Efros, Susan, ed.: THIS IS WOMEN'S
poems drawn from the blues of Bessie Smith WORK: An Anthology of Prose & Poetry
(Panjandrum), 1974, 148 pp., illustrated,
and Ma Rainey.
$4.95
pb . A very good collection of early writHere are both lesbian anthologies and Bogin, Meg: THE WOMEN TROUBAanthologies of women writers that include DOURS: An Introduction to the Women ings; includes Marge Piercy, Susan Griffin,
lesbian authors and themes. The list is Poets of the Twelfth Century Provence and a Sandy Boucher, and many more.
alphabetical by author.
Collection of Their Poems (Norton), 1980 Fairbairns, Zoe, Sara Maitland, Valerie

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Miner, Michele Roberts, Michelene Wandor:
TALES I TELL MY MOTHER: A Collection
of Feminist Short Stories (South End), 1980
(1978), 162 pp., $5.00 pb. Fifteen stories
written as a collaborative project by some of
the most exciting contemporary British and
American authors today.
Fell, Alison, ed.: HARD FEELINGS: Fiction
and Poetry From Spare Rib (Women's Press),
1979, 214 pp., about $7.25 pb. A variety of
themes and approaches from lucid reality to
black humor mirror the passionate complexities of women's lives and perceptions.
British import; please inquire for present
availability and price.
Fell, Alison, Stef Pixner, Tina Reid, Michele
Roberts, and Ann Oothuizen: LICKING THE
BED CLEAN (Teeth Imprints), 1978, about
$2.00. British import; please inquire for current availability and price.
Fell, Alison and Stef Pixner, Tina Reid,
Michele Roberts, and Ann Oothuizen:
SMILE, SMILE, SMILE (Sheba Feminist
Publishers), 1980, 128 pp., $3.50 pb. Poems,
stories, and drawings by the authors of
Licking The Bed Clean. Funny, erotic,
thoughtful accounts of women who swagger,
scale Pyrenean peaks, and more.
Fisher, Dexter, ed.: THE THIRD WOMAN:
Minority Women Writers of the United States

(Houghton Mifflin), 1980, 594 pp., $12.50 pb.
Included here are American Indian, Black,
Chicana, and Asian American women. An
important collection.
Gomez, Alma, Cherrie Moraga and Mariana
Romo Carmona, eds.: CUENTOS, Stories by
Latinas (Kitchen Table), 1983, 225 pp., $8.95
pb. The first collection of short fiction by
Latinas written from a feminist-political perspective. · Includes work by women from the
U.S. and Latin America, both in English and
in Spanish.
Grahn, Judy, ed.: TRUE TO LIFE ADVENTURE STORIES: Vol. II (Crossing),
1981, 224 pp., $11.95 cl., $6.95 pb. Judy
Grahn compiles works by women who would
not necessarily consider themselves authors.
Work of the so-called common woman in reallife situations,
Hacker, Marilyn, ed.: WOMAN POET, Vol.
II: The East (Women-in-Literature), 1981, 124
pp., $6.00 pb. A regional anthology, representing contemporary American women
poets; many lesbians included.
Hall, James, :Nancy J. Jones, and Janet R.
Sutherland: WOMEN: Portraits (McGrawHill), 1976, 292 pp., $7.00 pb. Draws from
many sources to present realistic portraits of
women, both young and mature and from
many cultures.

Hoffman, Nancy, and Florence Howe, eds.:
WOMEN WORKING: An Anthology of
Stories and Poems, illus. by Ann ToulmanRothe (Feminist), 1979, 272 pp., $5.50 pb.
Includes many important authors: Barbara
Smith, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, Anzia
Yezierska, and more.
Howe, Florence, and Ellen Bass, eds.: NO
MORE MASKS: An Anthology of Poems by
Women (Doubleday), 1973, 396 pp., $5 .95 pb.
One of the first anthologies published by a
major press. Today it is almost as important
as it was in 1973. Includes both lesbian and
feminist authors, mostly well-known.
Isom, Joan Shaddox, ed.: SUN-CATCHER:
Children of Earth-An Anthology of People
Who Have Endured (Foxmoor), 1982, 116
pp., $5.50 pb. A collection of prose and
poetry by 33 contributors who share emotions
that are basic to human existence. Includes
Maya Angelou, Emily Carr, Meridel Lesueur,
and others.
Kaminski, Margaret, ed.: MOVING TO
ANTARTICA: An Anthology of Women's
Writing From Moving Out (Dustbooks), 1975,
166 pp., $3.95 pb. Contains poems, prose,
drama, and an essay. Early writings that
continue to be vital to our feminist consciousness.

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Smith, Barbara, ed.: HOME GIRLS: A Black
Feminist Anthology (Kitchen Table), 1983,
384 pp., $10.95 pb. A greatly revised version
of Conditions: FIVE-The Black Women's
Issue. Contains fiction, p_olitical analysis, and
attempts to capture what Black feminism is at
the present time. Also counters some of the
homophobic books that have come out
recently in the name of Black feminism. Some
contributors are Gloria T. Hull, Alexis
DeVaux, Alice Walker, Bernice Reagon, June
Jordan, and Cheryl Clarke.
WOMAN SPACE (New Victoria), 1981, 94
pp., $4.95 pb. Science fiction and futuristic
fiction and art by women. Includes Joanna
Russ and Josephine Saxon, as well as many
new talents.
Picano, Felice, ed.: A TRUE LIKENESS: Lesbian and Gay Writing Today (Sea Horse),
1980, 353 pp., $9.95 pb. Short stories, poetry,
and two plays, most of which have not been
published before.

Barbara Grier and Donna J. McBride of Naiad
Press, photo by JEB .

Kidd, Virginia, ed.: MILLENIAL WOMEN
(Dell), 1978, 305 pp., $1.95 pb. Science fiction
and futuristic fantasies of women in search of
themselves. Works by Le Guin, Lynn, and
others.
Kleinberg, Seymour, ed.: THE OTHER PERSUASION: Short Fiction About Gay Men and
Women (Vintage), 1977, 351 pp., $4.95 pb.
The lesbian fiction in this fine collection is of
high quality. Includes work of Radcliffe Hall,
Gertrude Stein, Jane Rule, and others.
Lifshin, Lyn, ed.: ARIADNE'S THREAD: A
Collection of Contemporary Women's
Journals (Harper & Row), 1982, 288 pp.,
$17 .95 cl, $6.95 pb. Diaries and journals of
both well-known and lesser-known contemporary writers. Includes Marge Piercy,
Judy Chicago, Ntozake Shange, and others.
LOVERS AND OTHER LOSSES: Poems By
Seven Women (Isis), 1981, 80 pp., $3.95 pb.
Includes Louise Bernikow, Almitra David (a
Pennsylvania poet), and several other quality
authors.
MANROOT #8: WOMANHOOD (Manroot),
1973, 120 pp., $3.00 pb. Includes writing by
women and men, black and white, gay and
straight. Lynn Strongin, Judy Grahn, Helen
Luster are included here.
McAllister, Pam, ed.: REWEAVING THE
WEB OF LIFE: Feminism and Nonviolence
(New Society), 1982, 448 pp., $19.95 cl., $8.95
pb. Anthology with more than 50 contributors. Includes women's history, women
against militarism, self-defense, civil rights,
interviews, songs, poems, short stories, and
bibliography.
Mohin, Lillian, ed.: ONE FOOT ON THE
MOUNTAIN: An Anthology of British
Feminist Poetry, 1969-1979 (Onlywoman),
1979, about $5.00 pb. Please write for current
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O'Brien, Aline, Chrys Rasmussen, and
Catherine Costello, eds.: WOMANBLOOD:
Portraits of Women in Poetry and Prose
(Saga), 1981, 206 pp., $9.95 pb. An album of
portraits of women seen from every angle, in
every stage of life, the traditions and legacies
of our foremothers, etc. Lesbian content
uncertain.
Rotter, Pat, ed.: BITCHES AND SAD
LADIES: An Anthology of Fiction By and
About Women (Dell), 1980 (1975), 445 pp.,
$2.25 pb. An important, diverse collection;
includes some lesbians but mostly feminist
authors .
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Salmonson, Jessica Amanda, ed.:
AMAZONS! (Daw), 1979, 206 pp., $2.25 pb.
Award-winning collection of short stories
about heroic women in fantasy.
Salmonson, Jessica Amanda, ed.:
AMAZONS II (DAW), 1982, $2.95 pb.
SAPPHIC TOUCH, Vol. II (Pamir), 1981,
136 pp., $6.00 pb. Stories, poems, articles,
and graphics of lesbian erotica.
Sargent, Pamela, ed.: MORE WOMEN OF
WONDER (Vintage), 1976, 305 pp., $2.95 pb.
The second book of the Women of Wonder
series, containing a variety of women's science
fiction.
Sargent, Pamela, ed.: THE NEW WOMEN
OF WONDER (Vintage), 1978, 363 pp., $2.50
pb. Third book of Women of Wonder series,
containing Joanna Russ's lesbian story
"When it Changed ."
Sargent, Pamela, ed.: WOMEN OF WONDER (Vintage), 1975 (1974), 288 pp., $2.95
pb. Anthology of science fiction stories by 12
women writers. Good introduction by Sargent
on contributions of women to this maledominated writing field.

PARTI
SECTION III
BOOKSON
WOMEN'S BOOKS
This section is included for those of us who
love books and enjoy exploring. It lists
bibliographies and book reviews, books of
women's publishing and self publishing,
archival _information, and literary criticism.
The order is alphabetical by author, compiler,
or editor.
Abel, Elizabeth, ed.: WRITING AND
SEXUAL DIFFERENCE (U. Chicago Pr.),
1982, 312 pp., $7.95 pb. Among the 16
contributors are Carolyn G. Heilbrun and
Nina Auerbach.
A GAY BIBLIOGRAPHY, 6th ed, American
Library Association, Gay Task Force (Social
Responsibilities Round Table), 1980 (1971),
15 pp., $1.00 stapled. A bibliography
featuring non-fiction materials that present or
support positive views of the gay experience.
Barr, Marlene S., ed.: FUTURE FEMALES
(Bowling Green), 1981, 192 pp., $8.95 pb. A
critical anthology of essays on science fiction.
Buyze, Jean: THE TENTH MUSE: Women
Poets Before 1806 (Shameless Hussy), 1980,
128 pp., $3.95 pb. An index of women poets
from the beginnings of literature to the year
1806.
Cornillon, Susan Koppelman, ed.: IMAGES
OF WOMEN IN FICTION: Feminist Perspectives (Bowling Green), 1973 (1972), 399
pp., $7.95 pb. A collection of essays examining the ways women are portrayed in fiction.

BOOKS ON WOMEN'S BOOKS

Crosland, Margaret: BEYOND THE LIGHTHOUSE: English Women Novelists in the
Twentieth Century (Taplinger), 1981, 230 pp.,
$14.95 cl. This provocative survey of notable
British women writers is distinguished by its
discerning criticism and perceptive understanding of the social background that influenced each novelist's work.
Davidson, Cathy N., and E.M. Broner: THE
LOST TRADITION: Mothers and Daughters
in Literature (Frederick Unger), 1980, 327 pp.,
$8.95 pb. Twenty-four essays examining the
links between mothers and daughters as portrayed in many literary forms. Includes a discussion on how this link is depicted in works
by Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Rich, and many
others.
Evans, Mary, and David Morgan: WORK ON
WOMEN: A Guide to the Literature
(Methuen), 1979, 83 pp., $3.95 pb. An excellent feminist bibliography-includes many
lesbian authors and issues of interest to the
ksbian-feminist community.
Gilbert, Sandra M., and Susan Gubar, eds.:
SHAKESPEARE'S SISTERS: Feminist
Essays on Women Poets (Indiana U. Pr.),
1979, 337 pp., $10.95 pb. These 19 exceptionally intelligent and insightful essays on
women poets include Jane Lead, Anne Bradstreet, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, H.D., Edna
St. Vincent Millay, Christina Rossetti, Emily
Dickinson, and others.
Grier, Barbara: THE LESBIAN IN LITERATURE (Naiad), 1981, 168 pp., $7.95 pb. The
legendary lesbian treasure map. A checklist of
lesbian literary heritage, including wonderful
tidbits, unexpected authors, 89 photos, and

excellent commentary. Complete through
1979 with some 1980 titles.
Grier, Barbara: LESBIANA: Book Reviews
From The Ladder, 1966-1972 (Naiad), 1976,
291 pp., $5.00 pb. Book reviews of literature
with lesbian content, written in Barbara
Grier's piercing articulate style. An important
piece of lesbian herstory.
Haber, Barbara: WOMEN IN AMERICA: A
Guide to Books, 1963-1975 (G.K. Hall), 1978,
202 pp., $18.00 cl. This is a general bibliography, documenting the books of the new
women's movement, geared toward college
teachers, librarians, undergraduate students,
as well as general readers. The author is a
research librarian from Radcliffe. Poetry,
fiction, and drama have been omitted from
this list. The section on sexuality, which in.eludes lesbians, is thoughtful and accurate.
Jelinek, Estelle, ed.: WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Essays in Criticism (Indiana
U. Pr.), 1980, 274 pp., $9.95 pb. A discussion
of the forms, content, and intention of
women's autobiographies. The books
examined are mostly by literary women or
politically active women.
Joan, Polly, and Andrea Chesman: GUIDE
TO WOMEN'S PUBLISHING (Dustbooks),
1978, 296 pp., $4.95 pb. A book that exemplifies the magnitude of women's publishing
today. A celebration of multi-faceted interests-from art to political journals, to
distribution, to presses. Truly a labor of love
and a feast.
Johnson, Christine Leslie, and Arny Christine
Straayer: A BOOK OF ONE'S OWN: Guide
to Self-Publishing (Metis), 1979, 70 pp., $4.00
saddlestitched. Provides in-depth information
on the business, production, and distribution
of book publishing. Includes a bibliography.
Juhasz, Suzanne: NAKED AND FIERY
FORMS: Modern American Poetry by
Women (Harper & Row), 1976, 212 pp., $3.95
pb. This book traces the development of the
new tradition of American women's poetry by
examining closely the work of some of the
poets who have created it. Emily Dickinson,
Marianne Moore, Denise Levertov, Sylvia
Plath, Anne Sexton, Gwendolyn Brooks,
Nikki Giovanni, Alta, and Adrienne Rich are
included here.
McFadyen, Barbara, and Marilyn Gayle:
BRING OUT YOUR OWN BOOK: Low-Cost
Self-Publishing (Godiva), 1980, 96 pp., $6.00
saddlestitched. Lucid explanation of the
various aspects of self-publishing. Large
format.
Roberts, J.R., ed.: BLACK LESBIANS: An
Annotated Bibliography, foreword by Barbara Smith (Naiad), 1981, 93 pp., $5.95 pb. A
comprehensive guide to materials by and/ or
about Black lesbians in the U.S. Includes
much information drawn from periodicals
and books that include Black lesbians.
Staicar, Tom, ed.: THE FEMININE EYE:
Science Fiction and The Women Who Write It

Frances Hankel and Alma with cats.

(Ungar), 1982, 148 pp., $6.95 pb. Critical
essays on Suzy McKee Charnas, Marion
Zimmer Bradley, and the elusive James Tiptree, Jr.
Stewart, Grace: A NEW MYTHOS: The
Novel of the Artist as Heroine, 1877-1977
(Eden Press Women's Publications), 1981,
200 pp., $8.95 pb. An analysis of how female
writers structure their novels of the artist as
heroine and therein treat certain existing
myths and mythic images.
Sternburg, Janet, ed.: THE WRITER ON
HER WORK (Norton), 1981 (1980), 266 pp.,
$4.95 pb. Celebrates the diversity of novelists,
poets, and writers of non-fiction-how they
became writers, why they write, and what it
means to be a woman writer
Turner, Maryann: BIBLIOTECA FEMINA:
A Herstory of Book Collections Concerning
Women, illus. by Ellen Turner (Tower), 1978,
118 pp., $5.00 pb. A fine exploration into
many known and obscure collections with
extensive information about them and their
contents.
West, Celeste, and Valerie Wheat: THE
PASSIONATE PERILS OF PUBLISHING
(Booklegger), 1978, 76 pp., $5.00 pb.
Humorous examination of the industry, from
the conglomerates to the feminist presses.
Williams, Ora: AMERICAN BLACK WOMEN IN THE ARTS AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES: A Bibliographic Survey, Revised
and Expanded (Scarecrow), 1978, 197 pp.,
$10.00 cl. An impressive tribute to the many
accomplishments of the Black woman in a
diversity of disciplines.
Williamson, Jane: NEW FEMINIST
SCHOLARSHIP: A Guide to Bibliographies
(Feminist), 1979, 139 pp., $15.00 cl. The
author lists all bibliographies in English, in
addition to any free materials distributed by
public libraries and women's organizations.
Lesbians are included in the 32 categories.

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COMING OUT

Ginny Vida, photo from The Lesbian in

Literature.

PART II
SECTION I
COMING OUT
1-------------------1

Alyson, Sasha, ed.: YOUNG, GAY AND
PROUD (Alyson), 1981, 96 pp., $2.95 pb. A
very up book for young adults. Deals with
coming out to parents, at school, and to
friends. Contains a good bibliography for
young adults.
Clark, Don, Ph.D.: LOVING SOMEONE
GAY (Signet), 1977, 274 pp., $3.50 pb.
Among the best books on the subject for gays,
friends, family, and for the professional.
Gives many helpful hints about coming out.
Also a chapter for therapists on how to work
with gay clients.
Cruikshank, Margaret, ed.: THE LESBIAN
PATH (Double Axe Books), 1981 (1980), 248
pp., $6.95 pb. A fine collection of writings by
37 lesbians on a variety of topics. Some of the
topics covered: Young Lesbians, Finding
Ourselves, Catholic Tales, Mothers, and
more. Many of the contributors are wellknown authors in the lesbian literary community.
Diamond, Liz: THE LESBIAN PRIMER
(Women's Educational Media), 1981 (1979),
86 pp., $4.50 pb. Like a course in Lesbianism
101-it dispels myths, is very informative,
includes a bibliography, record list, glossary,
and much more.
Fairchild, Betty: PARENTS OF GAYS
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saddlestitched. Helpful guidance for gays and
their parents: includes locations of support
groups.
Fairchild, Betty, and Nancy Hayward: NOW
THAT YOU KNOW: What Every Parent
Should Know About Homosexuality (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1979, 228 pp., $6.95
pb. The best book for talking to parents in
their own language. Winner of the Gay Book
Award, from the Gay Task Force of the
Library Association.
Hanckel, Frances, and John Cunningham: A
WAY OF LOVE, A WAY OF LIFE: A Young
Person's Introduction to What It Means To
Be Gay (Morrow), 1979, 188 pp., $8.95 cl. An
excellent sourcebook for young people, it
includes sections on gay terminology,
recognizing your gayness, confronting your
feelings about being gay, talking with the
family, how to meet people, having relationships and sex, interviews with a dozen lesbians
and gay men, and much more. (This book was
written in Philadelphia, so it is particularly
dear to us at Giovanni's Room .)
Scanzoni, Letha, and Virginia Ramey Mollenkott: IS THE HOMOSEXUAL MY
NEIGHBOR? Another Christian View
(Harper & Row), 1978, 159 pp., $5.95 pb. An
excellent book for parents whose religious
principles are creating conflicts for them in
understanding their children's gayness. Looks
at prejudice from an ethical perspective.
Silverstein, Charles, M.D.: A FAMILY
MATTER (McGraw-Hill), 1977, 214 pp.,
$4.95 pb. Case studies and discussions of
positive and negative aspects of coming out to
the family. Written by the founder of a
counseling center for sexual minorities. A
good chapter on parents of gays. ;

Stanley, Julia Penelope, and Susan J. Wolfe,
eds.: THE COMING OUT STORIES (Persephone), 1980, 251 pp., $6.95 pb. The stories
of many lesbians , some well-known, about
their coming out, or discovery of their feelings. An excellent collection.
Switzer, David K., and Shirley Switzer:
PARENTS OF THE HOMOSEXUAL: A
Christian Care Book (Westminster), 1980, 118
pp., $5.95 pb. Examines the guilt and anger
some parents feel about their children being
gay. Prepared by counselors helping to deal
with reconciliation.
Vida, Ginny, ed.: OUR RIGHT TO LOVE: A
Lesbian Resource Book (Prentice-Hall), 1978,
320 pp., $10.95 pb. Produced in cooperation
with the women of the National Gay Task
Force, this is the single most important overview of and guide to lesbianism in America
today. Chapters on every aspect of our livesfrom culture, to families, to the military, to
religion, to sex. Contains writings by wellknown activists and authors, and many
anonymous , personal accounts. An eyeopener for the novice and for many seasoned
sisters .

PART II
SECTION II
BIOGRAPHIES &
INTERVIEWS
Adair, Nancy, and Casey Adair: WORD IS
OUT (Delta), 1978, ~- '3 pp., $7.95 pb.
Shatters the myth r~<,.-$;'exual stereotypes-a
graceful, funny, .} ,gnant, and charming
documentary al-o❖~, lesbians and gay men.
Based on the filn. of the same name.
Albertson, Chris: BESSIE (Stein & Day),
1972, 253 pp., $6.95 pb. Autobiography of the
best blues singer. The most provocative and
enlightening work ever contributed to the
annals of jazz literature.
Baetz, Ruth: LESBIAN CROSSROADS:
Personal Stories of Lesbian Struggles and Triumphs (Morrow), 1980, 273 pp., $6.95 cl.
(reduced from $10.95). Interviews.
Beck, Evelyn Torton, ed.: NICE JEWISH
GIRLS: A Lesbian Anthology (Persephone),
1982, 224 pp., $8.95 pb. A record of Jewish
lesbian lives in pictures, poems, fiction, and
essays. Includes Adrienne Rich, Elana Dykewoman, Irena Klepfisz, and many more. A
wonderful contribution to our lives.
Bloch, Alice: LIFETIME GUARANTEE: A
Journey Through Loss and Survival (Persephone), 1981, 131 pp., $6.95 pb. Chronicle
of a woman faced with the impending death of
her sister from cancer. Explores the complex
and intense bonds between sisters.

BIOGRAPHIES/INTERVIEWS
.Boucher, Sandy: HEARTWOMEN, AN
URBAN FEMINIST'S ODYSSEY HOME
(Harper & Row), 1982, 224 pp., $12.95 cl.
Celebrates the diversity of women's lives;
interviews and photos of blacks, native
Americans and whites of various ethnic backgrounds from the mid-western section of the
U.S. (Paperback available Fall 1983).
Cliff, Michelle: CLAIMING AN IDENTITY
THEY TAUGHT ME TO DESPISE (Persephone), 1980, 66 pp., $4.00 pb. An incredible personal voyage through divisions of
race, relationships, and sexuality. A
courageous blend of herstory and poetry.
Galana, Laurel, and Gina Covina: THE NEW
LESBIANS: Interviews with Women Across
the U.S. and Canada (Moon), 1977, 224 pp.,
$4.95 pb. Interviews with lesbians from
diverse backgrounds.
Hobson, Sarah: THROUGH IRAN IN DISGUISE (Academy Chicago), 189 pp., $5.95
pb. The amazing story of Sarah Hobson's
travels through pre-revolutionary Iran dressed ·
as a boy. Formerly Masquerade in cloth.
King, Billie Jean, with Frank DeFord: BILLIE
JEAN (Viking), 1982, 220 pp., $13 .95 cl. This
unfortunately is not a coming out story. It is
quite sad to see one of the greatest women in
sports conforming for the sake of her career
and publicly buckling under.
Lash, Joseph: LOVE, ELEANOR: Eleanor
Roosevelt and Her Friends (Doubleday), 1982,
536 pp., $19.95 cl. Controversial bestseller of
the erotic exploration of Eleanor Roosevelt's
friendship circle of women. Attempts to
explain her revitalized life after Franklin's
death through the support she gained through
bonding with women.

Lewis, Sasha Gregory: SUNDAY'S WOMEN:
A Report on Lesbian Life Today (Beacon),
1981, 217 pp., $10.95 cl., $5.95 pb. Material
from interviews with over 25 lesbians from a
wide variety of backgrounds. Proves that
there is no stereotyped lesbian. Covers all
socioeconomic backgrounds, races, and ages.
Manning, Rosemary: A TIME AND A TIME
(Calder and Royars), 1971, 158 pp., $7.95 pb.
This honest account of the hurt and loneliness
experienced by a lesbian takes the reader into
the realm of depression and the grim realities
of suicide.
Meulenbelt, Anja: THE SHAME IS OVER: A
Political Life Story, tr. by Ann Oosthuizen
(The Women's Press), 1980 (1976), 275 pp.,
$5.95 pb. A courageous, warm, frank, often
funny book that shows how rich, complicated,
and inconsistent real life is.
Moraga, Cherrie, and Gloria Anzaldua, eds.:
THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Persephone), 1981, 261 pp., $8.95 pb. Contains
prose, poetry, personal narrative, and analysis
by Afro-American, Asian American, Latina,
and native American women. Reflects what
the writers feel to be the major areas of
concern. A very important book.
Perrin, Elula: SO LONG AS THERE ARE
WOMEN, tr. by H. Salemson (Morrow),
1978, 216 pp., $10.95 cl. Lives of nine lesbians
as told by the owner of a Paris nightclub for
women, The Katmandou. A sensuous book
that portrays the wide range of lesbian life.
Stewart-Park, Angela, and Jules Cassidy:
WE'RE HERE: Conversations With Lesbian
Women (Charles River), 1977, $3 .95 pb.
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British lesbians.
Wilson, Elizabeth: MIRROR WRITING
(Virago), 1982, 161 pp., about $7.25 pb.
British import-please write for availability
and price. Autobiography of a woman's
search for self. Her story covers four dl·cades
and was much influenced by both politicai and
social changes, particularly the gay liberation
and women's movements.
Womanshare Collective: COUNTRY LESBIANS: The Story of the Womanshare Collective (Womanshare), 1976, 193 pp., $6.00
pb. A book that reveals the intimate feelings
and struggles of women trying new ways of
dealing with sexual relationships, money, and
power, work, and the political meaning of
their personal and collective lives.
Women's Press Collective: LESBIANS
SPEAK OUT (Crossing), 1974, $5.00 pb. An
early collection of essays, art, and poetry by
lesbians. Contains the famous ·"woman
identified woman" by New York Radicalesbians, plus an article by Del Martin and
Phyllis Lyon. A politically important book.
Wolff, Charlotte, M.D.: HINDSIGHT
(Quartet), 1980, 312 pp., $19.95 cl. Dr. Wolff,
author of Live Between Women (1971) and Bisexuality (1977), writes frankly about her life
and work and about her feelings about
Germany and England, her home for over 30
years.

PART II
SECTION III
LESBIAN
IDENTITY
Abbott, Sidney, and Barbara Love: SAPPHO
WAS A RIGHT-ON WOMAN: A Liberated
View of Lesbianism (Stein & Day), 1978
(1972), 256 pp., $1.95 pb. An important piece
of gay-movement literature from the 70's,
written by two lesbians. The book focuses on
what it means to be lesbian and how lesbian
pride can be achieved.
Birkby, Phyllis, ed.: AMAZON EXPEDITION: A Lesbian-Feminist Anthology
(Times Change), $3.00 pb. An extremely
varied collection of 10 essays. Contains some
wonderful information on the lesbian salons
between the wars.
Brooks, Virginia R.: MINORITY STRESS
AND LESBIAN WOMEN (Lexington), 1981,
219 pp., $22.95 cl. Scholarly work written in
understandable language. Builds progressively
and thoughtfully toward a new model of stress
and stress management.
Caprio, Frank S.: FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY: A Psychodynamic Study of
Lesbianism (Citadel), 1954, 334 pp., $2.25 pb.
Considered at time of publication as an outstanding contemporary work. Based on investigations of lesbianism and lesbian
practices in practically every part of the world.

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Cruikshank, Margaret: LESBIAN STUDIES
(Feminist), 1982, 382 pp., $14.95 cl., $7.95
pb. An important book that is also very in.:.
teresting reading. Besides the many thoughtprovoking articles there is an interesting
bibliography and several syllabuses on courses
in lesbianism.
Deming, Barbara: REMEMBERING WHO
WE ARE (Pagoda), 1981, 208 pp., $6.50 pb.
In dialogue with Gwenda Blair, Kathy Brown,
Arthur Kinoy, Susan Saxe, Susan Sherman,
and others, concerning the feminist
movement.
Ettorre, E.M.: LESBIANS, WOMEN AND
SOCIETY (Routledge & Kegan Paul), 1980,
210 pp., $7.95 pb. A book concerning the
creation of a social understanding of
lesbianism. A London-based study of 500,
mostly middle-class lesbians that excluded
only the totally isolated, closeted lesbians.
Frye, Marilyn: SOME REFLECTIONS ON
SEPARATISM AND POWER (Tea Rose),
1977, 10 pp., $1. 75 pamphlet. Reprint of an
essay that originally appeared in Sinister
Wisdom #6.
Gidlow, Elsa: ASK NO MAN PARDON: The
Philosophical Significance of Being Lesbian
(Druid Heights), 1975, 20 pp., $2.00 saddlestitched. Gidlow discusses the distinction
between reproduction and sexuality as ex 0
perienced by lesbians, and suggests that by
recognizing the distinction lesbians can
validate their erotic nature.
Goodman, Bernice: CONFRONTING
HOMOPHOBIA (National Gay Health Coalition), 1979, 12 pp., $2.00 saddlestitched.
Contains two essays, "Notes on Creating a
Lesbian Community" and "A Matter of
Life." Essays dispel myths about gays,
women, and other minorities.
Goodman, Bernice: "WHERE WILL YOU
BE?"-THE PROFESSIONAL OPPRESSION OF GAY PEOPLE: A Lesbian
Feminist Perspective (Womanmade), 1980, 59
pp., $3.50 pb. Selected papers and speeches
used to help social workers begin to under-

stand the lesbian culture. Also included are
coming out stories by people in this profession.
Halliday, Caroline, Sheila Shullman, and
Caroline Griffin: HARD WORDS AND
WHY LESBIANS HAVE TO SAY THEM
(Only Women), 1978, 16 pp., $.95 saddlestitched. A little book with a big messagehow we see ourselves and how the world
stereotypes us.
Hess, Katherine, Jean Langford, and Kathy
Ross: FEMINISM FIRST: An Essay on Lesbian Separatism (Tsunami), 1982, 107 pp.,
$3.00 pb. A collaborative essay ori the herstory and politics of lesbian separatism.
Printed in both Spanish and English.
Johnston, Jill: LESBIAN NATION: . The
Feminist Solution (Touchstone), 1974 (1973),
279 pp., $5.95 pb. Interlocking web of personal experiences, history, and events of the
world, examined both seriously and outrageously.
Kimbal, Gayle, ed.: WOMEN'S CULTURE:
The Women's Renaissance of the Seventies
(Scarecrow), 1981, 296 pp., $8.00 pb. Collection of original essays and interviews about
the female psyche. Women's approach to
creativity from the standpoint of women
artists, psychologists, and scholars. Includes
works by Kay Gardner, Marge Piercy, and Z.
Budapest.
Moses, Alice E.: IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN LESBIAN WOMEN (Praeger),
1978, 124 pp., $21.95 cl. A scholarly
sociological work on the management of
lesbian identity.
Myron, Nancy, and Charlotte Bunch:
LESBIANISM AND THE WOMEN'S
MOVEMENT (Diana), 1975, 104 pp., $3.50
pb. Outlines the essence of lesbian/feminist
politics and documents how the women's
movement has responded to it. The articles
collected here were written by "The Furies"
and/or taken from their publications.
Pastre, Genevieve: DE L'AMOUR LESBIEN
(Pierre Horay), 1980, 298 pp., $10.95 pb. The
sociological, psychological, and biological elements of the lesbian experience within the
tradition of French critical methodology.
Import-please write for availability and
price.
Rosen, David H.: LESBIANISM: A Study of
Female Homosexuality (C.C. Thomas), 1974,
$7 .50 pb. A psychiatric study that appeared
just as the American Psychiatric Association
was deciding to delete homosexuality from its
list of mental illnesses. The book supports the
position that lesbianism is a way of life and
not an illness.
Wittig, Monique, and Sande Zeig: LESBIAN
PEOPLES: Material For a Dictionary (Avon),
1979 (1976), 170 pp., $5.95 pb. A fun and
interesting dictionary.
Wolf, Deborah Goleman:. THE LESBIAN
COMMUNITY (U. California Pr.), 1979, 191
pp., $4.95 pb. A study of the San Francisco
lesbian community by an anthropologist.

HERSTORY /POLITICS
$9.95 trade pb . A rich collection of documents
covering the 17th century to the 1960's that
retrieves the lost history of gay men and
lesbians.
Katz, Jonathan Neb: GAY/ LESBIAN
ALMANAC: A New Documentary (Harper &
Row), 1983, 764 pp., $28.95 cl., $16.95 pb . A
truly brilliant expansion to his earlier book . A
vast compendium that validates our
his/herstory.

PART II
SECTION IV
HERSTORY&
POLITICS
Boyers, Robert, and George Steiner, eds.:
SALMAGUNDI (Issue #58-59) Homosexuality: Sacrilege, Vision, Politics (Skidmore College), Fall 1982-Winter 1983, $7.00
pb. A quarterly of the humanities and social
sciences containing essays dealing with the
interactions between homoeroticism and the
modern culture and society.
Delacoste, Frederique, and Felice Newman,
eds.: FIGHT BACK! Feminist Resistance to
Male Violence (Cleis), 1981, 398 pp., $13.95
pb. A resource for all women who struggle
with violence in their lives. It provides stories
of personal survival, articles on the shelterand the rape-crisis movement, and much
more.
Deming, Barbara: TWO ESSAYS: On Anger
And New Men, New Women; Some Thoughts
on Non-Violence (New Society), 1982, 32 pp.,
$2.45 pb. Originally appeared in We Can Not
Live Without Our Lives, adding new depth to
the personal as political!
Denoel, Marie.Jo Bonnet: UN CHOIX SANS
EQUIVOQUE, "1981, 236 pp., $13.95 pb.
Study of love between women from the sixteenth century through the present. French
import-please write for availability and
price.
DePauw, Linda Grant: SEAFARING
WOMEN (Houghton Mifflin), 1982, 256 pp.,
$10.95 cl. Women on the sea: true stories of
women who were pirates, whalers, traders,
and U.S. coast guard commanders, from the
twelfth century to the present.
Duras, Marguerite, ed.: OUTSIDE (Albin
Michel), 1981. Anthology in French of articles, interviews, and texts from the past 30
years. Please write for availability and price.
Dworkin, Andrea: RIGHT-WING WOMEN:
The Politics of Domesticated Females
(Perigee), 1983, 256 pp., $6.95 pb. Provides
clear analysis of the impact on women of the
Right's position on abortion, homosexuality,
anti-semitism, female poverty and anti·, feminism. She demonstrates, also, the Right's
attempt to exploit and quiet women's deepest
fears.
Faderman, Lillian: SURPASSING THE
LOVE OF MEN: Romantic Friendship and
Love Between Women From the Renaissance
to the Present (Morrow), 1981, 496 pp.,
$10.95 pb. A readable and scholarly cultural
history of the "romantic friendships" between
women that most historians have ignored or
belittled. Faderman argues that these were
primary emotional relationships that existed
at times when women had few financial or
sexual options, and that the friendships were
the forerunners of today's lesbian-feminist
relationships.

Kleinbaum, Abby Welton: THE WAR
AGAINST THE AMAZONS (McGraw-Hill),
1983, $8.95 cl. An historical examination of
how Western men have enlisted in the war
against competent, fierce, desirable women
since the time of Homer.

Lillian Faderman, author of Surpassing the Love
of Men (Morrow, 1981).
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Fitzgerald, Maureen, Connie Guberman, and
Margie Wolfe: STILL AIN'T SATISFIED
(Women's Press Canada), 1982, 250 pp.,
$9.95 pb. Collection of articles on pornography, family violence, abortion, and
sexuality.
Gay Rights National Lobby and the National
Gay Task Force: DOES SUPPORT FOR
GAY RIGHTS SPELL POLITICAL SUICIDE? A Close Look at Some Long Held
Myths, 1980, 41 pp., $3.95 pb. Demonstrates
that supporting civil rights for homosexuals is
not generally a political liability and in some
places may even be a political plus.
Griffin, Susan: PORNOGRAPHY &
SILENCE: Culture's Revenge Against Nature
(Harper & Row), 1982 (1981), 278 pp., $5.95
pb. A profound book about society's often
twisted values.
Heilbrun, Carolyn G.: TOWARD A RECOGNITION OF ANDROGYNY (Norton), 1982
(1964), 200 pp., $4.95 pb. Heilbrun shows
how the concept of androgyny has run from
its source in pre-Hellenic myth through the
literature of the Western World.
Jackson, Ed, and Stan Persky, eds.:
FLAUNTING IT: A Decade of Gay Journalism From the Body Politic (Pink Triangle),
1982, 312 pp., $8 .95 pb. A pioneering
examination of the ways in which a brash new
political movement changed the personal lives
and public struggles of Canadian homosexuals
in the seventies.
Joseph, Gloria I. and Jill Lewis: COMMON
DIFFERENCES: Conflicts in Black and
White Feminist Perspectives (Doubleday),
1981, 300pp., $8.95 pb.
Katz, Jonathan: GAY AMERICAN
HISTORY: Lesbians and Gay Men in the
U.S.A. (Avon), 1976, 106 pp., $3 .95 mass pb.,

Licata, Salvatore J., Ph.D., and Robert P.
Peterson, eds.: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HOMOSEXUALITY
(Haworth), 1981, 2f4 pp. , $18.95 cl. A major
contribution to the history of homosexuality. An anthology of essays on a wide
range of subjects.
Linden, Ruth, Darlene R. Pagano, Diane
E.H. Russell, and Susan Leigh Starr, eds.:
AGAINST SADOMASOCHISM: A Radical
Feminist Analysis (Frog in the Well), 1982,
212 pp., $7.95 pb. A collection of essays on
the politics of sadomasochism .
LOVE YOUR ENEMY? The Debate Between
Heterosexual Feminism and Political
Lesbianism (Onlywomen), 1981 , 68 pp., $3 .50
pb. A collection of letters and papers debating
the place of sexuality in feminist theory and
practice. British import-please write for
availability and price.
Marotta, Toby: THE POLITICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY (Houghton Mifflin), 1981, 369
pp., $9.95 pb. Chronicles the rise and fall of
lesbian and gay organizations of the 60's and
70's. Discusses Radicalesbians, DOB, and
other organizations.
Meyer, Adele, ed.: LILA NAECHTE: Die
Damenklubs der Zwanziger Jahre (Zitronenpresse), 1981 , 172 pp. , about $7 .50 pb.
Depicts lesbian cabaret scene in Germany
during 20's and 30's with rare photographs.
Text is in German. Please write for availability
and price.
Mitchell, Pam, ed.: PINK TRIANGLES:
Radical Perspectives on Gay Liberation
(Alyson), 1980, 187 pp., $4.95 pb. Fourteen
essays by a variety of activists involved in left
politics in general and in gay liberation in
particular. Authors show homosexual culture
as subversive and potentially revolutionary
because it does not conform to traditional
family models .
Morgan, Robin: THE ANATOMY OF FREEDOM (Doubleday), 1982, 365 pp., $16.95 cl.
Writing in a , highly personal-philosophical
style, Morgan reexamines the issues of
freedom, love, marriage, technology, violence, and death through a radical feminist
analysis and v1s1on . Drawing on the
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time and space stand in independent interrelation, she has provided a deeply optimistic
affirmation of the validity and utility of the
feminist vision as an integrative force for
social transformation for women and men.
Rich, Adrienne: COMPULSORY HETEROSEXUALITY AND LESBIAN EXISTENCE
(Only~omen), 1981, 90 pp., $2.50 pb. Rich's
analysis of four books; For Her Own Good150 Years of the Expert Advise to Women;
Witches, Midwives and Nurses; Towards a
New Psychology of Women; and The Mermaid and the Minotaur. Explores how the lack
of recognition of lesbian experience because of
enforced social heterosexuality invalidates
much feminist analysis.
Schwartz, Judith: RADICAL FEMINISTS
OF HETERODOXY: Greenwich Village,
1912-1940 (New Victoria), 1982, 110 pp.,
$6.95 pb. The book documents the life of a
Greenwich Village club where lesbian women
held Saturday meetings and twice-monthly
luncheons to share opinions. The women
represented diverse careers: journalists,
political activists, writers, educators, and professionals. Among the club's regular speakers
were Helen Keller, Margaret Sanger, and
Emma Goldman.
Wex, Marianne: LET'S TAKE BACK OUR
SP ACE: Female and Male Body Language as
a Result of Patriarchal Structures, tr. by
Johanna Albert (Frauenliteraturverlag
Hermine Fees), 1979, 366 pp., $15.95 pb. A
study of the sex-based primary patterns of the
socializations of women and men in the
patriarchy today. Through the use of
thousands of pictures Wex shows how body
language often expresses learned behavioral
experiences.
Zolla, Elemire: THE ANDROGYNE, THE
CREATIVE TENSION OF MALE AND FEMALE (Crossroad/ Continuum), 1982, 96
pp., $9.95 pb. Examination of the symbolist
supreme identity, zero, symbolizing androgyne from Taoist, Tantric, Greek, and
Indian mythologies.

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SECTIONV:
SELF HELP

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American Civil Libertit-s Foundation of
Pennsylvania: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN:
The Law in Pennsylvania, 1981, 59 pp., $2.75
pb. Lucid explanations of how the Pennsylvania laws concerning such matters as
sexual relations, privacy, employment, and
housing affect gay men and lesbians .
CATALYST #12: LESBIAN AND GAY
ISSUES IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES, 1981,
119 pp., $3.00 pb. Articles, poems, and

graphics dealing with situations encountered
by gay men and lesbians in the social-service
field. Some subjects covered are problems
encountered by black lesbians, disabled
lesbians, and gay adolescents.
Chesebro, James W.: • GAY SPEAK: Gay
Male and Lesbian Communication (Pilgrim),
1981, 367 pp., $9.95 pb. How gay men and
lesbians relate to one another as well as to
heterosexuals. This is viewed as a major factor
in what determines public opinions about
homosexuality.
Curry, Hayden, and Denis Clifford: A
LEGAL GUIDE FOR LESBIAN AND GAY
COUPLES (Addison-Wesley), 1980, 268 pp.,
$12.95 pb. A practical book on all the legal
aspects of working and living together. Includes buying property and contract-making
between couples.
Eichenbaum, Luise, and Susie Orbach: •
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN: A Feminist
Psychoanalytic Approach (Basic), 1983, 224
pp. , $15.50 cl. Two noted feminist therapists
challenge both biological determination and
Freudian orthodoxy, citing that women have a
psychology of their own.
Galland, China: WOMEN IN THE WILDERNESS (Harper & Row), 1980, 162 pp., $7.95
pb. Galland explores the world of women who
have tested themselves in the wilderness.
Documents a new image of womencompetent, adventuresome, and willing to
take risks.
Gay Council on Drinking Behavior, WhitmanWalker Clinic: THE WAY BACK: Stories of
Gay and Lesbian Alcoholics, 1981, 90 pp.,
$5.40 pb. Personal stories of strength, hope,
and recovery from alcoholism.
Geyer, Marcia Lee: HUMAN RIGHTS OR
HOMOPHOBIA? The Rising Tide (Universal
Fellowship), 1977, 75 pp., $2.45 pb. Careful
investigation into the nature and dynamics of
homophobia.
Knutson, Donald, ed.: HOMOSEXUALITY
AND THE LAW, in Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 5, Nos. 1 & 2, Fall 1979-Winter
1980 (Haworth Press), 1980, 162 pp., $9.95
pb., $19.95 cl. How the law, as viewed and
decided by the courts, often embodies fear and
prejudice against homosexuals.
Koertge, Noretta, ed.: NATURE AND
CAUSES OF HOMOSEXUALITY: A Philosophic and Scientific Inquiry, in Journal of
Homosexuality, Vol. 6, No. 4, Summer 1981
(Haworth Press), 1981, 100 pp., $15.00 cl. An
interdisciplinary work with essays discussing
two approaches to homosexuality.
Lesbian and Gay Media Advocates: TALK
BACK: The Gay Person's Guide to Media
Action (Alyson), 1982, 119 pp., $3.95 pb. A
good resource book on how to fight against
homophobic material in the news media.
McCormick, Dale: AGAINST THE GRAIN:
A Carpentry Manual For Women (Iowa City
Women's Pr.), 1981 (1977), 258 pp., $8.00 pb.

LESBIAN MOTHERS/SPIRITUALITY
Sisley, Emily, and Bertha Harris, eds.: THE
JOY OF LESBIAN SEX: A Tender and Liberated Guide to the Pleasures and Problems of a
Lesbian Lifestyle (Simon & Schuster), 1978,
192 pp., $12.95 pb., $5.49 cl. (reduced from
$12.95). A compendium of sex information
for all lesbians. Broad approach-includes
lifestyles, child care, hysterectomies, and
much, much more.
Stimpson, Catherine R., and Ethel Spector
Person: WOMEN SEX AND SEXUALITY
(U. Chicago Pr.), 1980, 346 pp., $6.95 pb.
Demonstrates the folly of an obsessive insistence upon one normative pattern of female
sexuality.

PART II
SECTION VII:
LESBIAN MOTHERS

Tanner, Donna M.: THE LESBIAN
COUPLE (Lexington), 1978, 153 pp., $15.95
cl. A sociopsychological study of the lesbian
couple by a college faculty member; includes a
review of the literature.
Wyland, Francie: MOTHERHOOD: Lesbianism and Child Custody (Falling Wall),
1977, $1.70 pb. A book by the Wages Due
Lesbian Movement and the Wages for Housework Movement, outlining their political
stance.

PART II
SECTION VIII
SPIRITUALITY

Adler, Margot: DRAWING DOWN THE
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , MOON: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and other Pagans in America Today
Anti-Sexism Committee of the San Francisco- (Beacon), 1979, 455 pp., $8.95 pb. A
Bay Area National Lawyers Guild: A GAY fascinating and honest look at the religious exPARENTS' LEGAL GUIDE TO CHILD periences, beliefs, and life-styles of the people
CUSTODY, rev. ed., 1978, 52 pp., $2.00 pb.
who call themselves neopagans.
An excellent pamphlet with detailed sugBudapest,
Z: THE HOLY BOOK OF
gestions and information for lesbian or gay
WOMEN'S
MYSTERIES, Part I (Susan B.
parents involved in custody cases.
Goodman, Bernice: THE LESBIAN: A Celebration of Difference (Out & Out), 1977, 70
pp., $3.50 pb. A book about lesbianism
written for the social work profession, with
emphasis on the lesbian mother, written by a
lesbian social worker.
Hanscombe, Gillian E., and Jackie Forster:
ROCKING THE CRADLE: Lesbian
Mothers-A Challenge in Family Living
(Alyson), 1982 (1981), 156 pp., $5.95 pb.;
(Peter Owen), 174 pp., $17.95 cl. Excellent
hoc.Jc on the issue of lesbians as mothers; also
includes detailed information on artificial
insemination by donor as an alternative to
conception by heterosexual vaginal intercourse.
Lindsey, Karen: FRIENDS AS FAMILY
(Harper & Row), 1982, 294 pp., $7.95 pb. An
inspiring account of different forms of
today's families-opens the door to new possibilities for sharing and kinship.
Mendola, Mary: THE MENDOLA REPORT:
A New Look At Gay Couples (Crown), 1980,
269 pp., $12.95 cl. The book is based on
extensive interviews and responses to
questionnaires and argues that gay male and
lesbian couples are very similar to other
married or otherwise committed couples.
Simpson, Ruth: FROM THE CLOSETS TO
THE COURTS (Penguin), 1977, 180 pp.,
$2.25 pb. A first-hand report on what it means
to be a lesbian today. Exposes the persecution
of lesbians and other minorities by various
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discovery and creation of a world other than
the patriarchy.

Gearhart, Sally, and Susan Rennie: A
FEMINIST TAROT (Persephone), 1976, 97
pp., $5.00 pb. A good book on the use of the
Tarot; the introduction contains a history of
the cards.
Hall, Nor: THE MOON AND THE VIRGIN:
Reflections on the Archetypal Feminine
(Harper & Row), 1980, 284 pp., $5.95 pb. An
original perspective on women in myth and
literature, examining and giving new meaning
to the underlying archetypes.
Lanning, Lee and Vernette Hart: RIPENING:
An Almanac of Lesbian Lore and Vision
(Word Weavers), 1982, 160 pp., $4.95 pb.
Pieces on who we are as lesbians, of what we
know to be true: our oneness with the earth;
our turning with the moon, the sun, the
seasons; and more.
Mariechild, Diane: MOTHER WIT: A Feminist Guide to Psychic Development
(Crossing), 1981, 155 pp., $6.95 pb. Exercises
for healing, growth, and spiritual awareness.
Material from occult traditions and Eastern
religions adapted by the author's womanidentified consciousness to the needs of
women today.

Anthony Coven #1), 1979, 136 pp., $7.35 pb.
This book describes wimmin's rituals,
practiced by the Susan B. Anthony Coven #1.
It also describes spellcasting, Tarot
divination, and a herstory and philosophy of
wimmin's religion.
Budapest, Z.: THE HOLY BOOK OF
WOMEN'S MYSTERIES, Part II (Suan B.
Anthony Coven #1), 1980, 223 pp., $8.95 pb.
A cooperation between Z. and her mother,
Masika, includes 57 chapters on women's
mysteries, Dianic Genesis, Laws of the Craft,
rituals, and more.
Budapest, Z.: THE RISE OF THE FATES: A
Mystical Comedy in Eight Acts (Susan B.
Anthony Coven #1), 1976, 86 pp., $5.00 pb. A
mystical comedy in which the witches trounce
the patriarchs. A Halloween liberation ritual
for the wimmin's community.

O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger: WOMEN,
ANDROGYNES, AND OTHER BEASTS (U.
Chicago Pr.), 1982 (1980), 390 pp., $9.95 pb.
A study of the sexual metaphors and animal
symbols used in the mythology of the Indian
subcontinent to express religious concepts
about the flow of powers between male and
female, mortal and immortal, human, animal,
and divine.
Pennington, Rev. Sylvia: BUT LORD,
THEY'RE GAY (Lambda Christian Fellowship), 1982, 166 pp., $5.00 pb. Personal exploration of a spiritual Christian search for a
resolution of Christianity and a gay identity.
~ncludes profiles of spiritual-searching of both
men and women.
Potts, Billie: A NEW WOMEN'S TAROT
(Elf & Dragons), 1977, 54 pp., $3.75 pb.
Considered the best Tarot book available,
written to be understood by all.

Daly, Mary: BEYOND GOD THE FATHER:
Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation
(Beacon), 1973, 225 pp., $5.95 pb. Goes
beyond other key works of the movement to
describe possible ways a radical feminist can
exist in the patriarchal world.
Daly, Mary: THE CHURCH AND THE
SECOND SEX (Harper), 1968, 229 pp., $4.95
pb. A hard-hitting book unmasking the latent
anti-feminism in so much Catholic thinking
and practice.
Daly, Mary: GYN/ECOLOGY: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism (Beacon), 1978,
485 pp., $7.95 pb. The journey of women
becoming is the subject of this work. Mary
Daly demonstrates this journey as one of both

Potts, Billie: WITCHES HEAL: Lesbian
Herbal Self-Sufficiency (Hecuba's
Daughters), 1981, 172 pp., $7.50 pb. Health
care self-sufficiency through the timely and
preventive use of plant medicine. Underlying
the book is the belief that wimmin were
society's primary medical-care providers for
thousands of years.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady: THE WOMAN'S
BIBLE (Coalition Task Force on Women and
Religion), 1981 (1974), 217 pp., $7.95 pb. The
Woman's Bible was designed to challenge the
injustices to women contained in the Scriptures or in their interpretations.
STUDY GUIDE TO THE WOMAN'S BIBLE
(Coalition Task Force on Women and

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"An overwhelming collection of 200
articles chosen from 'alternative'
newspapers. They cover a wide
range of subjects, including nuclear
power and protiferatiollt COrPQrate
investment in South Africa, homosexual rights and political repression
... thoughtful, intelligent and
detailed coverage of issues and
perspectives infrequently seen in
mainstream American journalism."

-Los Angeles Times Book Review
''. . . an ambitious, beautifully
designed book. The hundreds of
political cartoons scattered throughout the volume are graphically
striking and often funny."

-The Phil<uklphia Inquirer
1982 IDustrated $39.95 cloth
$24.95 paper
In the series, American Civilization,
edited by Allen E Davis

In the series, Class and Culture, edited
by Bruce Laurie and Milton Cantor.

The Education of
Mrs. Henry Adams

Woman's Place Is at the
Typewriter

Eugenia Kaledin

Office Work and Office Workers,

This is the story of Marian Hooper
Adams, wife of Henry Adams (Adams
never mentioned her in the story of his
life), an accomplished photographer, and
a suicide. "A well-documented
biography." -Bestsellers
Illustrated with photos taken by Mrs. Adams
herself. 1982 $27.95

1870-1930
Based on business histories, corporation
records, correspondence, and even
fiction, this work demonstrates how work
once performed by men became redefined as "women's work."
January 1983 $24.95

Anarchist Women,
1870-1920

Equal Employment Policy
for Women

Margaret Marsh
"Marsh digs beneath double stereotypes-the bomb-hurling outcast and the
unfeminine virago-to shed light on
ideologies, theories versus practice,
sexual and personal liberation."

-Los Angeles Times Book Review
1980 photos $29.95

An Experience of Women
Pattern and Change in NineteenthCentury Europe
Priscilla Robertson
"An outstanding work of scholarship by
an expert on revolutionary Europe."
-Choice
cloth 1982 $34.95
paper 1983 $14.95

Margery W. Davies

Strategies for Implementation in the
United States, Canada, and ~stern
Europe
Edited by Ronnie Steinberg
Ratner
"This volume is an important addition to
the theoretical literature on equal
employment opportunity. "

-Policy Studies Journal
1980 $34.95

Labor Education for
Women Workers
Edited by Barbara Mayer
Wertheimer
1981 $34.95

Work Culture and Conflict in
American Nursing
Barbara Melosh
Tracing nursing history from the twenties
to the seventies, this book rejects the
framework of professionalization and
provides a new view of nurses as women
and as workers. It focuses on the
intricate relationships of increasing
medical expertise, a growing hospital
industry, and women's changing prospects and life choices in the shaping of
nursing history.
January 1983 $29.95 cloth $9.95 paper

From Mammies to
Militants
Domestics in Black American
Literature
Trudier Harris
The role of domestics in black history
seen through the works of twentiethcentury black writers, such as Charles
Chesnutt, Kristin Hunter, Toni Morrison,
Richard Wright, Ann Petry, and others.
"A spellbinder, highly informative, wellwritten, and serious."
-Ora Williams, California State
University
November 1982 $27.95

PAPERBACKS
Children of Strangers
The Stories of a Black Family
Kathryn L. Morgan
Afterword by Otey M. Scruggs
"This is one woman's story of her family,
parents and grandparents and a glimpse
of the long, hard struggle for cultural
integrity and pride."

~The Cleveland Call and P0st
1980 Photos $19.95 cloth $8.95 paper

Immigrant Women
Edited by Maxine Seller
"Imaginative and thorough. I loved the
range of women covered as well as the
sensitivity to various experiences of race
and culture."
-Alice Kessler.Harris
1980 $29. 95 cloth $10. 95 paper
In the series, American Civilization,
edited by Allen E Davis

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Making of a Radical Feminist,
1860-1896

Mary A. Hill
"A well-written, fair-minded, exciting
biography of a woman, who, now that she
has been rediscovered, will seem as vital
in our times as she did in her own."
-Gay Community News
1980 Photos $29.95 cloth $9.95 paper

PERIODICALS/GUIDES
Religion), 1974, 96 pp., $3.75 pb. Companion
book for the Woman's Bible.
Starhawk: DREAMING THE DARK: Magic,
Sex & Politics (Beacon), 1982, 242 pp., $7.25
pb. Starhawk brings her mystical gifts to the
burning social concerns of the day. She shows
how to create power from within, to replace a
tradition of power over others.
Starhawk: THE SPIRAL DANCE: A Rebirth
of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
(Harper & Row), 1979, 214 pp., $8.95 pb. A
highly informative, poetic, and extremely
readable overview of the growth, suppression,
and modern-day re-emergence of witchcraft as
a religion with special relevance to the
women's movement.
Stone, Merlin: ANCIENT MIRRORS OF
WOMANHOOD, Vol. I (New Sibylline),
1979, 212 pp., $6.95 pb. Evidence for the
long-hidden legacy of accounts of wise and
powerful images of womanhood, as known
throughout the ages all over the world.
Stone, Merlin: ANCIENT MIRRORS OF
WOMANHOOD, Vol. II (New Sibylline),
1979, 222 pp., $7.95 pb. The second of this
two-volume series on the historical and archeological evidence of wise and powerful
images of womanhood.
Stone, Merlin: WHEN GOD WAS A
WOMAN (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1978,
265 pp., $4.95 pb. The story of the most
ancient of religions, the religion of the
Goddess, and the role this ancient worship
played in Judeo-Christian attitudes toward
women.

quarterly, $3.50/issue. Documents the ex-·
periences and thoughts of lesbians from
diverse cultural backgrounds.
CONDITIONS: three times a year,
$3.00/issue. A magazine of writings by
women, with an emphasis on writings by
lesbians. Good reviews.
CREATADRAMA REVIEW: quarterly,
$3. 75/issue. Related arts journal by blacks in
and around Philadelphia.
FEMINARY: three times a year, $3.75/issue.
Articles, letters, artwork, short fiction, etc.,
documenting the southern women's experience.
FEMINIST STUDIES: three times a year,
$6.00/issue. Provides a forum for feminist
analysis, debate, and exchange. Spring, 1982,
includes Bernice Johnson Reagon.
FIGHTING WOMAN NEWS: quarterly,
$2.50/issue. Articles, poems, and reviews of
books concerning women interested in martial
arts.
FIREWEED: quarterly, $3.00/issue. A
Canadian feminist journal with art, politics,
fiction, and poetry. Issue 13, Lesbiantics, is a
lesbian issue that includes short fiction by .
Anne Cameron, an autobiographical piece by
Jane Rule, and more.
GAIA'S GUIDE: An international lesbian
guide, $8.95. The 1983 edition promises to be
better than ever, with updated U.S. information. Notably excellent for listing land
collectives, this guide has always been very
good for information for Europe and other
countries.
GAY COMMUNITY NEWS: weekly,
$.60/issue. A Boston paper with news and
articles of interest to lesbians and gay men
everywhere.

PART II
SECTION IX
PERIODICALS
&GUIDES

HERESIES: quarterly, $4.25/issue.
feminist publication on art and politics.

AZALEA: quarterly, $2.00/issue. A magazine
by and for Third World lesbians. Fall, 1980,
a special double issue, is a collection of short
stories, $3.00.
BIG APPLE DYKE NEWS: Lesbian Feminist
Monthly: $.SO/issue. News and articles of
interest to lesbian feminists.
THE BLATANT IMAGE: A Magazine of
Feminist
Photography:
perennial,
$11.00/issue. A must for those interested in
photography. Articles on techniques, often
neglected women photographers of the past,
and comments on the photos that are presented in each issue. Printed in black and
white.

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IKON: .Creativity and Change: twice a year,
$4. 75/issue. Articles, poetry, prose, and
drawings with a feminist slant.
LESBIAN CONNECTION: bimonthly, $2.00
suggested donation. Articles, letters, announcements, and ads that provide communication for lesbians.
LESBIAN
INCITER/INSIGHTER/INSIDER: five times a year, $1.00/issue. A
newspaper of national scope for the lesbian.

LILITH: a few per year, $3.00/issue. Jewish
women's magazine that includes fiction,
poetry, children's stories, photos and original
art work.
MAENAD: quarterly,~" {.'l/issue. Art reproductions, fiction, ~ ~~~~ys, reviews, and
CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature 6y criticism by "o\}'-.?nown and little-known
Women: three times a year, $4.00/issue. artists and wri tt., s.
Contains poetry, short fiction, art work, and MANUSHI: A Journal About Women and
reviews of poetry books.
Society: six times a year, $3.00/issue. Articles,
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COMMON LIVES, LESBIAN LIVES:_._ poems, and reviews; published in India.

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MOTHEROOT JOURNAL: A Women's
Review of Small Presses: quarterly,
$1.25/issue. Reviews of periodicals and
books.
NEW WOMEN'S TIMES: Feminist Review:
six times a year, $1.00/issue. Articles and
reviews of interest to women.
OFF OUR BACK: A Women's News Journal:
monthly, $1.00/issue. Contains articles on
current issues, interviews, reviews, poetry,
and more.
PLACES OF INTEREST TO WOMEN:
annually, $6.00. A guide that gives an accurate picture of gay life for the lesbian in the
U.S.A. and Canada.
QUEST: quarterly, $2. 75/issue. A feminist
journal that seeks long-term, in-depth feminist
political analysis and ideological development.
SHMATE: six times a year, $2.50/issue. A
journal of progressive Jewish thought;
features lesbian and gay authors.
SINISTER WISDOM: quarterly, $3.00/issue.
One of the most important women's
periodicals in the country. A journal of words
and pictures for the lesbian imagination in all
women.
SOJOURNER: The New England Women's
Journal of News, Opinions, and the Arts:
monthly, $1.00/issue. News, articles of interest, and reviews.
SPARE RIB: monthly, $1.50/issue. British
publication containing articles, fiction,
poetry, and reviews.
TRIVIA: A Journal of Ideas: three times a
year, $4.00/issue. Essays, reviews, and
literary criticism with feminist and lesbian
input.
WE SHALL GO FORTH: annually, $4.00.
Directory of resources in women's music and
culture.
THE WISHING WELL: quarterly,
$5.00/issue. Designed to help gay women
locate their sisters; includes write-ups on
women and couples.
WOMAN'S ART JOURNAL: semiannually,
$4.50/issue. Contains general articles, studies
of the lives and works of women and reviews
of current books related to visual arts.
WOMANSPIRIT: quarterly, $3.00/issue.
Contemporary writing of interest to all
women exploring the spirituality movement.
WOMEN: A Journal of Liberation: three
times a year, $2.50/issue. Oldest feminist
periodical, focuses on many issues within both
feminist and lesbian communities.
WOMEN ARTISTS NEWS: six times a year,
$2.50/issue. Articles, reviews, calendar of art
events.
WOMEN'S RESOURCE GUIDE: annually,
$3.00. Information and referral guide for
women's movement in Philadelphia.

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DEl)I(:ATION
This year Giovanni's Room celebrates its 10th
anniversary. In the seven years that Ed
Hermance and I have owned the store, the
lesbian, feminist, and gay book industry has
experienced enormous changes, namely in the
availability of contemporary writings and the
revival of earlier work; in the variety and
quantity of quality literature from both independently owned companies and larger
publishing companies, and in the fact that
reviewers in both the literary, independent,
and major news media are recognizing our
writers' abilities with respect-we can no
longer be ignored or trivialized. These advances could not have occurred without the
support of our communities throughout the
country, nor without the inroads forged by
political activists all over the world.
In light of all that has become a reality, I
would like to take this opportunity to dedicate
this first edition of our LESBIAN
LITERATURE CATALOG to some of the
courageous, defiant, brilliant, outrageous
women who have come before us. They have
laid the groundwork for this positive
evolution.
First, this being a Philadelphia product,
recognizing the work of one of our exemplary
citizens is in order. Among her many valuable
activities in the gay community, BARBARA
GITTINGS spear-heads The Gay Task Force,
Social Responsibilities Round Table of the
American Library Association. Her work has
been effective in changing attitudes in the
library systems, making positive gay literature
available throughout the U.S.
These past couple of years our community has
experienced the deaths of several prominent
lesbians whose life-long dedication and
commitment to our words must be honored
here:

This catalog is our first major effort to
produce a comprehensive, annotated lesbian
literature list. We tried to be thorough, listing
every title that is in print in the U.S., and
including a number of imported books we
found to be available. There may be titles not
listed, those due in spring or summer 1983, but
we had to establish a cut-off date. We hope to
produce supplements with new and late
arrivals. If we've missed a title that you know
is available, we'd love to know about it.
Address suggestions and comments to
CATALOG UPDATE, at the address on the
order form.
We'd like to thank the assistance of the
following friends who have volunteered many
hours, months, and in some instances years,

CLAUDIA SCOTT (1948-1979), another
Philadelphian, who is becoming known for
her poetry in the lesbian community. She was
an integral member of the lesbian/gay
community. Her contributions included
counseling in the lesbian community, carpentry, and electrical work-she worked on
the renovations of Giovanni's Room when we
purchased our present building. Claudia
committed suicide during the winter holiday
season of 1979. She left us finely-wrought
poems, stories and journals, many of which
were . published posthumously in Lesbian
Writer: Collected Work of Claudia Scott,
edited by Frances Haneke! and Susan Windle
(Naiad).
JEANETTE FOSTER (1894-1981), whose Sex
Variant Women in Literature (1956), a
pioneering bibliography (now out of print),
forged an essential link to the literature that
came before our contemporary wave of
feminism.
JUNE ARNOLD (1927(?)-1982), founder of
Daughters, Inc., a woman-owned press
dedicated to fiction by lesbians. She authored
Applesauce, Sister Gin, and The Cook and the
Carpenter, all soon to be out of print.
DJUNA BARNES (1892-1982), a brilliant
writer; many of her early works from the 20's
and 30's are now being revived. Her Ladies'
Almanac is among the finest lesbian writings
and, will hopefully be reprinted soon.
JANE CHAMBERS (1938-1983), lesbian
playwright, participant in The First Gay
Cultural Arts Festival, N.Y., and winner of
several awards in the gay community, most
notably The Annual Award of the Fund for
Human Dignity in 1982.

compiling, annotating, arranging and typing
the materials for this catalog: Pat Bane, Becky
Birtha; Judy Calhoun, J C , Sharon
Gerstel, Ann Harrison, Lillian Hermance, Pat
Kuras, Judy Levin, Marjorie Morgan, Connie
Saems and Sue Williams. Also, thanks to the
staff and friends of Giovanni's Room for their
support, patience, and encouragement. We
have depended on all the readers over the
years who have shared their thoughts about
lesbian books with us. Thanks to one and all.
-Arleen Olshan
Cover art-Arleen Olshan
Typesetting-Diana Flaherty
Design-Joe McGlone
Copyright, Giovanni's Room, 1983

Though their companies are no longer in
operation, several publishers and bookwomen, through courage and dedication, have
helped make our successes today possible.
Their work is remembe~ed, and they, too,
should be honored here: DAUGHTERS,
INC., DIANA PRESS, Amazon Quarterly,
Chrysalis, The Ladder, Thirteenth Moon, and
the not,to-be-forgotten WOMEN IN
DISTRIBUTION. And all those who are not
listed here.
As our literature changes and grows we are
experiencing the emergence of the voices of
women of color, with the publishing of
Conditions: Five and Heresies: The Third
World Women's Issue laying the ground
work. In 1981 we saw Black Lesbians: An
Annotated Bibliography, by J .R. Roberts
(Naiad), and This Bridge Called My Back:
Writings by Radical Women of Color, edited
by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua
(Persephone). Another group viewed by
society as a minority, Jewish lesbians, has
most recently gained recognition in Nice
Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology, edited by
Evelyn Torton Beck (Persephone).
Reviewing our first decade we've seen
publishers produce an enormous variety of
work by authors whose voices have risen to fill
a void. Some of the publishers have survived
and prospered; some have not. Looking ahead
we would like to welcome a new company
whose strong voice we anxiously awaitKITCHEN TABLE: WOMEN OF COLOR
PRESS.
We the staff of Giovanni's Room are proud to
be a part of this tradition and will try to do our
part in the preservation, promotion, and
distribution of the words, lives, and culture of
our women.

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GIOVANNI'S ROOM
345 S. 12TH ST.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107
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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PARTI

SOME REFLECTIONS ON
LESBIAN LITERATURE
by Victoria Brownworth

SECTION I
LESBIAN FICTION,
LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES
POETRY, AND PLAYS
PAGE4
SECTION II
FICTION & POETRY
ANTHOLOGIES
PAGE23
SECTION III
BOOKSON
WOMEN'S BOOKS
PAGE25

PART II
SECTION I
COMING OUT
PAGE27
SECTION II
BIOGRAPHIES &
INTERVIEWS
PAGE27
SECTION III
LESBIAN IDENTITY
PAGE29
SECTION IV
HERSTORY &
POLITICS
PAGE30
SECTIONV
SELF HELP
PAGE31
SECTION VI
SEX
PAGE32
SECTION VII
LESBIAN MOTHERS
PAGE 33
SECTION VIII
SPIRITUALITY
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SECTION IX
PERIODICALS
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When I came out as a lesbian nearly fifteen
years ago, the lesbian book market did not
exist. In the Free Library were Daniel Webster
Cory's The Lesbian in America and Radclyffe
Hall's The Well of Loneliness. If I had had to
depend on positive images in literature of
lesbianism to aid my transition from closet to
street, I might still be banging my head on the
coat hooks.
Today, as a regular book reviewer for one
of America's five largest newspapers, as well
as for the gay and feminist media, I experience
first-hand the wealth of titles available to the
lesbian reader. Times have changed!
It seems like a very short time ago that a
book called Rubyfruit Jungle slipped into a
few "alternative" bookstores around the
country. Published by a small woman-ownedand-run press, Daughter's, Inc., it became an
immediate cult classic, and the New York
Times Magazine hastened to write a piece on
the "new wave" in publishing-the
"feminist" press. That was nearly ten years
ago and small presses have blossomed and
blown all over the country since that time. In
addition, the big-name publishing houses have
jumped on the proverbial bandwagon and
have begun publishing books by well-known
lesbian and feminist authors. These same
publishers have also realized the impact of
"herstory" on history and biographies about
famous lesbians now abound. What was once
only whispered rumor about such notable
women as Eleanor Roosevelt can now be
read-serialized and syndicated-in the daily
newspaper.
But, as I have said, it wasn't always this
way. Great dedication and energy on the part
of a few women have given us more information about ourselves, our history, and
our style of living than ever before. Some of
the women's presses that have catalyzed and
implemented this change are The Naiad.Press,
run by Barbara Grier, who also pioneered the
now-famous journal of lesbian writings, The
Ladder; The Feminist Press, which has had a
really important impact on the more academic
aspects of women's writing; and Persephone
Press. These three American presses have been
.in large measure responsible for a wealth of
new and rediscovered titles.
The Naiad Press, whose recent publication
of Faultline, a marvelously witty lesbian
novel, was run at 30,000 copies (most small
presses print runs of 3,500 to 5,000 books per
title), has over the last few years published
some of the most important lesbian literature
of the twentieth century. Naiad has

.rediscovered such writers as Renee Vivien,
while also publishing Sarah Aldridge and
Claudia Scott for the first time.
Persephone Press has recently come out
with some fine and important anthologies:
The Coming Out Stories, Lesbian Fiction,
This Bridge Called My Back, and Nice Jewish
Girls.
The Feminist Press has leaned toward the
more scholarly aspects of feminism and
lesbianism, and many of their publications are
reissues of long-out-of-print works by writers
of the twenties and thirties, both fiction and
more academic non-fiction.
British publishers have been doing much the
same work as those in America in recent years.
Onlywomen Press and Sheba Press are only
two in the rapidly burgeoning independentpress movement in Britain, and many
American women are finding more and more
British fiction to their taste. The simultaneous
publishing in Britain and America of the work
of Valerie Miner has had a very real impact on
lesbian readers.
Diversity in publishing is important to
lesbian and feminist work. Several succinct
bibliographies have been published that
catalogue the dramatic number of works by
and about lesbian and feminist women. Such
work is of interest fo scholars as well as to the
lay audience. The three most comprehensive,
exact, and important are Sex Variant Women
in Literature, by Jeannette Foster, which is
now out of print, and Black Lesbians by J .R.
·Roberts, which won the 1982 Book Award
. from the American Library Association's Gay
Caucus. The updated Lesbian in Literature
belongs in every complete lesbian library.
As Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters were
the mainstays of women's literature a century
ago, now there are new women to add to that
list of classic writers. Jane Rule is fast becoming recognized, not only as a popular fiction
writer, but also as a writer of defining and
lasting merit. Maureen Duffy, a longneglected British writer, has finally been
noticed by American audiences for the genius
she is. Djuna Barnes, the doyenne of the circle
of lesbian wirters that included Natalie Barney
and Renee Vivien, and who was hailed by T.S.
Eliot as one of the great writers of the age, has
been rediscovered by various small and bigname publishers. The work of H.D., perhaps
the finest Symbolist writer and Modernist
writer of the twentieth century, has likewise
been reissued.
The list is endless and so are the titles and
types of reading. Ann Bannon's charming
novels of lesbian life in New York City of the
19~0's are no less important than the collected
works of an influential political writer such as
Meridel LeSeuer.
As has been said in many a sexist cigarette
advertisement, but which is appropriate here,
we have come a long way. It's an exciting time
to want to read about who and what we are as
women, as feminists, and as lesbians, and this
year portends to be the most fulfilling yet.

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Part I of the Lesbian Literature Catalog
contains three sections. Section one includes
fiction, literary biographies, poetry, and
plays. The second section includes fiction and
poetry anthologies. And section three lists
books about women's books. Each of the
sections is alphabetical by author or editor.

PARTI
SECTION I
LESBIAN FICTION,
LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES,
POETRY, AND PLAYS.
Abrams, Linsey: CHARTING OF THE
STARS (Crown), 1979, $1.98 cl. (reduced
from $9.95). A remarkable first novel about a
girl who struggled into womanhood in the
generation that rejected the values and dreams
of the American past.
Acosta, Mercedes de: HERE LIES THE
HEART (Arno), 1960, $16.00 cl. Stories,
photos, and journal entries from Paris and
other European cities from the 1920's and
30's. She was a friend to many artists and expatriots.
Acosta, Mercedes de: STREETS AND
SHADOWS (Moffat, YaJd), 1922, $10.00 cl.
"Each poem is a picture as beautiful as it is
clear ... the presentation is so direct and
simple.''-New York Tribune.

Akhmatova, Anna: WAY OF ALL THE
EARTH, tr. from Russian by D.M. Thomas
(Ohio U. Pr.), 1979, 96 pp., $5.95 pb. Anna
Akhmatova (1889-1966) is considered one of
Russia's greatest poets. Her work survived
ostracism and persecution during the Stalinist
era. At her death she was honored as one of
the few poets to retain the Russian poetic
tradition.
Aldridge, Sarah: ALL TRUE LOVERS
(Naiad), 1978, 282 pp., $6.75 pub. Romantic
novel about two women who meet as teenagers
during the Depression, by a master of lesbian
romance. Excellent characterizations and
period descriptions.
Aldridge, Sarah: CYTHEREA'S BREATH
(Naiad), 1980, 213 pp., $6.50 pb. Sensitive,
romantic novel set in turn-of-the-century
Baltimore. A young female doctor and her
prim, mature female patron become involved
with each other. Enjoyable and very feminist
in an historical sense.
Aldridge, Sarah: THE LATECOMER
(Naiad), 1979, 107 pp., $5.00 pb. Story of a
reserved older woman and a lively younger
woman who meet on shipboard and slowly
come to recognize their love for each other.
Aldridge, Sarah: THE NESTING PLACE
(Naiad), 1982, 218 pp., $6.95 pb. Romance set
in the social circles of Washington, D.C. A
female doctor becomes involved with a
wealthy patron of her clinic.
Aldridge, Sarah: TOTTIE: A Tale of the
Sixties (Naiad), 1980, 181 pp., $5.95 pb.
Tender love affair between young female
lawyer and a younger woman who has been
running around with dangerous radicals.
Enjoyable reading.
Aikin, Katy: IMPASSIONED COWS BY
MOONLIGHT (Hanging Loose), 1975, 72
pp., $3.00 pb. Autobiographical poems.
Allnut, Gillian: SPITTING THE PIPS OUT
(Sheba), 1981, 140 pp., $5.25 pb. A collection
of poems, prose, and wry comments that tell
the story of one woman's journey toward selfhood. British import-please write for
availability and price.
Arnold, June: APPLESAUCE (Daughters),
1977, $5.00 pb. Appk~'-· =e deals with the
violent attempts of,.~~~~nan to fit herself into
the roles of a
':1tten, intellectual, earth
mother, and .. nally her male alter-ego,
"Gus."
Arnold, June: COOi< :<.· \ND THE CARPENTER (DaughtP ~~•? 1973, $3.50 pb.
Lesbian novel SP':,.o'. a women's commune.
Fascinating litt. O';, style.
Arnold, June: SISTEP :,_.GIN (Daughters),
1975, $4.00 pb. A ur' ~~,~ ,esbian novel about
older women; i~~'-o\.:s sex between older
0
women.
Ballard, Nancer: DEAD RECKONING
(Good Gay Poets), 1978, 56 pp., $2.50 pb. A
fine selection of writing on a variety of
topics-sensuality, relationships (both

o~'-

familiar and romantic)-with feminist and
lesbian undertones.
Balliett, Bev, and Patti Patton: GRAPHIC
DETAILS: Lesbian Erotica and Humor
(Starr), 1979, $4.50 pb. A joyful collection of
poems • and short stories about lesbian
seduction and sexual fantasies.
Ann Bannon has created a series of positive
lesbian novels, written during the late 50's and
the early 60's, and featuring larger-than-life
heroine Beebo Brinker. These early editions
have become collectors' items over the years .
It is our pleasure to announce the availability
of these stories once again. Thanks to Naiaq :
Press many of the early classics are now '
becoming affordably available.
Bannon, Ann: BEEBO BRINKER (Naiad); ,
1983, (1962), 208 pp., $3.95 pb.
,'
Bannon, Ann: I AM A WOMAN (Naiad) 1 ,
1983, (1959), 224 pp., $3.95 pb.
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Bannon, Ann: JOURNEY TO A WOMAN
(Naiad), 1983, (1960), 224 pp., $3.95 pb.
Bannon, Ann: ODD GIRL OUT (Naiad),
1983 (1957), 192 pp., $3.95 pb.
Bannon, Ann: WOMEN IN THE SHADOWS
(Naiad), 1983 (1959), 176 pp., $3.95 pb.
Barnes, Djuna: THE BOOK OF REPULSIVE
WOMEN (privately printed), (1915), $2.50
saddlestitched. These poems, first published in
1915 when Barnes was 23, are very humorous .
Contains some of her noteworthy drawings.
Barnes, Djuna: CREATURES IN AN
ALPHABET (Dial), 1982, 64 pp., $10.95 cl.
Begun in the early 1960's, this was written fo r
children. Barnes's sophistication, however ;
would suit only a very gifted child. Still, it
retains the freshness and exuberance of one of
the great 20th-century writers.
Barnes, Djuna: NIGHTWOOD (New ·
Directions), 1961, $4.95 pb. Originally
published in 1937, a novel with lesbian
elements, overt and repressed. A classic.
Barnes, Djuna: RYDER (St. Martin's), 1981
(1928), $5.95 pb. A complex work, this almost
unknown novel displays technical virtuosity of
language and a blending of prose, a one-act
play, and illustrations.
Barnes, Djuna: SELECTED WORKS (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1980 (1962), 366 pp., $12.95
cl. Short stories. including "Spillway" ; a
play, The Antiphon; and the novel , Nightwood.
Barnes, Djuna: SMOKE AND OTHER
EARLY STORIES (Sun and Moon) , 1982,
$8.00 pb. Short fiction that first appeared in
the New York Morning Telegraph. They are
wonderful, ironic, witty pieces. This book also
points out what a remarkable, eclectic forum
newspapers could be in the early years of this
century.
Kannenstine, Louis F.: THE ART OF
DJUNA BARNES: Duality and Damnation.
(New York U. Pr.), 1977, $9.50 pb. This study

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Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks, photo
from The Lesbian in Literature.

Sexual Politics, Feminine Mystique, The Female
Eunuch, Sisterhood is Powerful
Think of what those books did for and to the '70's
in the business of liberating women ... and business
in bookstores across the nation ...
Now ... for women and men ... the book for
the '80's

ANATOMY OF
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ROBIN MORGAN

The first book to make the electrifying
connections not only between feminism and
daily life (sexual identities, marriage rhythms,
children's rights, a whole new way of aging) but
also between feminism and global politics, the
technology of the future, and even the "New
Physics." Ms. Morgan has something very
special, very personal, and very hopeful to say
about the changes feminism has brought to our
society and how our choices concerning the
future of women and family will affect our lives
in the-next decade.
$16.95
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examines the effect of her varied career upon
the nature of her literary work. Kannenstine
provides a very readable explanation of the
dominant themes of Barnes's literary career.
Barney, Natalie Clifford: AVENTURE DE
L'ESPRIT (Arno), 1975, 275 pp., $20.00 cl.
Portraits of members of her literary circle in
Paris in the early 1900's. In French.
Barney, Natalie Clifford: EP ARPILLEMENTS, ed. by Jean Chalon (Persona), 1982.
A French import-please write for availability
and price.
Barney, Natalie Clifford: UN PANIER DE
FRAMBOISES, about $4.80. A French
import-please write for availability and
price.
Barney, Natalie Clifford: TRAITS ET
PORTRAITS (Arno), 1975, 209 pp., $13.00
cl. Includes biographical sketches of several
Parisian literary figures at the beginning of
this century. In French.
Chalon, Jean: PORTRAIT OF A SEDUCTRESS: The World of Natalie Barney
(Crown), 1979, $10.95 cl. The authorized
memoirs (the understanding was that a
biography would be published posthumously).
The author recreates the atmosphere of the
time and of her relationships. We hope there
will be more available on her in the future.
Bass, Ellen: FOR EARTHLY SURVIVAL
(Moving Parts), 1980, 32 pp., $4.00 pb. The
poems in this collection are torn between the
joy of daily family life and the ominous threat
of nuclear warfare and other modern menaces
to human survival.
Bass, Ellen: I'M NOT YOUR LAUGHING
DAUGHTER (U. Massachusetts Pr.), 1973,
$3.50 pb. Early feminist poetry, some with
lesbian overtones, by an excellent writer.
Beal, M.F.: ANGEL Di'NCE (Daughters),
1977, $5 .00 pb. Nri'>~\.• about a toug~,
Chicana, lesbian ,. o\9.,ve. Full of romantic
and political pa.o~'a. suspense, and violence.
Bissert, Ellen Marie: THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
DYKE (13th Moon), 1977, 1972, $3.00 pb.
Irreverent, erotic, and entertaining lesbian
poetry.

BRADLEY

Jane Bowles, photo by Marcus Blechman,
courtesy of Gail Cohen.

Blais, Marie-Claire: DURER'S ANGEL, tr.
from French by D. Lobdell (Talon), 1976,
$4.95 pb. A pensive French-Canadian girl
reminisces about her Catholic childhood and
her coming-of-age while attending a convent
school and working as a salesgirl.
Blais, Marie-Claire: NIGHTS IN THE
UNDERGROUND: An Exploration of Love,
$8.95 pb. Lesbian nightlife and loves in
Montreal. Available fall 1983.
Blais, Marie-Claire: ST. LAWRENCE
BLUES, tr. from French by R. Manheim
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1974, $7.95 cl. A
stunning picaresque tale about Canada's blind
march toward a civil war as vicious as
Ireland's.
Blais, Marie-Claire: A SEASON IN THE
LIFE OF EMMANUEL (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1966, $3.95 pb. A portrait of a poor
family in rural Quebec.
Bogus, S. Diane: SAPPHIRE'S SAMPLER
(WIM Publications), 1982, $10.00 cl, $7.00
pb. Black lesbian poetry, prose, and drama.
Boucher, Sandy: ASSAULTS AND
RITUALS (Mama's Press), 1975, $2.50 pb.
Early writings-includes discussions about the
struggles of accepting one's abilities as a
writer. A fine collection.
Boucher, Sandy: THE NOTEBOOKS OF
LENI CLARE AND OTHER SHORT
STORIES (Crossing), 1982, 136 pp., $12.95
cl., $5.95 pb. A book of well-crafted short
stories about people who could be your friends
or neighbors. The title piece is a realistic and
touching account about the end of a relationship and the start of a new life.
Bowen, Elizabeth: BOWEN'S COURT
(Ecco), 1979 (1942), $6.95 pb. The tangled
tragic history of Ireland through three cen-

turies is interwoven with the chronicle of her style. British import-please write for availown family.
ability and price.
Bowen, Elizabeth: COLLECTED STORIES Bowles, Jane: TWO SERIOUS LADIES
OF ELIZABETH BOWEN (Vintage), 1982 (Virago), about $5.75 pb. British import(1981), $8.95 pb. A collection of this English please write for availability and price.
writer's short stories that provides us with a Dillon, Millicent: A LITTLE ORIGINAL
realistic observation of British life and the SIN: The Life And Work of Jane Bowles
depth of the human condition.
(Holt, Rinehart& Winston), 1981, $17.95 cl.;
Bowen, Elizabeth: DEATH OF THE HEART 1982, $9.95 pb. A compassionate, comprehensive, fully illustrated biography of Bowles,
(Avon), 1979, $2.25 pb.
who
was considered the last great bohemianBowen, Elizabeth: EVA TROUT, OR
outrageous in her public lesbian proclivities
CHANGING SCENES (Avon), 1978 (1968),
$1.95 pb. A novel of human entanglements but devoted in marriage to the famed gay
around a figure who grew up from a cruel writer Paul Bowles.
Boycott, Billie: NO MAN'S LAND (Stockchildhood. A compelling novel.
well), 1978, $4.50 pb. A pre-feminist 50's-style
Bowen, Elizabeth: FRIENDS AND
lesbian novel. Includes butch-fem relation•
RELATIONS (Avon), 1980 (1931), $2.25 pb.
ships.
British import.
.
A tale of four people whirled through the
complex shoals and rapids of human emotions Bradley, Marion Zimmer: DARKOVER
LANDFALL (DAW), 1972, 160 pp., $1.95
and social intrigues.
pb. This sci-fi novel describes the coming of
Bowen, Elizabeth: THE HEAT OF THE DAY
(Avon), 1979 (1948), $1.95 pb. Set in wartime Earthmen to Darkover, where a colonial star~
England, this story of suspected treason and ship crashes and encounters the impact of
Ghost Wind, psychic currents known to Dark;
suspended love reflects the author's extraover.
This is the first title in the Darkover
ordinary awareness of feelings of life.
series, a loosely connected set of novels,
Bowen, Elizabeth: THE HOTEL (Avon),
many, but not all, containing gay and lesbian.
1980 (1928), $2.25 pb. A comedy of the characters.
twenties set in a Mediterranean hotel.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE FORBIDDEN
Bowen, Elizabeth: THE HOUSE IN PARIS lTOWER (DAW), 1977, $2.25 pb. This novei
(Avon), 1979 (1935), $2.50 pb. One of the tells the story of two men and two women who
author's most famous and accalimed novels- defy the matrix powers. All of Darkover·
Ja story with elements of romance, mystery, combines to resist this devastating alliance.
•
and tragedy.
Bradley,
Marion
Zimmer:
HA WKBowen, Elizabeth: THE LAST SEPTEMBER MISTRESS! (DAW), 1982, 336 pp., $2.95 pb.
(Avon), 1979 (1929), $2.25 pb. A young Irish The newest Darkover novel, the story of
girl's love for an English soldier at the time of Romilly, who joins the Sisterhood of the
the uprising.
Sword, known as the Free Amazons.
Bowen, Elizabeth: THE LITTLE GIRLS Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE HERITAGE
(Avon), 1978 (1925), $1.95 pb. In this subtle OF HASTUR (DAW), 1975, 381 pp. $2.95 pb.
and delightful comedy three friends get A Darkover novel.
together after 50 years and relive a schoolgirl
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE HOUSE
escapade. Written with delicate sensitivity.
BETWEEN THE WORLDS (Del Rey), 1980,
Bowen, Elizabeth: TO THE NORTH (Avon),
313 pp., $2.50 pb. This multi-dimensional
1979 (1932), $2.25 pb. Set in London and thriller is not part of the Darkover series.
Paris of the twenties, this is a love story of
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE RUINS OF
remarkable intensity.
ISIS (Pocket), 1978, 298 pp., $2.25 pb. Isis, a
Bowen, Elizabeth: A WORLD OF LOVE culture of matriarchal rule, is being tried by its
(Avon), 1978, $1.95 pb. An exquisite novel
forebears to determine whether it should exist
about the hold of the past on the living.
or not.
Glendinning,
Victoria:
ELIZABETH Bradley, Marion Zimmer: SHARRA'S
BOWEN: A Biography (Avon), 1979 (1977),
EXILE (DAW), 1981, 365 pp., $2.95 pb. A
$3.50 pb. "As a complex and compelling Darkover novel.
personality, Miss Bowen comes very much to
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE SHATlife on these pages."-The New York Times.
TERED CHAIN (DAW), 1976, 287 pp., $2.50
Bowles, Jane: MY SISTER'S HAND IN pb. A Darkover novel recreating the role of
MINE (Ecco), 1979, $7.95 pb. Collected women who control the matrix but remain
works of an author considered by Tennessee subservient to men; also introduces the Free
Williams to be the most important writer of Amazons, who resist the role and possess the
prose fiction in modern America. Her work is key to dealing with their enemies.
subtle, sharp and exquisitely unique.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE SPELL
Bowles, Jane: PLAIN PLEASURES (Peter SWORD (DAW), 1974, 158 pp., $1.95 pb. A
Owen), 1966 (1946), 184 pp., $11.95 cl. A col- Darkover novel.
lection of short stories combining bizarre Bradley, Marion Zimmer: STORMQUEEN
characterization, sardonic wit, and mastery of (DAW), 1978, 364 pp., $2.50 pb. A Darkover

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only Brown can create them. A good read.
(Will be available in paperback, May, 1983,
from Bantam).
Brown, Rita Mae: SUDDEN DEATH
(Bantam), 1983, 241 pp., $13.95 cl. Rita
Mae's new lesbian fiction set behind the scenes
of the women's tennis circuit. An important
book, in that it discusses the dangers of living
a closeted existence. How living a lie hurts
everyone who is involved. Many excellent oneliners, but the people are much less likable
than in her previous novels.
Bussy, Dorothy: OLIVIA (Hogarth), 1981
(1949), about $9.95 cl.; about $4.50 pb. A
famous early lesbian novel by Lytton
Strachey's sister. British import-please write
for availability and price.
Byrd, Stephanie: A DISTANT FOOTSTEP
ON THE PLAIN (published by the author),
1981, $4.50 pb. Poems from the Black lesbian
. experiences in Boston.

Rita Mae Brown

Photo credit: Pat Bane

Cameron, Anne: THE JOURNEY (Avon),
1982, 307 pp., $5.95 pb. A lesbian western
adventure. A good read, reminescent of
Patience and Sarah.

, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ! Carone, Catherine: MARIE PLEINE DE
GRACES, 1965 Lesbian novel. French imnovel.
Broumas, Olga: BEGINNING WITH O (Yale port-please write for availability and price.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: SURVEY SHIP U. Pr.), 1977, 74 pp., $4.95 pb. Remarkable Cataldi, Lee: INVITATION TO A MARXIST
(Ace), 1981 (1980), $2.50 pb. A unique space volume of lesbian poetry-winner of the Yale LESBIAN PARTY (Wild & Wooley), 1978,
voyage training young people tq work together Series of Younger Poets award.
120 pp., $2.95 pb. An exciting, political and
as a team in order to survive.
Broumas, Olga: IF I YES (Watershed Tapes), feminist book of poems. Australian import.
1982, $8.95. The poet reading from Beginning
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE SURVIVORS With O and Soie Sauvage-strong, sensual
Cather, Willa: DEATH COMES FOR THE
(DAW), 1979, 238 pp., $1.95 pb. The con- women's imagery.
ARCHBISHOP (Vintage), 1971 (1927), $2.95
tinuing voyage of the survivors of the Red
pb.
Broumas,
Olga:
SOIE
SAUVAGE
(Copper
Moon, investigating the Closed World.
Canyon), 1979, $4.00 pb. Twenty meditations
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: TWO TO on the politics of love and on landscapes, both Cather, Willa: A LOST LADY (Vintage),
$2.45 pb.
CONQUER (DAW), 1980, 335 pp., $2.25 pb. interior and exterior.
A Darkover novel.
Cather, Willa: LUCY GAYHEART (VinBradley, Marion Zimmer: THE WINDS OF Brown, Rita Mae: RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE tage), 1976 (1935), $2.95 pb.
DARKOVER (Ace), 1970, 185 pp., $2.25 pb. (Daughters), 1973, $4.00 pb; (Bantam), 1977, Cather, Willa: MY ANTONIA (Houghton
$3.50 pb. Modern classic about brash, tomboy
A Darkover novel.
Molly Bolt growing up poor in the South and Mifflin), 1954 (1918), $5.95 pb. Willa
Bradley, Marion Zimmer: THE WORLD
making it against fantastic odds as a lesbian Cather's famous portrait of a pioneer woman.
WRECKERS (Ace), 1971, 215 pp., $2.25 pb.
and student in New York City. A dyke This is her best novel. She writes with power in
A Darkover novel.
Horatio Alger story. The most popular lesbian an attempt t .> recover the precious, incommunicable past. We include her as a
Brady, Maureen: FOLLY, A NOVEL (Cross- novel we've ever carried.
famous lesbian writer, not because of the
ing), 1982, 250 pp., $6.95 pb. An insightful,
loving look at working-class women by the Brown, Rita Mae: SIX OF ONE (Bantam); lesbian content of her work.
author of Give Me Your Good Ear. Discusses 1979, $3.50 pb. Funny like Rubyfruit Jungle,
the story travels back and forth in time be- Cather, Willa: MY MORTAL ENEMY
racism and heterosexism.
tween 1909 and 1980, through three (Vintage), 1961, $1.95 pb.
Brigatine, Meg: AMETHYST GOOSE: generations of women in the town of RunCather, Willa: OBSCURE DESTINIES
Lesbian Chants and Rhymes of Yore, 2 vols. nymeade, Pa.
(Vintage), 1974 (1930), $1.95 pb.
(published by the author), 1979, $3.50 per set.
Brown,
Rita
Mae:
SOUTHERN
DISCOMCather,
Willa: THE OLD BEAUTY AND
Amusing nursery rhymes with a dyke senFORT (Harper & Row), 1982, 256 pp., $13.50 OTHERS (Vintage), 1976, $2.45 pb.
sibility.
cl., (Bantam), 1983, 256 pp., $3.95 pb. A
Brodine, Karen: ILLEGAL ASSEMBLY heterosexual, historical novel set in the South. Cather, Willa: ONE OF OURS (Vintage),
(Hanging Loose), 1980, $3.00 pb. Poems of The characters range from prostitutes who 1971, $3.95 pb.
women's struggles by a socialist-feminist poet. work the train station, to a prominent Black Cather, Willa: SHADOWS ON THE ROCK
Brodine, Karen: SLOW JUGGLING family, to one of the wealthy, controlling (Vintage), 1971, $2.95 pb.
(Berkeley Poets), 1975, $2.50 pb.
families of the town. Structurally, the novel is Cather, Willa: YOUTH AND THE BRIGHT
Brodine, Karen: WORKWEEK (Kelsey St.), probably better than her previous work, and MEDUSA (Vintage), 1975 (1948), $3.45 pb.
the characters are lively and full of spunk as Brown, E.K., and Leon Edel: WILLA
1977, $2.50pb. Poems of women's work.

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Christian, Paula: AMANDA (Timely), 1981
(1965), $6.95 pb.
Christian, Paula: ANOTHER KIND OF
LOVE (Timely), 1980 (1961), $6.95 pb.
Christian, Paula: THE CRUISE (Timely),
1982, $8.95 pb. Christian's first new fiction in
17 years. The story takes place on a cruise ship
en route from Los Angeles to Acapulco and
includes a variety of lesbian characters. Sexy
and fun.
Christian, Paula: EDGE OF TWILIGHT
(Timely), 1978 (1959), $6.95 pb. Lesbian
fiction about the struggles of coming out in
the 50's and 60's. •
Christian, Paula: LOVE IS WHERE YOU
FIND IT (Timely), 1979 (1961), $6.95 pb. All
the Christian reprints are interesting because
they provide information about lesbian lives
prior to our current "liberated" days.
Christian, Paula: THIS SIDE OF LOVE
(Timely), 1978 (1963), $6.95 pb. Sequel to
Edge of Twilight.

CATHER: A Critical Biography (Avon), 1980
(1953), $2.95 pb. Brilliantly chronicles the life
and spirit of one of America's great women
writers.
Causse, Michele: LESBIANA: Seven.Portraits
(Le Nouveau Commerce), about $8.30 pb.
French import in English-please write for
availability and price.
Chambers, Jane: LAST SUMMER AT
BLUEFISH COVE (JH Press), 1982, $6.95
pb. With this new play NY lesbian playwright
Jane Chambers is literally opening new paths
in theater today. She brings before large
audiences accurately depicted lesbian-feminist
characters, in all our many guises. Written
intelligently, laced with humor.
Chambers, Jane: MY BLUE HEAVEN (JH
Press), 1981, $4.95 pb. This first openly gay
play by Chambers won a variety of awards. It
exudes warmth, sensitivity, and humor in
depicting the lives of contemporary lesbians.
Charnas, Suzy McKee: MOTHERLINES
(Berkley), 1978, $1.95 pb. The story of a
community of women, set in a futuristic time,
who are able to reproduce without men. There
are two communities: those who escaped the
male-dominated culture and the Motherline
women. This is a sequel to Walk to the End of
the World.
Charnas, Suzy McKee: WALK TO THE END
OF THE WORLD (Berkley), 1978 (1974),
$1.95 pb. This book is quite gruesome-it
takes place in a male-dominated, misogynist
culture. There are some gay male characters.
This book precedes Motherlines, although the
books need not be read in sequence.
Charnas, Suzy McKee: THE VAMPIRE
TAPESTRY (Pocket), 1981 (1980), 294 pp.,
$2.75 pb.

Clausen, Jan: AFTER TOUCH (Out & Out),
1975, 76 pp., $2.00 pb. An early collection of
lesbian-feminist poetry.
Clausen, Jan: MOTHER, SISTER,
DAUGHTER, LOVER (Crossing), 1980,
$4.95 pb. An excellent collection of short
fiction by a well-known lesbian poet. They
deal with the everyday life of a lesbian
mother.
Clausen, Jan: A MOVEMENT OF POETS:
Thoughts on Poetry and Feminism (Long
Haul), 1982, 54 pp., $3.25 pb. Grasps the significance of the conjunction of a literary form
and a political movement in particular and its
implications for the contemporary feminist
poet and her work.
Clausen, Jan: WAKING AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE DARK (Long Haul), 1979, 78 pp.,
$3.00 pb. Marvelous, healing poems.
Cockrell, Cathy: UNDERSHIRTS AND
OTHER STORIES (Hanging Loose), 1982, 56
pp., $4.00 pb. Stories told through the introduction of an article of clothing, identifying
time, space, growth, labels, etc. Fine fun!
Colette: THE BLUE LANTERN (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1963 (1949), $2.95 pb. This
last major work is half journal, half
reminiscence.
Colette: BREAK OF DAY (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1961, $4.95 pb. Written after her
second marriage ended, this book speaks of
the return to an independent life.
Colette: CLAUDINE AT SCHOOL
(Ballantine), 1982, $2.50 pb. We list Colette
here as a classic author who was personally
involved in women-loving-women relationships. Some, but not all of her books discuss
same-sex relationships.
Colette: THE COMPLETE CLAUDINE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1976 (1956), $10.95
pb. Many of the stories in the Claudine series

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Written in France during
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of strange events, Blood
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have major lesbian characters.
Colette: CREATURES GREAT AND
SMALL (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1951,
$3.95 pb. Reveals her passionate love for
animals and the sense of mystery in their lives.
Colette: EARTHLY PARADISE (Farrar,
•Straus & Giroux), 1966, $10.95 pb. Colette's
autobiography, drawn from writings
throughout her life-a vivid year-by-year revelation of a courageous life.
Colette: GIGI/JULIE DE CARNEILHAN/CHANCE ENCOUNTERS (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1952, $6.95 pb.
Colette: THE INNOCENT LIBERTINE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1968, $5.95 pb.
Colette: LETTERS FROM COLETTE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1980, $12.95 cl.
Impulsive, intimate, and self-revealing.
Colette: LOOKING BACKWARDS (Indiana
U. Pr.), 1975, 214 pp., $8.95 cl. A portrait of
France before and during World War II.
Colette's descriptive style ranges from prewar
salons to Paris during the German occupation.

Emily Dickinson, photo from The Life of Emily
Dickinson by Richard B. Sewall.

Colette: MITSOU AND MUSIC HALL
SIDELIGHTS (Farrar, Straus & Giroux),
1957, $2.95 pb.
Colette: MY APPRENTICESHIPS (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1978 (1957), $2.95 pb.
Collette's early years in Paris, her start as a
writer, and her first marriage.
Colette: MY MOTHER'S HOUSE/SIDE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1953, $4.95 pb.
Collette: THE OTHER ONE (Farrar, Straus
& Girous), 1960, $2.95 pb.
Colette: THE OTHER WOMAN (NAL),
1975, $1.50 pb. Nineteen short stories and a
novella set in the early 20th century. A book
of memorable vignettes of human experience.
Colette: THE PURE AND THE IMPURE
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), i 967, $4.95 pb.
Probably Colette's gayest book; takes place in
Paris of the 30's with thinly disguised
characters resembling Renee Vivien and Jean
Cocteau. A ·very observant overview of the
period.
Colette: RETREAT FROM LOVE (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1974 (1907), 223 pp.,
$3.95 pb. In this, the final book of the
Claudine series, she examines love and
sexuality in their many forms.
Colette: THE RIPENING SEED (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 1975, $3.95 pb. Set in Brittany, a story of a youth's initiation into the
world of sexual mystery and pleasures.
Colette: THE SHACKLE (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1976, $3.95 pb; (Ballantine), 1982,
$2.50 pb. The companion novel to The Vagabond, a feminist story of Rennee Nere.
Colette: THE TENDER SHOOT AND
OTHER STORIES (Farrar, Straus & Giroux),
1975, $6.95 pb. Eleven stories recording the
various difficulties and pleasures of the
sensual life.

Colette: THE VAGABOND (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1975, $4.95 pb.; (Ballantine), 1982
(1910), $2.50 pb. One of the first feminist
novels, about a woman divorced at 33 who
struggles to establish a new, independent life.
Colette:
CHERI/THE LAST OF
CHERI/THE
VAGABOND/THE
SHACKLE (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), $8.95
pb. (boxed set).
Eisinger, Eric M., and Mari McCarty, eds.:
COLETTE: THE WOMAN, THE WRITER
(Penn State U. Pr.), 1981, 200 pp., $16.95 cl.,
foreword by Elaine Marks. A collection of
writings about Colette by 20 leading French
and American critics and scholars. The book
examines the many facets of Colette's life and
work and defines what a phenomenon she
truly was. From her meagre, non-literary
youth through her revolutionary gynocentric
perspective, she and her work are examined
both from feminist and critical, structural
perspectives.
Mitchell, Yvonne: COLETTE (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1977 (1975), $5.95 pb. A
comprehensive biography with all the spirit of
its subject.
Phelps, Robert: BELLES SAISONS: A
COLETTE SCRAPBOOK (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1978, $15.00 cl. A biography compiled in scrapbook format-contains photos,
drawings, and marginal anecdotes by friends
and confreres.
Courtot, Martha: TRIBE (Pearlchild), 1977,
28 pp., $2.50 pb. Poems celebrating women's
strength.
Craft, Eve: BRAINCHILD (Onlywomen),
1981, $5.95 pb. The story of Ginny, a rebellious working-class woman, told with merciless humor and honesty. British importplease write for availability and price.

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Crewe, Judith: THE ANCIENT (Catalyst),
1976, 62 pp., $3.50 pb. Intense, lyrical lesbian
poems.
DeLynn, Jane: IN THRALL (Crown), 1982,
$12.95 cl. A story of love between a teacher
and a very unhappy student, both female, by
the author of Some Do.
Deming, Barbara: REMEMBERING WHO
WE ARE (Pagoda), 1981, 196 pp., $6.50 pb.
A political book containing essays and letters
in dialogue with other activists, covering
issues in feminism and lesbianism.
Dickinson, Emily: THE COMPLETE
POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, ed. by
Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown), 1960,
770 pp., $7 .95 pb.
Dickinson, Emily: THE MANUSCRIPT
BOOK OF EMILY DICKINSON, ed. by R.
W. Franklin (Harvard U. Pr.), 1981, 2 vols.,
slipcased, $85.00 cl. Handsome reproductions
in Emily Dickinson's own hand.
Bingham, Millicent Todd: ANCESTOR'S
BROCADE (Dover), 1982, 464 pp., $4.00 pb.
The story of the discovery of Emily Dickinson's letters and poems.
Mossberg, Barbara A.C.: EMILY
DICKINSON: WHEN A WRITER IS A
DAUGHTER (Indiana U. Pr.), 1982, $19.95
cl.
Sewall, R.: THE LIFE OF EMILY
DICKINSON (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1980
(1974), 821 pp., $14.95 cl. The original twovolume edition won the National Book Award
for biography.
Doolittle, Hilda (H.D.): END TO TORMENT
(New Directions), 1979, 84 pp., $4.95 pb. A
memoir of Ezra Pound, the story of a lifetime
of friendship and collaboration in poetry.
Doolittle, Hilda: THE GIFT (Norton), 1982,
160 pp., $5.95 pb.
Doolittle, Hilda: HEDYLUS (Black Swan),
1980, $15.00 cl. H.D.'s second novel includes
revisions from her notebooks. The search for
identity within the archetypal frame of a son's
relationship to his mother's world is the topic
of this book.
Doolittle, Hilda: HELEN IN EGYPT (New
Directions), 1961, 304 pp., $3 .25 pb. Not a
simple retelling of the Homeric legend, but a
recreation of the many myths surrounding
Helen of Troy.
Doolittle, Hilda: HERMETIC DEFINITION
(New Directions), 1972, 117 pp., $4.95 pb.
Late poems of searching and longing.
Doolittle, Hilda: HERMIONE (New
Directions), 1981, $6.95 pb. Autobiographical
novel, a posthumous treasure written in her
early twenties.
Doolittle, Hilda: NOTES ON THOUGHT
AND VISION (Subterranean), 1982, $7 .50 cl.;
$3.50 pb.
Doolittle, Hilda: TRIBUTE TO FREUD
(McGraw-Hill), 1974, 194 pp., $2.95 pb.

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Doolittle, Hilda: TRILOGY (New Directions), 1973, 172 pp., $5.95 pb. Three long
poems written under the shattering impact of
World War II.
Friedman, Susan Stanford: PSYCHE
REBORN: The Emergence of H.D. (Indiana
U. Pr.), 1981, 332 pp., $22.50 cl. The best
literary examination of H.D. 's work to date.
Demonstrates her imagist writing through to
her epic style, placing her in the center of the
modernist mainstream. Included here are
previously unpublished letters and diary
entries.
Dorcey, Mary: KINDLING (Onlywomen),
1982, $4.50 pb. Poems by an Irish feminist.
British import-write for availability and
price.
Douglas, Carol Anne: TO THE
CLEVELAND STATION (Naiad), 1982, 350
pp., $6.95 pb. Douglas, a long-time member
of Off Our Backs collective, has written a
novel about a love affair between a black
woman and a white woman.
Duane, Kit: MOTHER EARTH, FATHER
TIME (Kelsey St.), 1979, 55 pp., $4.50 pb.
Crazy, fresh, familiar, and humorous short
stories corrected to form a delightful novella.
Duffy, Maureen: HOUSESPY (Penguin),
1978, $3.95 pb. An international mystery
story, told by the male detective, set in
England, Amsterdam, and the U.S. Very well
written with major lesbian characters. British
import.
Durrell, Lawrence: SAPPHO: A PLAY IN
VERSE (Faber & Faber), 1969 (1950), 187
pp., $4.95 pb. Durrell has created a living
Sappho with her household, her loves, and her
feasts of wine and poetry.

Dworkin, Andrea: THE NEW WOMAN'S
BROKEN HEART (Frog in the Well), 1980,
$3.00 pb. Lesbian short stories in an experimental style by a prominent political thinker.
Dykewomon, Elana: FRAGMENTS FROM
LESBOS, illus. by Barbara Johnson
(Diaspora), 1981, 61 pp., $6.00 pb. Celebrates
women loving women in short, expressive
poems. Interspersed are wonderful etchings by
Barbara Johnson.
Emrys, Barbara: WILD WOMEN DON'T
GET THE BLUES (Metic), 1977, $4.00 pb.
Clear, precise short stories by a woman who
does not believe in political correctness.
Equi, Elaine: SHREWCRAZY (Little
Ceasar), 1981, 41 pp., $3.00 pb. Wonderful,
bizarre poems by a fiercely independent
woman.
Fairbairns, Zoe: BENEFITS (Avon), 198j,
$2.95 pb.; (Virago), $7.25 pb. A shocking and
well-written, feminist futuristic novelwomen in a misogynist world and the terrifying consequences. Major lesbian characters,
but lesbianism is not the main theme.
Felix, Anne: FUSCHIA (Denoel), 1981,
$11.95 pb. An erotic lesbian novel in French.
French import-please write for availability
and price.
Francois, Jocelyne: LES BONHEURS
(Mercure de France), $12.00 pb. Reprint of a
novel in French about a unique and absolute
love between Sarah and Anne. French import-please write for availability and price.
Freewoman, Joan: PHOENIX POEMS,
(published by the author), 1977, $1.00 saddlestitched. Women's poetry of strength,
examination, and celebration.
Futcher, Jane: CRUSH (Little, Brown), 1981,
$8.95 cl. Explores how a young woman learns
about her own strength, but only after she is
painfully used by someone she admires. A
good coming-out story.
Galloway, David: LAMAAR RANSOM,
PRIVATE EYE (Riverrun), 1980, $11.95 cl.
Lamaar Ransom, a sharp, wise-cracking,
lesbian private detective, becomes a target in a
funny and complicated mystery.
Gapen, Jane: SOMETHING NOT YET
ENDED (Pagoda), 1981, 235 pp., $6.50 pb.
Story of a woman caught in a world created by
others in which she has become a stranger to
those around her and to herself as well.
Garden, Nancy: ANNIE ON MY MIND
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1982, 186 pp.,
$10.95 cl. Lesbian love between two teenagers;
a fine addition to any adult library and a good
read for young people.
Gautier, Theophile: MADEMOISELLE DE
MAUPIN (Penguin), 1981, 348 pp., $4.95 pb.
Written in the 19th century, this novel is one
of the first to depict a lesbian character. The
portrayal is far from flattering and strictly of
historical interest.
Gearhart, Sally: THE WANDERGROUND
(Persephone), 1979, $6.00 pb. A best-selling

Sally Gearhart, photo by Deborah Snow.

fantasy of the future. Written in connected
short segments, it tells how and why the
women leave contemporary society for the
Wanderground. A very important work.
Geller, Ruth: PICTURES FROM THE PAST
(Impress), 1981, $7.95 pb. Short stories by the
author of Seed of a Woman . Most of these
tales focus on people of the white working
class, and some include lesbians.
Geller, Ruth: SEED OF A WOMAN (Impress), 1979, $5.95 pb.
George, Sally: FROG SALAD (Scribners),
1981, 256 pp., $10.95 cl. Lesbian-feministactivist fiction.
Gidlow,
Elsa:
MAKINGS FOR
MEDITATION (Druid Heights), 1973, 48
pp., $2.00 pb. Beautiful poems accompanied
by exquisite illustrations.
Gidlow, Elsa: SAPPHIC SONGS (Naiad),
1982, 93 pp., $5.95 pb. Sixty-two years' worth
of erotic love lyrics by a famous lesbian poet.
Gidlow, Elsa: SHATTERING THE MIRROR
(Druid Heights), 1976, $1.50 pb. A philosophical essay.
Gilman, Charlotte • Perkins: BERLAND
(Random House), 1979, $3.95 pb. On the eve
of WWI, three male explorers stumble onto an
all-female society. A utopian novel written 65
years ago.
Gingerlox: SENSE YOU (Gena Rose), 1979,
48 pp., $3.50 saddlestitched. Poetry by the
author of the now out=of-print lesbian novel

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Goldberg, Natalie: CHICKEN AND IN
LOVE (Holy Cow), 1980, 58 pp,, $2.50 pb.
First collection of poems by a highly unusual
and entertaining poet.
Gooch, Steve: THE WOMEN PIRATES
ANN BONNEY AND MARY REED: A Play
(Pluto), 1978, 74 pp., $6.25 pb. The story of
two extraordinary women who at the turn of
the 18th century, fought for liberation from
ruling-class law and morality. Together they
lived and loved, fleeing their sex roles and the
law.
Grahn, Judy: THE QUEEN OF WANDS
(Crossing), 1982, 64 pp., $4.95 pb. An
examination of mythology, linking Helen of
Troy, the Navaho Rug Maker, and contemporary factory loom workers into a major
poetic statement.
Grahn, Judy: SHE WHO (Diana), 1977, 89
pp., $6.00 pb. A graphic book of poems.
Grahn, Judy: A WOMAN IS TALING TO
DEATH (Diana), 1977, 20 pp., $3.00 pb. The
classic poem of women and oppression.
Grahn, Judy: THE WORK OF A COMMON
WOMAN (St. Martin's), 1982, 160 pp., $4.95
pb. Lesbian poetry by one of the finest voices
of our movement.
Green, Sharon: THE CRYSTALS OF MIDA
(DAW), 1982, $2.95 pb. Scifi novel of
Amazons searching for thieves who stole
crystals from the tower of Mida.
Griffin, Susan: WOMAN AND NATURE:
The Roaring Inside Her (Harper & Row),
I 979, $4.95 pb.

Guy, Rosa: EDITH JACKSON (Bantam),
1981 (1978), $1.95 pb. Part of the Ruby
trilogy, about a young black woman and her
search for love.
Guy, Rosa: THE FRIENDS (Bantam), 1981
(1973), $2.25 pb. The first in a series of novels
about black young adults in contemporary
Harlem. Tells the story of how Phyllisia and
Edith become close despite their differences .
Unusual, unforgettable characters .
Guy, Rosa: RUBY (Viking), 1976, 220 pp.,
$8.95 cl.; (Bantam), 1978, $2.25 pb. An exciting novel about an 18-year-old girl's
transitional time in becoming a woman. A
tough, tender, and touching book about the
Trinidadian family introduced in The Friends.
H.D.: See Doolittle, Hilda. Hacker, Marilyn: SEPARATIONS (Knopf),
1976, 109 pp., $3.95 pb. Poetry exploring the
separations between feeling and word, word
and world.
Hacker, Marilyn: TAKING NOTICE
(Knopf), 1980, $5.95 pb. Passionate, political
poems written in traditional stanzaic forms.
Hall, Radclyffe: THE UNLIT LAMP (Dial),
1981 (1924), $5.95 pb. Hall's 1924 novel about
tragic, repressed lesbian love. Poignant and
beautifully written, this is a collector's item
that was long unavailable.
Hall, Radclyffe: THE WELL OF
LONELINESS(Avon), 1981 (1928), $3.95 pb.
The 1928 lesbian classic, the romantic-tragic
novel that was a plea for understanding.
Precipitated a legal battle on its publication. A
.must for every collector.
Hanscombe, Gillian E.: BETWEEN
FRIENDS (Alyson), 1982, $5.95 pb. A novel
written as a series of letters among four
women ranging from a Iesbian-feministseparatist to a married heterosexual. A welldone, much-needed book.
Harris, Bertha: CO1'1 FESSIONS OF
CHERUBINO (Dal'i~\~:s), 1978 (1972),
$5.00 pb. The the~"o\, the book is the tryanny
of sexual passio.O.inilluminated by love.
Harris, Bertha: LOVER ~:Oaughters), 1976,
$4.50 pb. An entert;:,: 'Qi\~ 1esbian novel with
wonderful, shorto~'-O~.:ctions revealing myths
o,f Amazons of o. ~- Written in a unique style.
Hautzig, Deborah: HEY, DOLLFACE
(Bantam), 1980, $1.95 pb. Very readable,
positive young-adult novel.
Hopkins, Lea: I'M NOT CRAZY, JUST
DIFFERENT (published by the author),
N.D., 24 pp., $3.00 pb. Opinionated, amusing
poetry and prose by a black lesbian from
Kansas .
Hopkins, Lea: WOMYN I HA VE KNOWN
YOU (published by the author), 1978, 90 pp.,
$5.95 pb. Poetry and graphics.
Isabell, Sharon: YESTE.P'lA Y'S LESSONS
(Crossing), 1974, 20\ \l{\~\·.;6.00 pb. Powerfully unique au·o"-" ~.aphy from a workingclass woman.

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Radclyff Hall, photo from Homoseksualiteit in
Nederland by Rob Tielman.

Iverson, Lucille: OUTRAGE (Know), 1974,
76 pp., $2.00 pb. A collection of poems, from
gentle love songs to tough, streetwise poetry.
Jones, Toeckey: GO WELL, STAY WELL
(Harper & Row), 1979, 202 pp., $7.95 cl.
Novel about a black girl and a white girl who
become close friends in South Africa and challenge the apartheid system. For young adults.
Kaye, Melanie: WE SPEAK IN CODE
(Motheroot), 1980, 106 pp., $4.75 pb.
Splendid collection of women-identified
poetry and prose, ranging from humorous
tales to political pieces.
Klepfisz, Irena: KEEPER OF ACCOUNTS
(Persephone), 1982, 97 pp., $5.95 pb. Born in
Warsaw in 1941, Klepfisz views America as an
alien country where safety can never be
assumed. In her poems she writes of the connections between historical events and the
present.
Klepfisz, Irena: PERIODS OF STRESS (Out
& Out), 1977, 61 pp., $2.00 pb. Poems exploring the stressful situations of the poet's past
and present. Healthy, healing poems.
Knudson, R.R.: FOX RUNNING (Avon),
1975, $1.95 pb. Novel about two teenage girls,
one of Apache heritage, both competitive
runners, and their close relationship despite
their different backgrounds.
Knudson, R.R.: YOU ARE THE RAIN
(Dell), 1974, $1.25 pb. Young adult novel
about a meek, unathletic, introspective
teenage girl lost during a hurricane in the
Everglades with a forceful, brash, athletic girl
who has belittled her, and how their mutual
dependence changes their roles and their
relationship.

Koertge, Noretta: WHO WAS THAT
MASKED WOMAN? (St. Martin's), 1981,
266 pp., $6.95 pb. New lesbian coming-of-age
novel.
Kumin, Maxine: WHY CAN'T WE LIVE
TOGETHER LIKE CIVILIZED HUMAN
BEINGS? (Viking), 1982, 192 pp., $12.95 cl.
How women and men, women and women,
and men and men relate to one another-how
they connect or fail to connect. Short stories
told with economic and potent imagery.
Kumin, Maxine: THE RETRIEVAL
SYSTEM (Penguin), 1978, 69 pp., $3.95 pb.
Questioning poems with passionate
resolutions.
Kuras, Pat M.: THE PINBALL PLAYER
(Good Gay Poets), 1982, 33 pp., $3.50 pb.
Remarkable poems on the everyday lives of
lesbians.
Lally, Lee: THESE DAYS (Some of Us),
1972, 36 pp., $1.00 pb. Lesbian relationships
in poetry.
Lang, Elizabeth: ANNA'S COUNTRY
(Naiad), 1981, 208 pp., $6.95 pb. The story of
a battered suburban housewife who falls in
love with the lesbian next door in the
liberating years of the early 70's.
Lanyon, E. Jean: WOMAN SCRAPBOOK
(Jos. W. Small), 1979, $3.00 pb. Poems and illustrations by the woman who was poet
laureate for the state of Delaware from 1979
to 1981.
LaPalma, Marina: GRAMMARS FOR JESS
AND TWENTY-TWO CROPPED SETS
(Kelsey St.), 1981, 56 pp., $4.50 pb. Neat,
attractive book of prose-poems.
Lapidus, Jacqueline: READY TO SURVIVE
(Hanging Loose), 1975, $1.50 pb. First book
by this radical feminist poet.
Lapidus, Jacqueline: STARTING OVER,
drawings by Tee A. Corinne (Out & Out),
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1977, 63 pp., $3 .50 pb. "In these poems ,
suffering, anger, and hope are woven together
into a tapestry of change. Jacqueline Lapidus
is the poet who mourns bitter defeats and .
celebrates her resolute victories. "-Andrea
Dworkin.
Larkin, Joan: HOUSEWORK, paintings by ,
Mimi Weisbord (Out & Out), 1982 (1975), 79 .
pp., $3.50 pb. Very serious poems that reflect :
Larkin's need and desire for changes in her ·
life.
LeDuc, Violette: LA BATARDE, tr. by Derek
Coltman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1965, ;
$9.95 pb. A stunning and innovative approach :
to autobiography in which the author explores ·
and explains her life in starkly poetic prose.
LeGuin, Ursula: THE LEFT HAND OF ,
DARKNESS (Ace), 1976 (1969), 304 pp.,
$2.25 pb. Story takes place in an androgynous :
society where a person can, at different times,
be either sex. Result: a society without sex ·
roles.
Lehmann, Rosamund: nusTY ANSWER
(Harcourt Brown Jor.,❖'-· ich), 1975, $3.95
pb. A 1927 novel w' s.:~: sensitively depicts a
young woman's o❖"~on first for a gay man,
then for a worn • ., who is her college roommate.
Levy, Elizabeth: COME OUT SMILING
(Delacorte), 1981, 186 pp., $8.95 cl. Young
adult novel about a 14-year-old coming to
terms with a friend's lesbian relationship at
summer camp.
Lifshin, Lyn: BLACK APPLES (Crossing),
1975, 63 pp., $20 95 pb. Determined,
passionate poetry from the popular and prolific poet.

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Audre Lorde, photo from The Lesbian in
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Lifshin, Lyn: UPSTATE MADONNA
(Crossing), 1975, 127 pp., $4.95 pb. A
collection of visually delightful poems written
from 1970 to 1974.
Lindau, Joan: MRS. COOPER'S BOARDING-HOUSE (McGraw-Hill), 1980, $10.95
cl. A young adult novel. In the summer of
1944, IO-year-old Kat decides to go to the
World Series and sets out to earn the money
she needs to get there. A wonderful story of a
strong young girl and her surprising friendship
with Mrs . Cooper, from whom she learns
about love in its many forms . Good lesbian
characters.
Lippard, Lucy R.: I SEE/YOU MEAN
(Chrysalis), 1979, 149 pp., $5.95 pb. An
experimental novel exploring the relationships
between two men and two women . Lippard
says that writing this book made her a
feminist.
Lipschutz, Barbara: CONTRADICTIONS
(Know), 1974, 36 pp., $2.00 pb. Intense,
personal poems about the pain between men
and women.
Livia, Anna: RELATIVELY NORMA
(Onlywomen), 1982, 220 pp., $5.95 pb. New
British lesbian-feminist fiction. Minnie, a
lesbian-feminist from a Brixton commune,
goes to Australia to visit her mother, determined to come out to her . There she gets
herself caught up in many familial adventures.
Wit, fantasy, and some timely interventions
by the Goddess combine with clear realism to
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Lonidier, Lynn: A LESBIAN ESTATE
(Manroot), 1977, 83 pp., $4.00 pb. Spiritual
fantasy poems with delightful graphics.
Lonidier, Lynn: WOMAN EXPLORER
(Painted Bride Quarterly), 1979, 171 pp.,
$8.00 pb. Poems operating at "the frontiers of
consciousness."
Lorde, Audre: THE BLACK UNICORN
(Norton), 1978, 121 pp., $5.95 pb. An intense
collection of poems, discusses being a black
woman, a mother, a daughter, a lesbian, and a
feminist. Very powerful writing.
Lorde, Audre: THE CANCER JOURNALS
(Spinsters Ink), 1980, 77 pp., $4.00 pb.
Winner of the 1982 Gay Book of the Year
award from the American Library
Association.
Lorde, Audre: CHOSEN POEMS-OLD
AND NEW (Norton), 1982, 115 pp., $5.95
pb., $12.95 cl. Includes selections from earlier
books that have long been out of print, including The First Cities, Cables to Rage, From a
Land Where Other People Live, and NY Head
Shop.
Lorde, Audre: USES OF THE EROTIC: The
Erotic as Power (Out & Out), 1978, $1.00 pb.
Important essay by the famous black lesbian
poet.
Lorde, Audre: ZAMI: A New Spelling of My
Name (Persephone), 1982 ..z;-o\\\\-'l ·, $7.95 pb.
Here Larde creat~s 1ot '3-v~~.crary form-biomythograP~a"'e '1'1~\te ..:ombining elements of
history, Y.~i;raphy, and myth.
Lynn, Elizabeth: THE DANCERS OF ARUN
(Berkley), 1980 (1979), $2.50 pb. Book II of
The Chronicles of Tornor. Focuses on a young
lesbian dancer and the intrigues between the
ruling dynastic families of her city.
Lynn, Elizabeth: A DIFFERENT LIGHT
(Berkley), 1980, $2.25 pb. A scifi fantasy that
holds the reader's interest to the end. Includes
deep same-sex relationships.
Lynn, Elizabeth: NORTHERN GIRL
(Berkley), 1981 (1980), $2.50 pb. Book III of
the Chronicles of Tornor. Astonishing
feminist fantasy of a mainly matriarchal
culture.
Lynn, Elizabeth: WATCHTOWER (Berkley),
1980 (1979), $2.50 pb. Book I of the
Chronicles of Tornor. Homoerotic images and
lesbian characters.
Lynn, Elizabeth: THE SARDONYX NET
(Berkley), 1982 (1981), 423 pp., $2.75 pb. In a
far-future universe, a star captain turned slave
discovers rebellion, the highest form of love.
Lynn, Elizabeth: THE WOMAN WHO
LOVED THE MOON, AND OTHER
STORIES (Berkley), 1981, $2.25 pb. Scifi
stories, many with lesbian characters.
Marchessault,
Jouette:
TRYPTIQUE
LESBIEN (Editions de la Pleine Lune), 1980,
120 pp., $6.95 pb. French Canadian importplease write for availability.

Vicki P. Mcconnel ("Gingerlox"), photo from
The Lesbian in Literature.

Marcus, F.: THE KILLING OF SISTER
GEORGE (Samual French), 1965, $3.50 pb.
Modern classic play of lesbian lives.
Marie, Linda: I MUST NOT ROCK
(Daughters), 1977, 7fvrW;:., $5.00 pb. A
lesbian who was O\}t ~ ..ally abused child tells
her story.
Markham, Stephanie: THE RIME OF THE
ANCIENT FEMINIST (Stramullion), 1981,
38 pp. A cunning satire of Coleridge's original
for the well-versed and ill-versed alike,
published by a Scottish-based feminist collective. British import-please write for availability and price.
Marraffino, Elizabeth: BLUE MOON FOR
RUBY TUESDAY (Contact/II), 1981, 43 pp.,
$3.00 pb. Poems and graphics of lesbian
visions.
Mattie, Pat D.: NO LIES, NO MORE, NOT
NOW (Jungle), 1975, $2.00 pb. Lesbian
poems of growth and change. Many of the
poems are erotic.
Mavor, Elizabeth: THE LADIES OF
LLANGOLLEN (Penguin), 1971, $4.25 pb.
The legendary romance of Lady Eleanor
Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby who eloped
to Wales in 1778. They lived a celebrated life,
hosting the intellectuals of Europe for over 50
years. British import.
McCauley, Carole Speario· HAPPENTHING
IN TRAVEL ON (Da,, ~\~':~s), 1975, 273 pp.,
$4.00 pb. Book a~t o\ ~even women stranded
in the mountain&Q.Ler a plane crash.
McCrary, Blanche: MOURNING THE
DEATH OF MAGIC (Macmillan), 1976,
$10.95 cl. An understated novel about contemporary southern life and the struggle of the
new generation with themselves. Characters

NAMJOSHI
revised spring, 1983-please write for price
and availability.
Millett, Kate: GOING TO IRAN (Coward,
McCann & Geoghegan), 1981, 333 pp., $15.95
cl. Millett's account of her visit to Iran, her
political involvements, and her banishment. A
terrifying account.
Millett, Kate: SITA (Ballantine), 1978, 313
pp., $2.50 pb. An often painful account of
Millett's affair with the mysterious woman
named Sita, written in novel form.

include an adopted son who leaves for California, the belle who has a lesbian affair and
the sister who stays at home.
'
McConnell, Vicki P.: MRS. PORTER'S
LETTER: A Lesbian Mystery (Naiad), 1982,
210 pp., $6.95 pb. Nyla Wade, journalist-detective, in her effort to unravel the mystery of
the letter, encounters a vengeful hooker, and
discovers her true self.
McCullers, Carson: THE HEART IS A
LONELY HUNTER (Bantam), 1981 (1970),
307 pp., $2.75 pb. The story of a young girl
growing up in a small southern town.
McCullers, Carson: BALLAD OF THE SAD
CAFE, & OTHER STORIES (Bantam), 1967,
153 pp., $2.50 pb. Revelations of love and
longing, bitter heartbreak, and occasional
happiness.
McCullers, Carson: THE MEMBER OF THE
WEDDING (Bantam), 1981 (1969), 153 pp.,
$2.95 pb. A young girl's search for a way out
of a dark and confusing world.

Meigs, Mary: LILY BRISCOE: A Self
Portrait (Talon), 1981, 260 pp., $8.95 pb.
Mary Meigs takes on the name Lily Briscoe,
(from Woolf's To the Lighthouse) as her alter
ego to tell her autobiography/memoir. It is a
wonderful revealing account of her life and
relationships. She lives with Barbara Deming,
and is friends with Marie-Claire Blais and
many others.
Miller, Isabel: PATIENCE AND SARAH
(Fawcett), 1983 (1969), 192 pp. A delightful,
romantic fiction set in the 19th century. A
classic based loosely on the life of the painter
Mary Ann Wilson and her lifelong companion
Miss Brundidge of Greene County, NY. To be

Miner, Valerie: BLOOD SISTERS (St.
Mart_in's), 1982, 224 pp., $11.95 cl., $6.95 pb.
Lesbian-feminist political fiction. A touching
story of two cousins from England and the
States who meet as adults in London. An
account of the three generations of women
Kate Millet
and their commitment to their Irish heritage . .
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Beautifully written.
Miner, Valerie: MOVEMENT (Crossing), Morgan, Robin: DEATH BENEFITS
(Copper Canyon), 1980, 24 pp., $30.00 cl,
1982, 200 pp., $13.95 cl., $6.95 pb. Feminist
fiction reflecting on the 60's and 70's limited edition, signed and hand bound. First
generation, written in connected short-story issued to benefit the Domestic Violence
Program of Jefferson County, WA., these
for~at. Having Miner available through U.S.
poems
have appeared in MS. Magazine and
publishers has been one of our joys this year.
The News Depth Perception.
Miner, Valerie: MURDER IN THE
Morgan, Robin: LADY OF THE BEASTS
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT (Women's
(Random House), 1976, 131 pp., $4.95 pb.
Press), 1982, 170 pp., $7.50 pb. Brand new
Poems exploring the many varieties of.
British import, by an author whose work is
women.
greatly appreciated amongst the Giovanni's
Mulisch, Harry: TWO WOMEN, tr. from
Room women. This new story contains
Dutch by Els Early (Riverrun), 1981, 125 pp,,
notions of ethics, loyalty, and love, with an
$5.95 pb. A beautifully written record of a
untraditional murder mystery. It is a story
love affair by a Dutch author who is inabout women-about women understanding
credibly sensitive to his topic. Worthy of any
each other's differences, respecting each
comprehensive lesbian collection.
other's choices, and needing each other's
support.
Myles, Eileen: SAPPHO'S BOAT (Little
Caesar), 1982, 56 pp., $3.00 pb. Spunky
Montgomery, Joanne: WORDS (published by
the author), 1982, n.p., $3.00 pb. Fiery, i)Oems from an unleashed dyke.
Namjoshi, Suniti: FEMINIST FABLES
powerful poems by a Philadelphia lesbian(Sheba Feminist Press), 1981, 123 pp., about
feminist. A name to watch for in the future.

Valerie Miner, photo by Helen E. Longino.

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Victoria Ramstetter, photo from The Lesbian in
Literature.

$5.25 pb. An elegant collection of stories and
drawings that rework mythology as it used to
be. British import-please write for
availability and exact price.
Naylor, Gloria: THE WOMEN OF
BREWSTER PLACE (Viking), 1983 (1982),
192 pp., $13.95 cl., $5.95 pb. Short stories,
connected by their setting, disclosing the lives
• of seven women. Negative lesbian imagery.
Oliveros, Pauline: PAULINE'S PROVERBS,
ed. by Linda Montana (Printed Editions),
1979, $3.25 pb.
O'Mary, Barbara: THIS WOMAN: Poetry of
Love & Change (Times Change), 1973, 64 pp.,
$1. 75 pb. Poems filled with the spirit of
coming out in the 70's. Still feels good to read
it.
Oosthuizen, Ann: LONELINESS AND
OTHER LOVERS (Sheba Feminist Press),
1981 , 160 pp., $6.95 pb. A novel of changes,
heartbreaks and discoveries. British importplease write for availability and price.

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Paddock, Nancy A DARK LIGHT (Vanilla),
1978, 69 pp., $3.50 pb. Tender and fierce
poems exploring the spirituality of women and
nature.
Parker, Pat: WHERE WOULD I BE
WITHOUT YOU: The Poetry of Pat Parker
and Judy Grahn (Oliva Records), 1976, $7.95
LP. An album of their poetry.
Parker, Robert: LOOKING FOR RACHEL
WALLACE (Dell), 1981, 219 pp., $2.50 pb. A
novel told through the eyes of a tender-tough
male detective. His job is to protect a
prominent lesbian-feminist author whose life
has been threatened. Very astute understanding of lesbian issues and very believable
story.
Pastan, Linda: PM/ AM, New and Selected
Poems (Norton), 1982, 112 pp., $5.95 pb.
Pasternak, Judith: STORIES FROM
WOMEN'S LIVES (More Than Half The
World Press), 1981, 24 pp., $1.75 pb. True-tolife poems of women's lives.
Petesch, Natalie L.: THE ODYSSEY OF
KATINOU KALOKOVICH (Mptheroot
Publications), 1974, 199 pp., $5.00 pb.
Although Marge Piercy is not a lesbian, her
work is important to this list. In many of her
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relationships. Her poetry expresses the
struggles of the independent woman who has
dedicated herself to feminism, her art, her lifestyle. She is worthy of the best lesbian library.
Piercy, Marge: AT THE CORE: Selected
Poems, 1977 (Watershed Tapes), 1977, $8.95
cassette.
, Piercy, Marge: BRAIDED LIVES (Fawcett),
1983 (1982), 480 pp., $3.95 pb. A story of the
50's and women's lives, capturing the fear and
tension beneath a placid surface. The terror of
pregnancy, danger of abortion, and the
struggle for control of one's own life and
future in the working-class community.
Piercy, Marge: BREAKING CAMP
(Wesleyan U. Pr.), 1968, 74 pp., $6.95 pb. A
collection of her early poetry.
Piercy, Marge: CIRCLES ON THE WATER:
Selected Poems (Knopf), 1982, 320 pp.,
$17.50 cl., $8.95 pb.
Piercy, Marge: DANCE THE EAGLE TO
SLEEP (Fawcett), 1981, 224 pp., $2.95 pb.
Story of four young revolutionaries driven
underground by society.
Piercy, Marge: GOING DOWN FAST
(Fawcett), 1982, $2.95 pb.
Piercy, Marge: HARD LOVING (Wesleyan
U. Pr.), 1969, 77 pp., $6.95 pb. Poems of
politics and passion from this important poet.
Piercy, Marge: HIGH COST OF LIVING
(Fawcett), 1979, $2.75 pb. Unusual sexual
triangle between a gay male college student, a
lesbian karate expert, and a precocious high
school girl with an overprotective mother.
Wonderful prose; a surprise ending.
Piercy, Marge: LIVING IN THE OPEN
(Knopf), 1976, 108 pp., $4.95 pb. Piercy feels
this work is the closest she has come to
autobiography.
Piercy, Marge: THE MOON IS ALWAYS
FEMALE (Knopf), 1980, 133 pp., $8.95 cl,
$5.95 pb. Poems concerning life as a woman
sees it.
Piercy, Marge: P ARTI-COLORED BLOCKS
FOR A QUILT: Poets on Poetry (U. of
Michigan Pr.), 1982, 320 pp., $6.95 pb. A
wonderful collection of essays, introductions
to previous books, interviews and reviews of
feminist authors. Gives inspiring incites into
Piercy's process as a writer.
Piercy, Marge: SMALL CHANGES
(Fawcett), 1978, 544 pp., $3.50 pb. Two
women face incredible changes as they try to
get their lives in order.
Piercy, Marge: THE TWELVE-SPOKED
WHEEL FLASHING (Knopf), 1978, 130 pp.,
$7.95 cl., $5.95 pb. This book is shaped as a
growth ring, the record of a year. The year is a
wheel that turns but does not return us to
where we were.
Piercy, Marge: VIDA (Fawcett), 1981 (1980),
412 pp., $2.95 pb. Vida is a 60's activist now
driven underground. With great style and
sympathy her life is defined against the
political 60's and 70's. An important novel.

Adrienne Rich, photo from The Lesbian in
Literature.
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Piercy, Marge: WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF
TIME (Fawcett), 1981, 384 pp., $2.95 pb. A
poor chicano woman is transported into the
future to glimpse both a liberated communal
area in New England and a polluted caste
system in New York. How this future world
affects her present life makes for intriguing
reading.
Pratt, Minnie Bruce: THE SOUND OF ONE
FORK (Night Heron), 1981, 44 pp., $2.00 pb.
Attractive book of poems describing rural
relations.
Ramstetter, Victoria: ANTARES (Moonshadow Femile), 1979, 48 pp., $3.50 pb.
Delightful lesbian poetry from a leading
Cincinnati poet.
Ramstetter, Victoria: THE MARQUISE AND
THE NOVICE: A Lesbian Gothic Novel
(Naiad), 1981, 100 pp., $4.95 pb. Stunningly
written in gothic style, borrowing elements
from The Well of Loneliness and Nancy
Drew.
Rawls, Isetta Crawford: FLASHBACKS
(Lotus), 1977, 38 pp., $2.00 pb. Important,
excellent poems from a black poet.
Reading, J.P.: BOUQUETS FOR BRIMBAL
(Harper & Row), 1980, 186 pp., $8.95 cl.
Macy and Annie have been "two halves of the
same person" since age 10. Now adolescent,
Macy is jealous and hurt when Annie falls in
love with a beautiful older woman. An honest
and realistic story of ccontemporary teenagers
faced with decisions and dilemmas .
Rich, Adrienne: COMPULSORY HETEROSEXUALITY AND LESBIAN EXISTENCE
(Onlywomen), 1981, 32 pp., $2.50, saddlestitched. " ... when we turn the lens of vision
and consider the degree to which, and the
methods whereby, heterosexual "prefernce"

ROSEN
has actually been imposed on women, not only
can we understand differently the meaning of
individual lives and work, but we can begin to
recognise a central fact of women's history:
that women have always resisted male
tyranny." publ.-from the jacket note.
Rich, Adrienne: DIVING INTO THE
WRECK, POEMS 1971-1971 (Norton), 1973,
72 pp., $3.95 pb. Co-winner of the National
Book Award for Poetry, 1974. "These are
poems taut with pain and intelligence."Marge Piercy.
Rich, Adrienne: THE DREAM OF A
COMMON LANGUAGE, Poems 1974-1977
(Norton), 1978, 77 pp., $4.95 pb. Poems that
name and explore the lives of women.
Rich, Adrienne: LEAFLETS, Poems 19651968 (Norton), 1969, 79 pp., $4.95 pb. An
early and unusual collection of Rich's work;
contains adaptions of foreign and traditional
work.
Rich, Adrienne: OF WOMAN BORN:
Motherhood as Experience (Bantam), 1977,
$3.95 pb.; (Norton), 1976, $12.95 cl.
Mothering, a subject that lacks resource
material, is written about from the author's
personal experience. She discusses both the
potential of the motherhood relationships and
the institution.
Rich, Adrienne: ON LIES, SECRETS AND
SILENCE: Selected Prose, 1966-1978
(Norton), 1980 (1979), 310 pp., $3.95 pb,
$15.95 cl. An excellent selection of essays and
introductions, some previously published.
Includes the essay Women and Honor: Some
Notes on Lying; also discusses women's
studies, motherhood, and a wide variety of
feminist/lesbian topics. An important book.
Rich, Adrienne: POEMS-SELECTED AND
NEW, 1950-1974 (Norton), 1975 (1966), 256
pp., $5.95 pb., $12.95 cl.
Rich, Adrienne: TWENTY-ONE LOVE
POEMS (Effie's Press), 1981 (1977), $4.00
saddlestitched. Thought to be Rich's comingout lesbian p0ems, a fine collection.
Rich, Adrienne: A WILD PATIENCE HAS
TAKEN ME THIS FAR: Poems, 1978-1981
(Norton), 1981, 61 pp., $4.95 pb., $12.95 cl. A
wonderful new selection of powerful poems;
includes the Twenty-One Love Poems.
Rich, Adrienne: THE WILL- TO CHANGE:
Poems, 1968-1970 (Norton), 1971, $4.95 pb.
Rich, Adrienne: WOMEN AND HONOR:
Some Notes on Lying (Motheroot), 1977, 12
pp., $2.00 saddlestitched. A very important
essay.
Gelpi, Barbara Charlesworth, and Albert
Gelpi (eds.): ADRIENNE RICH'S POETRY:
Texts of Poems, the Poet on Her Work, Reviews and Ciriticism (Norton), 1975, 150 pp.,
$4.95 pb. An excellent overview of the poet,
her poetry, and how she is perceived by the
literary, academic, general, and feminist
reader. Some of the work goes back as far as
1951.

THE

WOMEN
WHO
HATE
ME
POEMS BY DOROTHY ALLISON
That summer I did not go crazy,
spoke instead to my mama who
insisted our people <lo not go crazy.
We make instead that sudden evening
silence that follows the shotgun blast,
we stand up alone twenty years after
like a scarecrow in a field
pie-eyed, toothless, naming
our enemies and outliving them.
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Portrait of Jane Rule by Leon Tvey, 1963.

Riis, Sharon: THE TRUE STORY OF IDA
JOHNSON (Women's Press), 1976, 111 pp.,
$3.25 pb. Canadian import. Fantastic little
novel of a mysterious relationship between
two girls who return to each other's lives in
maturity.
Riley, Elizabeth: ALL THAT FALSE INSTRUCTION (Angus and Robertson), 1975,
247 pp., about $8.50 pb. Story of a young girl
from an oppressive home who discovers her
own lesbianism. Seeking to find warmth and
tenderness in her relationships, all she
eventually finds · is disillusionment from influences outside her relationships. Australian
import-please write for availability and
price.
Roberts, Michele: A PIECE OF THE NIGHT
(Women's Press), 1978, 186 pp., $7.25 pb.
British import. Won the London Gay News
award in 1978 for best lesbian novel. Set both
in France and England, the story of a young
woman torn 6etween two cultures and lifestyles. Beautifully wrought lesbian autobiographical novel.
Rose, Wendy: LONG DIVISION: A Tribal
History (Strawberry), 1981, 30 pp., $2.50 pb.
Poems of love, anger, and of reclaiming her
identity as a Native American.
Rosen, Ann, with Jan Sutcliffe: WENATCHEE WALLA AND ME (Hard Press),
1980, 16 pp., $5.00 in case. A photo poem

THE BOOK OF THE CITY OF LADIES
"M'Offlg end remarl<able.. . . The first work in praise and
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·111-ro IINlpo-of one woman·• rolce . ... That this
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story on one large, continuous folded page. A
fine creative effort.
Rule, Jane: CONTRACT WITH THE
WORLD (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1980,
339 pp., $12.95 cl.; Naiad (1982), $7.95 pb. A
- series of inter-related stories of a group of
people whose lives are connected. Good
character studies of both lesbians and gay
males.
Rule, Jane: DESERT OF THE HEART
(Naiad), . 1983 (1964), 224 pp., $3.95 pb.
Reprint of Rule's first novel, considered by
many to be the quintessential lesbian romance.
Excellent plot and character studies and a
happy ending.
Rule, Jane: LESBIAN IMAGES (Crossing),
1982 (1975), 250 pp., $6.95 pb. A very important book in the discussion of lesbian
literature and authors.
Rule, Jane: OUTLANDER (Naiad), 1981, 220
pp., $6.95 pb. Thirteen stories and 12 essays
with strong lesbian content. A rich, powerful,
important collection of Rule's work.
Rule, Jane: THIS IS NOT FOR YOU (Naiad),
1982 (1972), 284 pp., $7.95 pb. The story of a
young woman and her relationship with a lifelong friend. The struggles of being able to, or
not being able to, come out as a lesbian. The
work reflects the pre-liberation times during
which it was written.
Russ, Joanna: ON STRIKE AGAINST GOD
(Crossing), 1982, 107 pp., $4.95 pb. A coming
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Russ, Joanna: WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO
(Dell), 1977 (1975), 170 pp., $1.75 pb. A space
ship crashes on an uncharted planet in
unknown space, and one of the passengers
comes up with a startling solution to the
problem of how to survive in an alien environment.
Ruth, Barbara: FROM THE BELLY OF THE
BEAST (Four Zoas), 1977, 23 pp., $3.00
saddlestitched. Radical, political, sensuous
lesbian poetry.
Salmonson, Jessica A.: THE GOLDEN
NAGANATA (Ace), 1982, 288 pp., $2.75 pb.
Story of an Amazon, Samurai, lesbian
warrior.
Salmonson, Jessica A.: TOMOE GOZEN
(Ace), 1982, 272 pp., $2.50 pb. Fantasy of the
Amazon, Samurai, lesbian warrior.
Sand, George: THE BAGPIPERS
(Cassandra), 1977, 394 pp., $5.95 pb. We
include Sand in this list as a classic writer who
was involved with women, for her prolific,
exemplary life as a writer, and because she, as
a woman, had the courage to overcome the
existing boundaries of her time.
Sand, George: FANCHON THE CRICKET
(Cassandra), 1977, 203 pp., $5.00 pb. From
the stories of village life in the 19th century.
Sand, George: THE GEORGE SAND AND
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT LETTERS
(Academy Chicago), 1979 (1921), 375 pp.,
$5.95 pb. A correspondence written over a
period of 12 years that discloses aspects of
their diverse natures.
Sand, George: THE HAUNTED POOL
(Shameless Hussy), 1976 (1951), $2.95 pb.
One of a series of rustic tales.
Sand, George: INDIANA (Cassandra), 1978,
$5.00 pb. Sand's first novel.
Sand, George: THE INTIMATE JOURNAL
(Cassandra), 1977, 198 pp., $5 .00 pb. Sand's
journal writing is her most expressive and
natural.
Sand, George: LAVINIA (Shameless Hussy),
1977, $2.95 pb. Considered Sand's feminist
novel written in the mid-19th century.
Sand, George: LELIA, tr. from French by
Maria Espinosa, foreword by Ellen Moers
(Indiana U. Pr.), 1982, 256 pp., $5.95 pb.
Sand's famous autobiography at last available
in paperback.
Sand, George: LEONE LEONI (Cassandra),
1978, 342 pp., $3.95 pb. A spellbinding tale
set in Venice.
Sand, George: MAUPRAT (Cassandra),
1977, $5.95 pb. Written in 1846, as she was
suing for separation, this novel includes much
against the abuses of marriage.
Sand, George: MY CONVENT LIFE
(Cassandra), 1977, $5.00 pb. Autobiographical account of Sand's three years in a
convent, written thirty years later.
Sand, George: MY LIFE, tr. and adapted by
D. Hofstadter (Harper & Row), 1980, 240 pp.,

$3.95 pb. A very readable selection of her
autobiography.
Sand, George: SHE AND HE (Cassandra),
1978, 224 pp., $5.00 pb. A fictionalized,
idealized account of Sand's affair with Alfred
de Musset.
Sand, George: VALENTINE (Cassandra),
1978, 336 pp., $5.00 pb.
Sand, George: WINTER IN MAJORCA
(Cassandra), 1978, 200 pp., $5.00 pb. Intimate account of her time on Majorca with
her children and the invalid Chopin.
Barry, J.: INFAMOUS WOMAN: The Life of
George Sand (Doubleday), 1978, 384 pp.,
$5.95 pb. Portrays the full flavor and furor of
the Romantic movement.
Cate, Curtis: GEORGE SAND: A Biography
(Avon), 1975, 818 pp., $2.75 pb. The
biographer portrays the provocative, talented,
daring author as large as life.
Sappho: SAPPHO: A New Translation, tr.
from Greek by Mary Barnard (U. California
Pr.), 1958, 114 pp., $1.95 pb. A nearly perfect
English translation.
Sarton, May: ANGER (Norton), 1982, 223
pp., $12.95 cl. Latest novel by the prolific poet
and novelist. This story is about an older
married couple and their difficulty in communicating.
Sarton, May: AS WE ARE NOW (Norton),
1982 (1973), 136 pp., $3.95 pb. Powerful •
account of a woman who is put in an old-age
home against her will. There are beautiful
passages throughout, including a romance
between the older woman and a younger
woman. The novel has a forceful ending.
Sarton, May: BRIDGE OF YEARS (Norton),
1971, $11.95 cl.
Sarton, May: COLLECTED POEMS, 19301973 (Norton), 1974, 416 pp., $19.95 cl. Here

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to terms with her need for solitude as a source
of inspiration.
Sarton, May: KINDS OF LOVE (Norton),
1980 (1970), 352 pp., $4.95 pb. A novel revealing the requirements necessary to stay
alive in Willard, NH. She follows the relationship of Christina and Ellen and Christina and
her husband.
Sarton, May: MISS PICKTHORN AND MR.
HARE: A Fable (Norton), 1966, 92 pp., $3.50
cl.
Sarton, May: MRS. STEVENS HEARS THE
'MERMAIDS SINGING (Norton), 1974
(1965), 220 pp., $3.95 pb. The central
character, a poet in her seventies, explores the
sources of a woman's creativity, the nature of
the Muse, the complexities of love, the need
for solitude. This is Sarton's coming-out
·novel.
Sarton, May: PLANT DREAMING DEEP
(Norton), 1983 (1968), $3.95 pb., $10.95 cl.
Sequel to her journal/ Knew A Phoenix.
Sarton, May: A RECKONING (Norton), 1981
Claudia Scott, photo from The Lesbian in
(1978), 254 pp., $3.95 pb., $11.95 cl. The
Literature.
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I story of a woman reckoning up her life after
finding out she has terminal cancer. A strong,
Sarton's major themes are love, war, inner believable character who chooses to die at
order, and self-knowledge.
home with dignity. Wonderful character
Sarton, May: CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS studies, many women and strong lesbian
(Norton), 1980 (1975), 160 pp., $3.95 pb. The presence.
story of a woman who leaves her marriage Sarton, May: RECOVERING (Norton), 1980,
after many years to continue more seriously 246 pp., $12.95 cl. An inspiring journal of
with her art. The story is told through the Sarton today. She has faced many difficulties
character of an intimate friend, who has here and maintains her life-style in strength.
grown to depend on the stability of the couple.
Sarton, May: SELECTED POEMS OF MAY
Sarton, May: FAITHFUL ARE THE
SARTON, ed. by Serena Sue Hilsinger and
WOUNDS (Norton), 1972, 288 pp., $9.95 cl.
Lois Brynes (Norton), 1978, 202 pp., $6.95
The story of a Harvard professor who
pb.
commits suicide.
Sarton, May: THE FUR PERSON (Norton), Sarton, May: SHADOW OF A MAN
1973, 125 pp., $10.95 cl.; (NAL) 1979, $1.50 (Norton), 1982, 304 pp., $4.95 pb. The novel
pb. The story of a cat living in the home of of a man engulfed by his relatives. At the
two aging spinsters, told through the cat's death of his mother he takes his first steps to
maturity.
eyes.
Sarton,
May: A SHOWER OF SUMMER
Sarton, May: A GRAIN OF MUSTARD
DAYS
(Norton),
1979 (1952), 244 pp., $3.95
SEED (Norton), 1971, 72 pp., $3.95 pb. Lyric
poems celebrating gentleness and cautioning pb. The relationships of three people bound to
each other by memories and experiences in a
against violence.
special house.
Sarton, May: HALFWAY TO SILENCE
(Norton), 1980, 64 pp., )12.95 cl.; $4.95 pb. Sarton, May: THE SMALL ROOM (Norton),
Poems reflecting five decades of Sarton's deep 1976, 256 pp., $4.95 pb. An early Sarton story
of a woman in academia. Contains lesbian
creative passions.
characters.
Sarton, May: THE HOUSE BY THE SEA
(Norton), 1981 (1977), 288 pp., $12.95 cl.; Sarton, May: A WORLD OF LIGHT:
$3.95 pb. An autobiographical journal of Portraits and Celebrations (Norton), 1976,
Sarton's settling in Maine, her garden and her 254 pp., $10.95 cl. This book includes the significant people in Sarton's life and their
taking root in her home.
impact on her during her early years.
Sarton, May: I KNEW A PHOENIX (Norton), 1979 (1959), 222 pp., $3 .95 pb. Auto- Sarton, May: WRITINGS ON WRITING
biographical work reflecting on Sarton's (Puckerbrush), 1980, 55 pp., $4.95 saddlechildhood, the various places she has lived, stitched.
Blouin, Lenora P.: MAY SARTON: A Bibher work in theater, etc.
Sarton, May: JOURNAL OF A SOLITUDE liography (Scarecrow), 1978, 236 pp., $7.95
(Norton), 1977 (1973), 208 pp., $11.95 cl., cl.
$3.95 pb. Bestselling journal of Sarton coming Hunting, Constance ed.: MAY SARTON:

Woman & Poet, portraits by Lotte Jacobi
(National Poetry Foundation), 1982, 275 pp.,
$12.95 pb., $25.00 cl. A comprehensive study
of Sarton's life and work, critical analysis of
her poetry, novels, and memoirs. A tribute to
her dedication as an ar~ist.
Saxe, Susan: TALK AMONG THE WOMEN
FOLK (Common Wori.,.\.,_.....,. Press), 1976, 22
pp., $2.00, saddlest;, 0\ ~J. Amazing collection
of poems by wel'O~vwn radical activist while
she was living unoerground in the 70's.
Schuhknecht, Chris: VERHALTENES
A UFBA UMEN (Les bens tich-Presse-Ver lag),
1981, 32 pp., about $2.50. German importplease write for availability and price.
Scoppetone, Sandra: HAPPY ENDINGS
ARE ALL ALIKE (Dell), 1978, 192 pp., $1.75
pb. Young adult lesbian novel-deals successfully with small-town prejudice and family
opposition.
Scott, Claudia: IN THIS MORNING (Tree
Frog), 1979, 55 pp., $2.95 pb.
Scott, Claudia: LESBIAN WRITER: Collected Work of Claudia Scott, ed. by Frances
Haneke! and Susan Windle (Naiad), 1982, 111
pp., $4.50 pb. Excellent collection of lesbian
poetry from the late Philadelphia poet.
Scott, Claudia: PORTRAIT (Lavender),
1974, 43 pp., $1.50 pb. Autobiographical
poems by the lesbian poet. A remarkable
collection.
Segrest, Mab: LIVING IN A HOUSE I DO
NOT OWN (Night Heron), 1982, $2.50
saddlestitched.
Shange, Ntozake: SASSAFRASS, CYPRESS
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Sirius, Jean: LESBIAN LOVE POEMS (an
aid to the inarticulate) (Sirius), 1981, $2.50
pb. Playful and delightful lesbian poems.

Sisley, Emily: THE NOVEL WRITERS
(Mosaic), 1980, 78 pp.', -$2.95 pb. A short
novel about a group of middle-aged pro!for tfie
fessionals who meet occasionally to try out
their writing on each other and who suddenly
find themselves forced out of their closets.
Speicher, Rita: NIGHT LIVES/OTHER
LIVES (Wild Goose), 1978, 69 pp., $2.95 pb.
A collection of poetry.
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author of the play For Colored Girls Who BIOGRAPHY (Random House), 1973, 352
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mama from Charleston, SC. There is magic OTHER EARLY . WRITINGS (Liverright),
on almost every page. Contains lesbian 1971, 205 pp., $8.95 cl. The two title works
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are lesbian in content. Readable, not written
Sheen, Barbara: SHEDEVILS (Metis), 1978, in Stein's later experimental style.
C1·nU11a Mac.'\'-1am"'
80 pp., $3.50 pb. Short stories of wild and Stein, Gertrude: GERTRUDE STEIN READS
FROM HER WORKS (Caedmon Records),
ferocious independent women.
1981, $8.95 LP, $11.75 cassette. The place of
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POEMS (Out & Out), 1975, 27 pp., $2.00 pb. her brilliant re-examination of the English
Lesbian love poems with illustrations-very language. Included here: "The Making of
erotic and lyrical.
Americans, Parts 1 & 2," "A Valentine to
Shockley, Ann: THE BLACK AND WHITE Sherwood Anderson," "If I told Him," "The
OF IT (Naiad), 1980, 150 pp., $5.95 pb. These Complete Portraits of Picasso and Matisse,"
ten stories of black and white women (many and others.
middle-aged) in lesbian relationships speak Stein, Gertrude: HOW TO WRITE (Dover),
powerfully for lesbianism and against the 1975 (1931), 395 pp., $4.00 pb. First published
oppressive views of families and society.
in 1931, this book contains Gertrude Stein's
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Shockley, Ann: LOVING JiER (Avon), 1978, thoughts about the craft of writing.
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interracial Iesbiar0\ ~.1cionship, written by a WRITTEN, ed. by Robert Bartlett Haas
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poignant, sensiti , e story.
Stein deals here with literary theory. Outlines
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ME (Avon), 1982, 288 pp., $2.95 pb. A HOT Stein, Gertrude: IDA (Vintage), 1968 (1941),
respected. There is a reason for the trust, it ·
lesbian romance of a charismatic woman 154 pp., $2.95 pb. A rounded piece of writing,
is one of her own who looks on, a sister; no
preacher and a well-known female vocalist.
invader, no landing conqueror, but one of
stripped of both logic and emotion. Ida's life
her own tribe. And the care for form is a
Singer, Rochelle: THE DEMETER FLOWER consists of mainly of resting, of talking to
lover's care, a sculptor's care for line and
(SL Martin's), 1982 (1980), 224 pp., $6.95 herself, and of getting married, time after
shadow, curve and mass ... A revolution acpb., $9.95 cl. A well-written futuristic novel, time.
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Stein, . Gertrude: THE MOTHER OF US
-Kate Millett, From the Preface
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Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Aix-lesBains, 1928, photo from Staying on Alone,
Letters of Alice B. Toklas.

Stein, Gertrude:
PARIS, FRANCE
(Liveright), 1970 (1940), 120 pp., $4.95 pb.
One of Stein's greatest achievements. Observations and anecdotes about every aspect of
French life. Published the day Paris fell to the
Germans.
Stein, Gertrude: SELECTED WRITINGS OF
GERTRUDE STEIN, ed. by Carl Van
Vechten (Vintage), 1972 (1954), 706 pp., $6.95
pb. Contains several stories with a lesbian
content.
Stein, Gertrude: THREE LIVES (Vintage),
1958 (1936), 279 pp., $3.95 pb. The unforgettable stories of three women, told with
poignancy and compassion.
Stein, Gertrude: THE YALE GERTRUDE
STEIN, intro. by R. Kostelanetz (Yale U.
Pr.), 1980, 464 pp., $6.95 pb. Some of
Gertrude Stein's most extraordinary writing;
contains her posthumous works.
Martin, Marty: GERTRUDE STEIN,
GERTRUDE STEIN, GERTRUDE STEIN
(Random House), 1979, 96 pp., $8.95 cl.;
(Vintage), 1980, 60 pp., $2.95 pb. A onecharacter play, in the true Stein style, that
covers her childhood in California to her discovery of and life with Alice B. Toklas.
Martin, Marty: GERTRUDE STEIN,
GERTRUDE STEIN, GERTRUDE STEIN,
performance by Pat Carroll (Caedmon
Records), 1980, 2 record set, $17.95. In a
spectacular tour de force, Pat Carroll brings
the personality of this complex woman

engagingly alive.
Dubnick, Randa Kay: THE STRUCTURE OF
OBSCURITY: Gertrude Stein & the Limits of
Language (U. Illinois Pr.), 1983, 200 pp.,
$18.50 cl. The author deciphers much of the
obscurity in Stein's major works. She parallels
the cubist work of Picasso and Stein's writing,
and discusses Stein's literary experiments.
Mellow, J.R.: CHARMED CIRCLE: Gertrude Stein and Company (Avon), 1982
(1975), 640 pp., $3.95 pb. Narrative of Stein's
salon in Paris; insight into her career and her
relationship with Alice B. Toklas.
Stockwell, Nancy: OUT SOME WHERE
AND BACK AGAIN (The Kansas Stories)
(Medusa), 1978, 102 pp., $3.00 pb. Mostly
stories about growing up in Kansas. A couple
of lesbian short stories, all very well written.
Straayer, Amy Christine: BURTIN AND
HEALIN AND TALKIN IT OVER (Metis),
1980, 114 pp., $5.00 pb. A collection of short
stories with forceful tales of strong everyday
women.
Strongin, Lynn: BONES AND KIM (Spinsters
Ink), 1980, 116 pp., $5.50 pb. A beautifully
written stream-of-consciousness story about a
disabled woman. It floats between the various
relationships in her life-her mother, her
lesbian lover, and the women who live in her
building.
Taylor, Sheila Ortiz: FAULTLINE (Naiad),
1982, 126 pp., $6.95 pb. A well-crafted story
of a :woman, whose capabilities of raising her
children are questionable. She's a lesbian, is
raising 500 rabbits, and has a host of unusual
characters in her life. The novel, seen through
the eyes of her friends and enemies, is a great
deal of fun-and more.
Taylor, Valerie: JOURNEY TO FULFILLMENT (Naiad), 1982 (1964), 160 pp.,
$3.95 pb. Lesbian fiction set in WW II-Erika
is saved from a Nazi concentration camp and
meets the first woman lover in her life. First
novel in the Erika Frohmann series.
Taylor, Valerie: PRISM (Naiad), 1981, 146
pp., $6.95 pb. The story of an aging lesbian
who plans to spend the rest of her life in a
small town without excitement or love. What
happens is quite the opposite. An excellent tale
that deals with aging, risk-taking, and affjrmation.
Taylor, Valerie: RETURN TO LESBOS
(Naiad), 1982 (1963), 192 pp., $3.95 pb. Erika
meets Frances Ollenfield-No. 3 in the Erika
Frohmann series.
Taylor, Valerie: A WORLD WITHOUT
MEN (Naiad), 1982 (1963), 160 pp., $3.95 pb.
Second book in the Erika Frohmann series.
Erika-older and wiser-is settled in the U.S.,
with a firm lesbian identity.
Tiptree, James, Jr. (pseud. for Alice Shel. don): OUT OF THE EVERYWHERE
(Ballantine), 1981, 278 pp., $2.75 pb. Unparalled sci-fi stories from a talented writer.
Includes the Nebula-Award winner, "The
Screwfly Solution."

Nancy Toder, photo from The Lesbian in
Literature.

Tiptree: James, Jr.: UP THE WALLS OF
THE WORLD (Berkley), 1979 (1978), 314
pp., $1.95 pb. A stunning novel of intergalactic terror and ESP from the awardwinning writer.
Tiptree, James, Jr.: WARM WORLDS AND
OTHERWISE (Ballantine), 1979 (1975), 222
pp., $1.95 pb. Stories by the Hugo- and
Nebula-award winner, includes the astonishing matriarchal tale, "The Women Men Don't
See."
Toder, Nancy: CHOICES (Persephone),
1980, 320 pp., $6.00 pb. Bestselling contemporary Jewish lesbian novel with excellent
psychological insight and much explicit sex.
Vinge, Joan D.: THE OUTCASTS OF
HEAVEN'S BELT (NAL), 1982 (1978), 200
pp., $1.75 pb. A breathtaking tale of space
survival by the Hugo Award winning writer.
Vinge, Joan D.: THE SNOW QUEEN (Dell),
1981 (1980), 538 pp., $3.25 pb. Epic novel of
fantasy meshing with technology.
•Vivien, Jean: THE LOVE OF TWO WOMEN
(Womari Prints), 1982, $4.95 pb. Popular,
trashy lesbian romance.
Vivien, Renee: AT THE SWEET HOUR OF
HAND IN HAND (Naiad), tr. from French
by Sandia Belgrade, 1979, 81 pp., $5.50 pb.
Lesbian poetry by this French writer.
Vivien, Renee: UNE FEMME M'APPARUT,
about $7 .00-please write for availability and
price. In French.
Vivien, Renee: LE JARDIN TURC (A
L'Ecart), 1982, about $8.95 pb.-please write
for availability and price. In French.
Vivien, Renee: THE MUSE OF THE
VIOLETS, tr. from French by Margaret
Porter and Catharine Kroger (Naiad), 1979,
81 pp., $4.00 pb. A CQl!ection of poems.

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Vivien, Renee: POEMES DE RENEE
VIVIEN, Vols. I & II (Arno), 1975, $37.50 cl.
The complete poetry of Renee Vivien in
French.
Vivien, Renee: SOIREE, about $7.95 pb.please write for availability and price. In
French.
Vivien, Renee: A WOMAN APPEARED TO
ME, tr. from French by Jeannette Foster
(Naiad), 1979, 65 pp., $5.00 pb. Autobiographical novel of the author's love affair
with Natalie Clifford Barney.
Walker, Alice: THE COLOR PURPLE
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), (1982), 245 pp.,
$11.95 cl.; (Pocket), 1983, $5.95 pb. Pulitzer
prize-winning lesbian fiction set in the Black
South of the 1920's. Walker creates a new
language here-a beautiful book!
Walton, Evangeline: THE CHILDREN OF
LLYR (Ballantine), 1978 (1971), 226 pp.,
$1.95 pb. Wonderful fantasy novel of
medieval times.
Walton, Evangeline: THE ISLAND OF THE
MIGHTY (Ballantine), 1979 (1936), 368 pp.,
$1.95 pb. New reprint of a novel recounting
the wiles of a fabulous sorceress.
Walton, Evangeline: THE SONG OF
RHIANNON (Ballantine), 1979 (1972), 210
pp., $1.95 pb. Fantastic adventure of two men
and two women who battle mysterious forces.
Walton, Evangeline: WITCH HOUSE
(Ballantine), 1979 (1945), 200 pp., $1.75 pb.
An extraordinary horror story that is macabre
and relentless.
Warn, Emily: THE LEAF PATH (Copper
Canyon), 1982, $5.00 pb. Highly respected
poems selected by Suan Griffin for the 1981
King County Arts Commission's publication
project. Expresses reverence for humanity and
nature.
Waters, Chocolate: CHARTING NEW
WATER (Eggplant), 1980, 96 pp., $5.50 pb.
Poems, satire, columns, and cartoons from a
wonderfully funny lesbian poet and writer.
Waters, Chocolate: TAKE ME LIKE A
PHOTOGRAPH (Eggplant), 1980 (1977), 48
pp., $4. 75 pb. Great little book of lesbian
poetry, some very light and others extremely
serious; includes some photos.
Waters, Chocolate: TO THE MAN REPORTER FROM THE DENVER POST
(Eggplant), 1980, 47 pp., $3.75 pb. Entertaining, hilarious poems from this humorous
poet.
Webb, Phyllis: SELECTED POEMS (Talon),
1971, 129 pp., $4.95 pb. Collection of poems
by the major Canadian poet.
Weiss, Ruth: DESERT JOURNAL (Good
Gay Poets), 1977, $5.00 pb. Epic journalpoem by the famous poet.
White, Mary: SHOUT IT OUT (Bear Enterprises), 1981, $5.00 pb. A collection of poems.
Wiegner, Kathleen: COUNTRY WESTERN
BREAKDOWN (Crossing), 1974, 64 pp.,
$2.95 pb. Wonderful feminist and rural poems

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Susan Windle, photo from The Lesbian in
Literature.

by a new poet.
Wilson, Anna: CACTUS (Onlywomen), 1981,
155 pp., $4.95 pb. A novel of two older
lesbians and two younger lesbians trying to
survive in a small town in England. Interesting
contrasts among the women's lifestyles.
British import-please write for availability
and price.
Wilson, Barbara Ellen: AMBITIOUS
WOMEN (Spinsters Ink), 1982, 228 pp., $7.95
pb. A story of friendships, rivalry, business
and career dealings, and love affairs between
women. Three women, one a political fugitive,
dealings with the FBI, and grand jury hearings
flesh out this believable story.
Wilson, Barbara: THIN ICE AND OTHER
STORIES (Seal), $4.95 pb. Remarkable
feminist stories.
Winant, Fran: DYKE JACKET (Violet Press),
1980 (1976), 62 pp., $3.50 pb. The lesbian
poems and songs of Fran Winant are a delight.
Thought-provoking and satisfying, they hit
home. The book contains a great song entitled, ''Gertrude and Alice Were Lovers.''
Winant, Fran: GODDESS OF LESBIAN
DREAMS: Poems and Songs (Violet Press),
1980, 63 pp., $3.50 pb. Mystical revelations
and searchings in poetry. The poet tells of
being attuned to the Goddess who is in and
around each of us.
Windle, Susan: MOLE HILL & MOUNTAINS (Open Ear), 1979, 40 pp., $2.00 pb.
Mystical women-identified poems.
Winsloe, Christa: THE CHILD MANUELA:
The Novel of Maedchen in Uniform (Arno),
1975 (1933), $15.00 cl. The original 1933
German novel behind the film, Maedchen in
Uniform. For collectors of Lesbiana.
Wittig, Monique: LES GUERILLERES
(Avon), 1981 (1973), 144 pp., $2.95 pb. Short
stories of Amazon life, noted for distinct style.
Wittig, Monique: THE LESBIAN BODY
(Avon), 1975 (1973), 159 pp., $1.75 pb.
Amazonian in content.
Wittig, Monique: LESBIAN PEOPLES:
Material For a Dictionary (Avon), 1979, $5.95
pb. A wonderful selection of terms of lesbian
lives and legends.

Wittig, Monique: THE OPOPONAX, tr.
from French by Helen Weaver (Daughters),
1976, $4.50 pb.
Wong, Nellie: DREAMS IN THE HARRISON RAILROAD PARK (Kelsey St.),
1981, 45 pp., $4.00 pb. Brilliant feminist
poems from a Chinese-American writer.
Woolf, Virginia: BETWEEN THE ACTS
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1969 (1941),
220 pp., $3.75 pb. A haunting novel, written
during the early years of WW II and com- _
pleted just before Woolf's death, about the
interplay between a man and two women.
Woolf, Virginia: BOOKS AND PORTRAITS: Some Further Selections from the
Literary and Biographical Writings of V.W.,
ed. by Mary Lyon (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1981 (1977), 228 pp., $10.00 cl.,
$4.95 pb. Woolf's literary criticism had great
significance on her work.
Woolf, Virginia: THE CAPTAIN'S DEATH
BED AND OTHER ESSAYS (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1978 (1950), 248 pp., $5.95 pb.
Twenty-five literary essays, collected posthumously.
Woolf, Virginia: THE COMMON READER
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1955 (1925),
246 pp., $3.95 pb. Essays about writing and
writers from Chaucer to the modern.
CONTEMPORARY
Woolf, Virginia:
WRITERS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich),
1976 (1965), 160 pp., $2.45 pb. Essays on the
20th-century books and authors.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DEATH OF THE
MOTH AND OTHER ESSAYS (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1974 (1942), 248 pp.,
$2.95 pb. Literary essays by Woolf.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DIARY OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. I: 1915-1919, ed.
by Anne Olivier Bell (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1979, 356 pp., $3.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DIARY OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 2: 1920-1924, ed.
by Anne Olivier Bell (Harcourt Brace J ovanovich), 1980 (1978), 372 pp., $12.95 cl., $5.95
pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DIARY OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 3: 1925-1930, ed.
by Anne Olivier Bell (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1981, 386 pp., $8.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE DIARY OF VIRGINIA VOOLF, Vol. 4: 1931-1935, ed. by
Anne Olivier Bell (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1982, 416 pp. $19.95 cl.
Woolf, Virginia: FLUSH (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1976 (1933), 192 pp., $2.45 pb.
Story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker
spaniel, which provides glimpses of Browning
and her life with Robert.
Woolf, Virginia: FRESHWATER (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1976, 82 pp., $6.95 cl.
Woolf's only play, a hilarious farce discovered after Leonard's death.
Woolf, Virginia: GRANITE AND RAINBOW (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1975

WOOLF
Woolf, Virginia: WOMEN AND WRITING
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1980 (19041942), 200 pp., $3.95 pb. Collection of her
shorter pieces on women as writers, drawn
from her various volum_nes of essays.
Woolf, Virginia: A WRITER'S DIARY (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1973 , 365 pp., $3.65
pb. Comments on works she was both reading
and writing, plus writing exercises and notes.
Spans 27 years.
Woolf, Virginia: THE YEARS (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1965 (1937), 440 pp.,
$5.95 pb. A novel spanning three generations
of an upper-class English family.

(1958), 240 pp., $3.45 pb. Literary essays.
Woolf, Virginia: A HAUNTED HOUSE
AND OTHER SHORT STORIES (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1972 (1949, 1966), 150
pp., $2.95 pb. Stories published posthumously
by Leonard Woolf. Beautiful writing.
Woolf, Virginia: JACOB'S ROOM (Harcourt.
Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1922), 176 pp.,
$2.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. I: 1888-1912, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1977 (1975),
540 pp., $8.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 2: 1912-1922, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1976),
634 pp., $5.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 3: 1923-1928, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1980 (1977),
606 pp., $5 .95 pb.

Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 4: 1929-1931, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1981 (1978),
448 pp., $7.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 5: 1932-1935, ed.
by Niegl Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1982 (1979),
476 pp., $14.95 cl., $9.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE LETTERS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF, Vol. 6: 1936-1941, ed.
by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1982 (1980),
558 pp., $19.95 cl., $9.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: THE MOMENT AND
OTHER ESSAYS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1974 (1948), 256 pp., $2.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: MOMENTS OF BEING
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1976),
208 pp. , $8.95 cl., $2.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: MRS. DALLOWAY (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1953 (1925), 298
pp., $4.95 pb. Focuses on a party Woolf was
always excited by.
Woolf, Virginia: MRS. DALLOWAY'S
PARTY (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1975,
$2.95 pb . Sequel to Mrs. Dalloway-Seven
stories focusing on the same party.
Woolf, Virginia: NIGHT AND DAY (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1948 (1920), 512
pp., $5.75 pb. A novel: a love story posing
crucial questions about women, intellectual
freedom, and marriage, set in London before
WWI.

Woolf, Virginia: ORLANDO (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1973 (1928), 334 pp., $3.95 pb .
Woolf's most fanci.ful novel with a

Monique Wittig, photo from The Lesbian in
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hero/ heroine who spans three centuries of
English history, society, and literature. A
feminist reappraisal of the nature of the sexes.
Woolf, Virginia: THE PARGITERS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1977), 176
pp ., $16.00 cl., $4.95 pb. The novel-essay
portion of The Years.
Woolf, Virginia: ROGER FRY: A Biography
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1976 (1940),
304 pp., $4.50 pb. Woolf's only biography,
which she undertook to commemorate a
devoted friend .
Woolf, Virginia: A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1981, 1957
(1929), 122 pp., $2.95 pb. Women will attain
the power, influence, wealth, and fame that
men have attained, Woolf claims in this essay,
provided they can find the first two keys to
freedom-fixed incomes and rooms of their
own.
Woolf, Virginia: THE SECOND COMMON
READER (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1960
(1932), 248 pp., $3.50 pb. Further literary
essays.

Woolf, Virginia: THREE GUINEAS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1963, $2.95 pb.
Woolf, Virginia: TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1955 (1927),
320 pp., $6.95 pb . A novel about the daily life
of an English family in the Hebrides .
Woolf, Virginia: THE VOYAGE OUT (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1968, 1948 (1920),
376 pp., $3 .95 pb. Her first novel. Realistic,
with beautiful language. ·
Woolf, Virginia: THE WAVES (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1978 (1930), 304 pp. ,
$3 .95 pb.

Bell, Quentin: VIRGINIA WOOLF: A Biography (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1972,
318 pp., $4.50 pb. • Written by Woolf's
nephew, this is considered by many to be the
best biography of the writer.
Edel, Leon: BLOOMSBURY: A House of
Lions (Avon), 1980 (1979), 338 pp., $2.75 pb.
An absorbing, well-done account of the period
and the people.
Gadd, David: THE LOVING FRIENDS: A
Portrait of Bloomsbury (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich), 1974, 210 pp., $3.45 pb., $6.95
cl.
Holtby, Winifred: VIRGINIA WOOLF: A
Critical Memoir (Academy Chicago), 1978,
208 pp., $5.00 pb. Discussion of the complex,
ground-breaking work of a contemporary
writer at the height of her career. Probably
among the best critical examinations of
Woolf's work.
Lehmann, John: VIRGINIA WOOLF AND
HER WORLD (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich),
1977 (1975), 128 pp., $4.95 pb. Large-format
biography with many photos.
Marcus, Jane, ed.: NEW FEMINIST ESSAYS ON VIRGINIA WOOLF (U. Nebraska
Pr.), 1981, 268 pp., $21.50 cl.
Marder, H.: FEMINISM AND ART: A Study
of Virginia Woolf (U. Chicago Pr.), 1968, 190
pp., $2.95 pb. A sensitive, thorough treatment
of Woolf's feminism.
Morrell, Lady Ottoline: LADY OTTOLINE'S
ALBUM: Snapshots and Portraits of Her
Famous Contemporaries (Knopf), 1976, 118
pp., $12.50 cl. Famed hostess of Bloomsbury
group, in an excellent selection of photos.
Noble, Joan Russell: RECOLLECTIONS OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF BY HER CONTEMPORARIES (Morrow), 1972, 208 pp.,
$2.50pb.
O'Brien, Edna: VIRGINIA: A Play (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich), 1981, 74 pp., $7.95 cl.
Richter, Harvena: VIRGINIA WOOLF: The
Inward Voyage (Princeton U. Pr.), 1978
(1970), 276 pp., $4.95 pb. An analysis of the
works of Woolf, including novels, essays, and
letters.
Rosenbaum, S.P., ed.: THE BLOOMSBURY
GROUP (U. Toronto·Pr.), 1977 (1975), 448
pp., $12.50 pb.

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WOOLF
Spater, G., and I. Parsons: A MARRIAGE
OF TRUE MINDS (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1979 (1977), 210 pp., $5.95 pb. An
account of the marriage of Leonard and
Virginia Woolf.
Nicolson, Nigel: PORTRAIT OF A
MARRIAGE (Antheneum), 1973, 249 pp.,
$6.95 pb. The letters and diaries of Vita
Sackville-West provide the evidence of love
affairs with Violet Trefusis and Virginia
Woolf. Nicolson portrays his parents'
marriage as a loving partnership between two
people who found most of their sexual release
in homosexual contacts.
Worley, Gwen: LAND'S END (Four Oceans),
1976, 8 pp., $2.50 saddlestitched. Highly
personal, reflections of a dyke in Provincetown, MA.
Young, Donna J.: RETREAT AS IT WAS!
(Naiad), 1979, 106 P.~~- .,5.00 pb. Futuristic
lesbian fantasy in ~~,".,I-woman society. For
those interested i·~o'.,-woman utopian novels,
this is an ir>'O~dting and important contribution.
Yourcenar, Marguerite: THE ABYSS, tr.
from French by Grace Frick (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1981 (1976), 384 pp., $8.95 pb.
Yourcenar, Marguerite: A COIN IN NINE
HANDS, tr. from French by Dori Katz
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 1982 (1950) (1934),
174 pp., $12.95 cl. Set in fascist Italy, this
accessible novel of heroism involves a plot to
assassinate Mussolini.
Yourcenar, Marguerite: FIRES, tr. from
French by Dori Katz (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 1982 (1981), 129 pp., $8.25 pb.,
$11.65 cl. Nine dramatic monologues and
narratives based on classical Greek stories,
interspersed with highly personal (lesbian)
notations. The book reflects on a time of profound inner crisis in the author's life.
Yourcenar, Marguerite: LES YEUX
OUVERTS (Le Centurion), 1980, 335 pp.,
$12.95 pb. French import-please write for
availability and price.
Zaremba, Eve: A REASON TO KILL (Paperjacks), 1978, 186 pp., $1.95 pb. A lesbian
detective story with gay male characters. A
good, fast read. Canadian import-please
write for availability and price.

(1976), 192 pp. , $3.95 pb. Some early womenwooing-women poems here.
Bulkin, Elly, ed.: LESBIAN FICTION: An
Anthology (Persephone), 1981 , 286 pp., $8.95
pb. A wonderful selection, including short
fiction by Judy Grahn, Jane Rule, Sandy
Boucher, Julie Blackwoman, Jan Clausen,
and many more.
Bulkin, Elly, ed.: LESBIAN POETRY: An
Anthology (Persephone), 1981, 296 pp.,
$10.95 pb. This sister-selection includes May
Sarton, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Susan
Griffin, Rita Mae Brown, and much more.
Cedar & Nelly, eds.: A WOMAN'S TOUCH:
An Anthology of Lesbian Eroticism and
Sensuality (Womanshare Books), 1981 (1979),
160 pp., $6.50 pb. A collection of erotica, art,
and stories by both well-known and lesserknown contributors. For women only.

Cherry, Chris, Ellen Galford, Joy Pitman and
others: HENS IN THE HAY (Stramullion
Press), 1980, 79 pp. , $3.25 pb. Scottish
feminist press anthologising lesbian and
Margaret Anderson, photo from The Lesbian in
feminist poets . Please inquire for current
Literature.
availability and price.
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Cooper, Jane, Gwen Head, Adalaide Morris,
Anderson, Margaret, ed.: THE LITTLE RE- and Marcia Southwick, eds.: EXTENDED
VIEW ANTHOLOGY (Horizon), 1953, 383 OUTLOOKS: The Iowa Review Collection of
pp., $4.95 pb. The editor, a romantic, a rebel, Contemporary Women Writers (Macmillan),
and founder and editor of The Little Review 1982, 400 pp., $7.95 pb. Includes Becky
(which has published many distinguished Birtha, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, and
writers), here presents a fine collection. In- many more .
cluded are Gertrude Stein, Emma Goldman,
Cosman, Carol, Joan Keefe, and Kathleen
Djuna Barnes, and others.
Weaver, eds.: THE PENGUIN BOOK OF
BACKBONE 2: NEW FICTION BY WOMEN POETS (Penguin), 1981 (1978), 400
NORTHWEST WOMEN (Seal) 1980, 154 pp., $5.95 pb. Classic poets, dating back to
pp., $4.95 pb. Both lesbian and feminist ancient Egypt, through contemporary 20thauthors are represented. Barbara O'Mary century authors; an international selection.
(from This Woman) re-emerges here.
COUNTRY WOMEN'S POETRY (Country
Bankier, Joanna, Carol Cosman, Doris Earn- Women), 1975, 128 pp., $2.00 pb. A
shaw, et. al., eds.: THE OTHER VOICE: collection by lesbians and their households
Twentieth Century Women's Poetry in Trans- who are living on the land.
lation, foreword by Adrienne Rich (Norton),
1976, 218 pp., $5.95 pb. An exciting collection Covina, Gina, and Laurel Galana, eds.: THE
of women poets from various cultures, socio- LESBIAN READER: An Amazon Quarterly
economic classes and origins, sharing their Anthology (Amazon), 1975, 247 pp., $5 .95
pb. Fiction, poetry, and essays from the
differences and commonalities.
periodical Amazon Quarterly, a lesbian
Barnston, Aliki, and Willis Barnstone: A magazine from the early 70's.
BOOK OF WOMEN POETS FROM ANTIQUITY TO NOW (Schocken), 1981, $9.95 pb. Dallman, Elaine, ed.:WOMAN POET, Vol I:
A beautiful, enormous book-275 poets from The West (Women-in-Literature), 1980, 100
every time with brief biographical sketches; pp., $6.00 cl. A regional anthology of contemporary women poets.
arranged geographically.
PARTI
Dineson,
Betsy, ed.: REDISCOVERY: Short
Bernikow, Louise, ed.: THE WORLD SPLIT
(Avon), 1982, 272 pp. , $3.50
Story
Anthology
OPEN: Four Centuries of Women Poets in
SECTION II
England & America, 1552-1950, introduction pb. Includes 22 stories, spanning 300 years;
FICTION & POETRY
by Louise Bernikow, preface by Muriel includes Aphra Behn, June Arnold, Willa
(Vintage), 1974, 346 pp., $4.95 pb. Cather, Alix Kates Shulman, and more.
Rukeyser
ANTHOLOGIES
Many classic writers reprinted here; also some Efros, Susan, ed.: THIS IS WOMEN'S
poems drawn from the blues of Bessie Smith WORK: An Anthology of Prose & Poetry
(Panjandrum), 1974, 148 pp., illustrated,
and Ma Rainey.
$4.95
pb . A very good collection of early writHere are both lesbian anthologies and Bogin, Meg: THE WOMEN TROUBAanthologies of women writers that include DOURS: An Introduction to the Women ings; includes Marge Piercy, Susan Griffin,
lesbian authors and themes. The list is Poets of the Twelfth Century Provence and a Sandy Boucher, and many more.
alphabetical by author.
Collection of Their Poems (Norton), 1980 Fairbairns, Zoe, Sara Maitland, Valerie

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ANTHOLOGIES
Miner, Michele Roberts, Michelene Wandor:
TALES I TELL MY MOTHER: A Collection
of Feminist Short Stories (South End), 1980
(1978), 162 pp., $5.00 pb. Fifteen stories
written as a collaborative project by some of
the most exciting contemporary British and
American authors today.
Fell, Alison, ed.: HARD FEELINGS: Fiction
and Poetry From Spare Rib (Women's Press),
1979, 214 pp., about $7.25 pb. A variety of
themes and approaches from lucid reality to
black humor mirror the passionate complexities of women's lives and perceptions.
British import; please inquire for present
availability and price.
Fell, Alison, Stef Pixner, Tina Reid, Michele
Roberts, and Ann Oothuizen: LICKING THE
BED CLEAN (Teeth Imprints), 1978, about
$2.00. British import; please inquire for current availability and price.
Fell, Alison and Stef Pixner, Tina Reid,
Michele Roberts, and Ann Oothuizen:
SMILE, SMILE, SMILE (Sheba Feminist
Publishers), 1980, 128 pp., $3.50 pb. Poems,
stories, and drawings by the authors of
Licking The Bed Clean. Funny, erotic,
thoughtful accounts of women who swagger,
scale Pyrenean peaks, and more.
Fisher, Dexter, ed.: THE THIRD WOMAN:
Minority Women Writers of the United States

(Houghton Mifflin), 1980, 594 pp., $12.50 pb.
Included here are American Indian, Black,
Chicana, and Asian American women. An
important collection.
Gomez, Alma, Cherrie Moraga and Mariana
Romo Carmona, eds.: CUENTOS, Stories by
Latinas (Kitchen Table), 1983, 225 pp., $8.95
pb. The first collection of short fiction by
Latinas written from a feminist-political perspective. · Includes work by women from the
U.S. and Latin America, both in English and
in Spanish.
Grahn, Judy, ed.: TRUE TO LIFE ADVENTURE STORIES: Vol. II (Crossing),
1981, 224 pp., $11.95 cl., $6.95 pb. Judy
Grahn compiles works by women who would
not necessarily consider themselves authors.
Work of the so-called common woman in reallife situations,
Hacker, Marilyn, ed.: WOMAN POET, Vol.
II: The East (Women-in-Literature), 1981, 124
pp., $6.00 pb. A regional anthology, representing contemporary American women
poets; many lesbians included.
Hall, James, :Nancy J. Jones, and Janet R.
Sutherland: WOMEN: Portraits (McGrawHill), 1976, 292 pp., $7.00 pb. Draws from
many sources to present realistic portraits of
women, both young and mature and from
many cultures.

Hoffman, Nancy, and Florence Howe, eds.:
WOMEN WORKING: An Anthology of
Stories and Poems, illus. by Ann ToulmanRothe (Feminist), 1979, 272 pp., $5.50 pb.
Includes many important authors: Barbara
Smith, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, Anzia
Yezierska, and more.
Howe, Florence, and Ellen Bass, eds.: NO
MORE MASKS: An Anthology of Poems by
Women (Doubleday), 1973, 396 pp., $5 .95 pb.
One of the first anthologies published by a
major press. Today it is almost as important
as it was in 1973. Includes both lesbian and
feminist authors, mostly well-known.
Isom, Joan Shaddox, ed.: SUN-CATCHER:
Children of Earth-An Anthology of People
Who Have Endured (Foxmoor), 1982, 116
pp., $5.50 pb. A collection of prose and
poetry by 33 contributors who share emotions
that are basic to human existence. Includes
Maya Angelou, Emily Carr, Meridel Lesueur,
and others.
Kaminski, Margaret, ed.: MOVING TO
ANTARTICA: An Anthology of Women's
Writing From Moving Out (Dustbooks), 1975,
166 pp., $3.95 pb. Contains poems, prose,
drama, and an essay. Early writings that
continue to be vital to our feminist consciousness.

Finally, the gay answer book.
At last, a practical new book for gays, counselors, psychologists,
therapists, parents and health care professionals that takes on the
outdated methods rampant in the counseling of gays and presents a
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World lesbians and gay men • The special problems of rural gay
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Smith, Barbara, ed.: HOME GIRLS: A Black
Feminist Anthology (Kitchen Table), 1983,
384 pp., $10.95 pb. A greatly revised version
of Conditions: FIVE-The Black Women's
Issue. Contains fiction, p_olitical analysis, and
attempts to capture what Black feminism is at
the present time. Also counters some of the
homophobic books that have come out
recently in the name of Black feminism. Some
contributors are Gloria T. Hull, Alexis
DeVaux, Alice Walker, Bernice Reagon, June
Jordan, and Cheryl Clarke.
WOMAN SPACE (New Victoria), 1981, 94
pp., $4.95 pb. Science fiction and futuristic
fiction and art by women. Includes Joanna
Russ and Josephine Saxon, as well as many
new talents.
Picano, Felice, ed.: A TRUE LIKENESS: Lesbian and Gay Writing Today (Sea Horse),
1980, 353 pp., $9.95 pb. Short stories, poetry,
and two plays, most of which have not been
published before.

Barbara Grier and Donna J. McBride of Naiad
Press, photo by JEB .

Kidd, Virginia, ed.: MILLENIAL WOMEN
(Dell), 1978, 305 pp., $1.95 pb. Science fiction
and futuristic fantasies of women in search of
themselves. Works by Le Guin, Lynn, and
others.
Kleinberg, Seymour, ed.: THE OTHER PERSUASION: Short Fiction About Gay Men and
Women (Vintage), 1977, 351 pp., $4.95 pb.
The lesbian fiction in this fine collection is of
high quality. Includes work of Radcliffe Hall,
Gertrude Stein, Jane Rule, and others.
Lifshin, Lyn, ed.: ARIADNE'S THREAD: A
Collection of Contemporary Women's
Journals (Harper & Row), 1982, 288 pp.,
$17 .95 cl, $6.95 pb. Diaries and journals of
both well-known and lesser-known contemporary writers. Includes Marge Piercy,
Judy Chicago, Ntozake Shange, and others.
LOVERS AND OTHER LOSSES: Poems By
Seven Women (Isis), 1981, 80 pp., $3.95 pb.
Includes Louise Bernikow, Almitra David (a
Pennsylvania poet), and several other quality
authors.
MANROOT #8: WOMANHOOD (Manroot),
1973, 120 pp., $3.00 pb. Includes writing by
women and men, black and white, gay and
straight. Lynn Strongin, Judy Grahn, Helen
Luster are included here.
McAllister, Pam, ed.: REWEAVING THE
WEB OF LIFE: Feminism and Nonviolence
(New Society), 1982, 448 pp., $19.95 cl., $8.95
pb. Anthology with more than 50 contributors. Includes women's history, women
against militarism, self-defense, civil rights,
interviews, songs, poems, short stories, and
bibliography.
Mohin, Lillian, ed.: ONE FOOT ON THE
MOUNTAIN: An Anthology of British
Feminist Poetry, 1969-1979 (Onlywoman),
1979, about $5.00 pb. Please write for current
availability and price.

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O'Brien, Aline, Chrys Rasmussen, and
Catherine Costello, eds.: WOMANBLOOD:
Portraits of Women in Poetry and Prose
(Saga), 1981, 206 pp., $9.95 pb. An album of
portraits of women seen from every angle, in
every stage of life, the traditions and legacies
of our foremothers, etc. Lesbian content
uncertain.
Rotter, Pat, ed.: BITCHES AND SAD
LADIES: An Anthology of Fiction By and
About Women (Dell), 1980 (1975), 445 pp.,
$2.25 pb. An important, diverse collection;
includes some lesbians but mostly feminist
authors .
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Salmonson, Jessica Amanda, ed.:
AMAZONS! (Daw), 1979, 206 pp., $2.25 pb.
Award-winning collection of short stories
about heroic women in fantasy.
Salmonson, Jessica Amanda, ed.:
AMAZONS II (DAW), 1982, $2.95 pb.
SAPPHIC TOUCH, Vol. II (Pamir), 1981,
136 pp., $6.00 pb. Stories, poems, articles,
and graphics of lesbian erotica.
Sargent, Pamela, ed.: MORE WOMEN OF
WONDER (Vintage), 1976, 305 pp., $2.95 pb.
The second book of the Women of Wonder
series, containing a variety of women's science
fiction.
Sargent, Pamela, ed.: THE NEW WOMEN
OF WONDER (Vintage), 1978, 363 pp., $2.50
pb. Third book of Women of Wonder series,
containing Joanna Russ's lesbian story
"When it Changed ."
Sargent, Pamela, ed.: WOMEN OF WONDER (Vintage), 1975 (1974), 288 pp., $2.95
pb. Anthology of science fiction stories by 12
women writers. Good introduction by Sargent
on contributions of women to this maledominated writing field.

PARTI
SECTION III
BOOKSON
WOMEN'S BOOKS
This section is included for those of us who
love books and enjoy exploring. It lists
bibliographies and book reviews, books of
women's publishing and self publishing,
archival _information, and literary criticism.
The order is alphabetical by author, compiler,
or editor.
Abel, Elizabeth, ed.: WRITING AND
SEXUAL DIFFERENCE (U. Chicago Pr.),
1982, 312 pp., $7.95 pb. Among the 16
contributors are Carolyn G. Heilbrun and
Nina Auerbach.
A GAY BIBLIOGRAPHY, 6th ed, American
Library Association, Gay Task Force (Social
Responsibilities Round Table), 1980 (1971),
15 pp., $1.00 stapled. A bibliography
featuring non-fiction materials that present or
support positive views of the gay experience.
Barr, Marlene S., ed.: FUTURE FEMALES
(Bowling Green), 1981, 192 pp., $8.95 pb. A
critical anthology of essays on science fiction.
Buyze, Jean: THE TENTH MUSE: Women
Poets Before 1806 (Shameless Hussy), 1980,
128 pp., $3.95 pb. An index of women poets
from the beginnings of literature to the year
1806.
Cornillon, Susan Koppelman, ed.: IMAGES
OF WOMEN IN FICTION: Feminist Perspectives (Bowling Green), 1973 (1972), 399
pp., $7.95 pb. A collection of essays examining the ways women are portrayed in fiction.

BOOKS ON WOMEN'S BOOKS

Crosland, Margaret: BEYOND THE LIGHTHOUSE: English Women Novelists in the
Twentieth Century (Taplinger), 1981, 230 pp.,
$14.95 cl. This provocative survey of notable
British women writers is distinguished by its
discerning criticism and perceptive understanding of the social background that influenced each novelist's work.
Davidson, Cathy N., and E.M. Broner: THE
LOST TRADITION: Mothers and Daughters
in Literature (Frederick Unger), 1980, 327 pp.,
$8.95 pb. Twenty-four essays examining the
links between mothers and daughters as portrayed in many literary forms. Includes a discussion on how this link is depicted in works
by Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Rich, and many
others.
Evans, Mary, and David Morgan: WORK ON
WOMEN: A Guide to the Literature
(Methuen), 1979, 83 pp., $3.95 pb. An excellent feminist bibliography-includes many
lesbian authors and issues of interest to the
ksbian-feminist community.
Gilbert, Sandra M., and Susan Gubar, eds.:
SHAKESPEARE'S SISTERS: Feminist
Essays on Women Poets (Indiana U. Pr.),
1979, 337 pp., $10.95 pb. These 19 exceptionally intelligent and insightful essays on
women poets include Jane Lead, Anne Bradstreet, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, H.D., Edna
St. Vincent Millay, Christina Rossetti, Emily
Dickinson, and others.
Grier, Barbara: THE LESBIAN IN LITERATURE (Naiad), 1981, 168 pp., $7.95 pb. The
legendary lesbian treasure map. A checklist of
lesbian literary heritage, including wonderful
tidbits, unexpected authors, 89 photos, and

excellent commentary. Complete through
1979 with some 1980 titles.
Grier, Barbara: LESBIANA: Book Reviews
From The Ladder, 1966-1972 (Naiad), 1976,
291 pp., $5.00 pb. Book reviews of literature
with lesbian content, written in Barbara
Grier's piercing articulate style. An important
piece of lesbian herstory.
Haber, Barbara: WOMEN IN AMERICA: A
Guide to Books, 1963-1975 (G.K. Hall), 1978,
202 pp., $18.00 cl. This is a general bibliography, documenting the books of the new
women's movement, geared toward college
teachers, librarians, undergraduate students,
as well as general readers. The author is a
research librarian from Radcliffe. Poetry,
fiction, and drama have been omitted from
this list. The section on sexuality, which in.eludes lesbians, is thoughtful and accurate.
Jelinek, Estelle, ed.: WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Essays in Criticism (Indiana
U. Pr.), 1980, 274 pp., $9.95 pb. A discussion
of the forms, content, and intention of
women's autobiographies. The books
examined are mostly by literary women or
politically active women.
Joan, Polly, and Andrea Chesman: GUIDE
TO WOMEN'S PUBLISHING (Dustbooks),
1978, 296 pp., $4.95 pb. A book that exemplifies the magnitude of women's publishing
today. A celebration of multi-faceted interests-from art to political journals, to
distribution, to presses. Truly a labor of love
and a feast.
Johnson, Christine Leslie, and Arny Christine
Straayer: A BOOK OF ONE'S OWN: Guide
to Self-Publishing (Metis), 1979, 70 pp., $4.00
saddlestitched. Provides in-depth information
on the business, production, and distribution
of book publishing. Includes a bibliography.
Juhasz, Suzanne: NAKED AND FIERY
FORMS: Modern American Poetry by
Women (Harper & Row), 1976, 212 pp., $3.95
pb. This book traces the development of the
new tradition of American women's poetry by
examining closely the work of some of the
poets who have created it. Emily Dickinson,
Marianne Moore, Denise Levertov, Sylvia
Plath, Anne Sexton, Gwendolyn Brooks,
Nikki Giovanni, Alta, and Adrienne Rich are
included here.
McFadyen, Barbara, and Marilyn Gayle:
BRING OUT YOUR OWN BOOK: Low-Cost
Self-Publishing (Godiva), 1980, 96 pp., $6.00
saddlestitched. Lucid explanation of the
various aspects of self-publishing. Large
format.
Roberts, J.R., ed.: BLACK LESBIANS: An
Annotated Bibliography, foreword by Barbara Smith (Naiad), 1981, 93 pp., $5.95 pb. A
comprehensive guide to materials by and/ or
about Black lesbians in the U.S. Includes
much information drawn from periodicals
and books that include Black lesbians.
Staicar, Tom, ed.: THE FEMININE EYE:
Science Fiction and The Women Who Write It

Frances Hankel and Alma with cats.

(Ungar), 1982, 148 pp., $6.95 pb. Critical
essays on Suzy McKee Charnas, Marion
Zimmer Bradley, and the elusive James Tiptree, Jr.
Stewart, Grace: A NEW MYTHOS: The
Novel of the Artist as Heroine, 1877-1977
(Eden Press Women's Publications), 1981,
200 pp., $8.95 pb. An analysis of how female
writers structure their novels of the artist as
heroine and therein treat certain existing
myths and mythic images.
Sternburg, Janet, ed.: THE WRITER ON
HER WORK (Norton), 1981 (1980), 266 pp.,
$4.95 pb. Celebrates the diversity of novelists,
poets, and writers of non-fiction-how they
became writers, why they write, and what it
means to be a woman writer
Turner, Maryann: BIBLIOTECA FEMINA:
A Herstory of Book Collections Concerning
Women, illus. by Ellen Turner (Tower), 1978,
118 pp., $5.00 pb. A fine exploration into
many known and obscure collections with
extensive information about them and their
contents.
West, Celeste, and Valerie Wheat: THE
PASSIONATE PERILS OF PUBLISHING
(Booklegger), 1978, 76 pp., $5.00 pb.
Humorous examination of the industry, from
the conglomerates to the feminist presses.
Williams, Ora: AMERICAN BLACK WOMEN IN THE ARTS AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES: A Bibliographic Survey, Revised
and Expanded (Scarecrow), 1978, 197 pp.,
$10.00 cl. An impressive tribute to the many
accomplishments of the Black woman in a
diversity of disciplines.
Williamson, Jane: NEW FEMINIST
SCHOLARSHIP: A Guide to Bibliographies
(Feminist), 1979, 139 pp., $15.00 cl. The
author lists all bibliographies in English, in
addition to any free materials distributed by
public libraries and women's organizations.
Lesbians are included in the 32 categories.

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Ginny Vida, photo from The Lesbian in

Literature.

PART II
SECTION I
COMING OUT
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Alyson, Sasha, ed.: YOUNG, GAY AND
PROUD (Alyson), 1981, 96 pp., $2.95 pb. A
very up book for young adults. Deals with
coming out to parents, at school, and to
friends. Contains a good bibliography for
young adults.
Clark, Don, Ph.D.: LOVING SOMEONE
GAY (Signet), 1977, 274 pp., $3.50 pb.
Among the best books on the subject for gays,
friends, family, and for the professional.
Gives many helpful hints about coming out.
Also a chapter for therapists on how to work
with gay clients.
Cruikshank, Margaret, ed.: THE LESBIAN
PATH (Double Axe Books), 1981 (1980), 248
pp., $6.95 pb. A fine collection of writings by
37 lesbians on a variety of topics. Some of the
topics covered: Young Lesbians, Finding
Ourselves, Catholic Tales, Mothers, and
more. Many of the contributors are wellknown authors in the lesbian literary community.
Diamond, Liz: THE LESBIAN PRIMER
(Women's Educational Media), 1981 (1979),
86 pp., $4.50 pb. Like a course in Lesbianism
101-it dispels myths, is very informative,
includes a bibliography, record list, glossary,
and much more.
Fairchild, Betty: PARENTS OF GAYS
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saddlestitched. Helpful guidance for gays and
their parents: includes locations of support
groups.
Fairchild, Betty, and Nancy Hayward: NOW
THAT YOU KNOW: What Every Parent
Should Know About Homosexuality (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1979, 228 pp., $6.95
pb. The best book for talking to parents in
their own language. Winner of the Gay Book
Award, from the Gay Task Force of the
Library Association.
Hanckel, Frances, and John Cunningham: A
WAY OF LOVE, A WAY OF LIFE: A Young
Person's Introduction to What It Means To
Be Gay (Morrow), 1979, 188 pp., $8.95 cl. An
excellent sourcebook for young people, it
includes sections on gay terminology,
recognizing your gayness, confronting your
feelings about being gay, talking with the
family, how to meet people, having relationships and sex, interviews with a dozen lesbians
and gay men, and much more. (This book was
written in Philadelphia, so it is particularly
dear to us at Giovanni's Room .)
Scanzoni, Letha, and Virginia Ramey Mollenkott: IS THE HOMOSEXUAL MY
NEIGHBOR? Another Christian View
(Harper & Row), 1978, 159 pp., $5.95 pb. An
excellent book for parents whose religious
principles are creating conflicts for them in
understanding their children's gayness. Looks
at prejudice from an ethical perspective.
Silverstein, Charles, M.D.: A FAMILY
MATTER (McGraw-Hill), 1977, 214 pp.,
$4.95 pb. Case studies and discussions of
positive and negative aspects of coming out to
the family. Written by the founder of a
counseling center for sexual minorities. A
good chapter on parents of gays. ;

Stanley, Julia Penelope, and Susan J. Wolfe,
eds.: THE COMING OUT STORIES (Persephone), 1980, 251 pp., $6.95 pb. The stories
of many lesbians , some well-known, about
their coming out, or discovery of their feelings. An excellent collection.
Switzer, David K., and Shirley Switzer:
PARENTS OF THE HOMOSEXUAL: A
Christian Care Book (Westminster), 1980, 118
pp., $5.95 pb. Examines the guilt and anger
some parents feel about their children being
gay. Prepared by counselors helping to deal
with reconciliation.
Vida, Ginny, ed.: OUR RIGHT TO LOVE: A
Lesbian Resource Book (Prentice-Hall), 1978,
320 pp., $10.95 pb. Produced in cooperation
with the women of the National Gay Task
Force, this is the single most important overview of and guide to lesbianism in America
today. Chapters on every aspect of our livesfrom culture, to families, to the military, to
religion, to sex. Contains writings by wellknown activists and authors, and many
anonymous , personal accounts. An eyeopener for the novice and for many seasoned
sisters .

PART II
SECTION II
BIOGRAPHIES &
INTERVIEWS
Adair, Nancy, and Casey Adair: WORD IS
OUT (Delta), 1978, ~- '3 pp., $7.95 pb.
Shatters the myth r~<,.-$;'exual stereotypes-a
graceful, funny, .} ,gnant, and charming
documentary al-o❖~, lesbians and gay men.
Based on the filn. of the same name.
Albertson, Chris: BESSIE (Stein & Day),
1972, 253 pp., $6.95 pb. Autobiography of the
best blues singer. The most provocative and
enlightening work ever contributed to the
annals of jazz literature.
Baetz, Ruth: LESBIAN CROSSROADS:
Personal Stories of Lesbian Struggles and Triumphs (Morrow), 1980, 273 pp., $6.95 cl.
(reduced from $10.95). Interviews.
Beck, Evelyn Torton, ed.: NICE JEWISH
GIRLS: A Lesbian Anthology (Persephone),
1982, 224 pp., $8.95 pb. A record of Jewish
lesbian lives in pictures, poems, fiction, and
essays. Includes Adrienne Rich, Elana Dykewoman, Irena Klepfisz, and many more. A
wonderful contribution to our lives.
Bloch, Alice: LIFETIME GUARANTEE: A
Journey Through Loss and Survival (Persephone), 1981, 131 pp., $6.95 pb. Chronicle
of a woman faced with the impending death of
her sister from cancer. Explores the complex
and intense bonds between sisters.

BIOGRAPHIES/INTERVIEWS
.Boucher, Sandy: HEARTWOMEN, AN
URBAN FEMINIST'S ODYSSEY HOME
(Harper & Row), 1982, 224 pp., $12.95 cl.
Celebrates the diversity of women's lives;
interviews and photos of blacks, native
Americans and whites of various ethnic backgrounds from the mid-western section of the
U.S. (Paperback available Fall 1983).
Cliff, Michelle: CLAIMING AN IDENTITY
THEY TAUGHT ME TO DESPISE (Persephone), 1980, 66 pp., $4.00 pb. An incredible personal voyage through divisions of
race, relationships, and sexuality. A
courageous blend of herstory and poetry.
Galana, Laurel, and Gina Covina: THE NEW
LESBIANS: Interviews with Women Across
the U.S. and Canada (Moon), 1977, 224 pp.,
$4.95 pb. Interviews with lesbians from
diverse backgrounds.
Hobson, Sarah: THROUGH IRAN IN DISGUISE (Academy Chicago), 189 pp., $5.95
pb. The amazing story of Sarah Hobson's
travels through pre-revolutionary Iran dressed ·
as a boy. Formerly Masquerade in cloth.
King, Billie Jean, with Frank DeFord: BILLIE
JEAN (Viking), 1982, 220 pp., $13 .95 cl. This
unfortunately is not a coming out story. It is
quite sad to see one of the greatest women in
sports conforming for the sake of her career
and publicly buckling under.
Lash, Joseph: LOVE, ELEANOR: Eleanor
Roosevelt and Her Friends (Doubleday), 1982,
536 pp., $19.95 cl. Controversial bestseller of
the erotic exploration of Eleanor Roosevelt's
friendship circle of women. Attempts to
explain her revitalized life after Franklin's
death through the support she gained through
bonding with women.

Lewis, Sasha Gregory: SUNDAY'S WOMEN:
A Report on Lesbian Life Today (Beacon),
1981, 217 pp., $10.95 cl., $5.95 pb. Material
from interviews with over 25 lesbians from a
wide variety of backgrounds. Proves that
there is no stereotyped lesbian. Covers all
socioeconomic backgrounds, races, and ages.
Manning, Rosemary: A TIME AND A TIME
(Calder and Royars), 1971, 158 pp., $7.95 pb.
This honest account of the hurt and loneliness
experienced by a lesbian takes the reader into
the realm of depression and the grim realities
of suicide.
Meulenbelt, Anja: THE SHAME IS OVER: A
Political Life Story, tr. by Ann Oosthuizen
(The Women's Press), 1980 (1976), 275 pp.,
$5.95 pb. A courageous, warm, frank, often
funny book that shows how rich, complicated,
and inconsistent real life is.
Moraga, Cherrie, and Gloria Anzaldua, eds.:
THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Persephone), 1981, 261 pp., $8.95 pb. Contains
prose, poetry, personal narrative, and analysis
by Afro-American, Asian American, Latina,
and native American women. Reflects what
the writers feel to be the major areas of
concern. A very important book.
Perrin, Elula: SO LONG AS THERE ARE
WOMEN, tr. by H. Salemson (Morrow),
1978, 216 pp., $10.95 cl. Lives of nine lesbians
as told by the owner of a Paris nightclub for
women, The Katmandou. A sensuous book
that portrays the wide range of lesbian life.
Stewart-Park, Angela, and Jules Cassidy:
WE'RE HERE: Conversations With Lesbian
Women (Charles River), 1977, $3 .95 pb.
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Wilson, Elizabeth: MIRROR WRITING
(Virago), 1982, 161 pp., about $7.25 pb.
British import-please write for availability
and price. Autobiography of a woman's
search for self. Her story covers four dl·cades
and was much influenced by both politicai and
social changes, particularly the gay liberation
and women's movements.
Womanshare Collective: COUNTRY LESBIANS: The Story of the Womanshare Collective (Womanshare), 1976, 193 pp., $6.00
pb. A book that reveals the intimate feelings
and struggles of women trying new ways of
dealing with sexual relationships, money, and
power, work, and the political meaning of
their personal and collective lives.
Women's Press Collective: LESBIANS
SPEAK OUT (Crossing), 1974, $5.00 pb. An
early collection of essays, art, and poetry by
lesbians. Contains the famous ·"woman
identified woman" by New York Radicalesbians, plus an article by Del Martin and
Phyllis Lyon. A politically important book.
Wolff, Charlotte, M.D.: HINDSIGHT
(Quartet), 1980, 312 pp., $19.95 cl. Dr. Wolff,
author of Live Between Women (1971) and Bisexuality (1977), writes frankly about her life
and work and about her feelings about
Germany and England, her home for over 30
years.

PART II
SECTION III
LESBIAN
IDENTITY
Abbott, Sidney, and Barbara Love: SAPPHO
WAS A RIGHT-ON WOMAN: A Liberated
View of Lesbianism (Stein & Day), 1978
(1972), 256 pp., $1.95 pb. An important piece
of gay-movement literature from the 70's,
written by two lesbians. The book focuses on
what it means to be lesbian and how lesbian
pride can be achieved.
Birkby, Phyllis, ed.: AMAZON EXPEDITION: A Lesbian-Feminist Anthology
(Times Change), $3.00 pb. An extremely
varied collection of 10 essays. Contains some
wonderful information on the lesbian salons
between the wars.
Brooks, Virginia R.: MINORITY STRESS
AND LESBIAN WOMEN (Lexington), 1981,
219 pp., $22.95 cl. Scholarly work written in
understandable language. Builds progressively
and thoughtfully toward a new model of stress
and stress management.
Caprio, Frank S.: FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY: A Psychodynamic Study of
Lesbianism (Citadel), 1954, 334 pp., $2.25 pb.
Considered at time of publication as an outstanding contemporary work. Based on investigations of lesbianism and lesbian
practices in practically every part of the world.

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Cruikshank, Margaret: LESBIAN STUDIES
(Feminist), 1982, 382 pp., $14.95 cl., $7.95
pb. An important book that is also very in.:.
teresting reading. Besides the many thoughtprovoking articles there is an interesting
bibliography and several syllabuses on courses
in lesbianism.
Deming, Barbara: REMEMBERING WHO
WE ARE (Pagoda), 1981, 208 pp., $6.50 pb.
In dialogue with Gwenda Blair, Kathy Brown,
Arthur Kinoy, Susan Saxe, Susan Sherman,
and others, concerning the feminist
movement.
Ettorre, E.M.: LESBIANS, WOMEN AND
SOCIETY (Routledge & Kegan Paul), 1980,
210 pp., $7.95 pb. A book concerning the
creation of a social understanding of
lesbianism. A London-based study of 500,
mostly middle-class lesbians that excluded
only the totally isolated, closeted lesbians.
Frye, Marilyn: SOME REFLECTIONS ON
SEPARATISM AND POWER (Tea Rose),
1977, 10 pp., $1. 75 pamphlet. Reprint of an
essay that originally appeared in Sinister
Wisdom #6.
Gidlow, Elsa: ASK NO MAN PARDON: The
Philosophical Significance of Being Lesbian
(Druid Heights), 1975, 20 pp., $2.00 saddlestitched. Gidlow discusses the distinction
between reproduction and sexuality as ex 0
perienced by lesbians, and suggests that by
recognizing the distinction lesbians can
validate their erotic nature.
Goodman, Bernice: CONFRONTING
HOMOPHOBIA (National Gay Health Coalition), 1979, 12 pp., $2.00 saddlestitched.
Contains two essays, "Notes on Creating a
Lesbian Community" and "A Matter of
Life." Essays dispel myths about gays,
women, and other minorities.
Goodman, Bernice: "WHERE WILL YOU
BE?"-THE PROFESSIONAL OPPRESSION OF GAY PEOPLE: A Lesbian
Feminist Perspective (Womanmade), 1980, 59
pp., $3.50 pb. Selected papers and speeches
used to help social workers begin to under-

stand the lesbian culture. Also included are
coming out stories by people in this profession.
Halliday, Caroline, Sheila Shullman, and
Caroline Griffin: HARD WORDS AND
WHY LESBIANS HAVE TO SAY THEM
(Only Women), 1978, 16 pp., $.95 saddlestitched. A little book with a big messagehow we see ourselves and how the world
stereotypes us.
Hess, Katherine, Jean Langford, and Kathy
Ross: FEMINISM FIRST: An Essay on Lesbian Separatism (Tsunami), 1982, 107 pp.,
$3.00 pb. A collaborative essay ori the herstory and politics of lesbian separatism.
Printed in both Spanish and English.
Johnston, Jill: LESBIAN NATION: . The
Feminist Solution (Touchstone), 1974 (1973),
279 pp., $5.95 pb. Interlocking web of personal experiences, history, and events of the
world, examined both seriously and outrageously.
Kimbal, Gayle, ed.: WOMEN'S CULTURE:
The Women's Renaissance of the Seventies
(Scarecrow), 1981, 296 pp., $8.00 pb. Collection of original essays and interviews about
the female psyche. Women's approach to
creativity from the standpoint of women
artists, psychologists, and scholars. Includes
works by Kay Gardner, Marge Piercy, and Z.
Budapest.
Moses, Alice E.: IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN LESBIAN WOMEN (Praeger),
1978, 124 pp., $21.95 cl. A scholarly
sociological work on the management of
lesbian identity.
Myron, Nancy, and Charlotte Bunch:
LESBIANISM AND THE WOMEN'S
MOVEMENT (Diana), 1975, 104 pp., $3.50
pb. Outlines the essence of lesbian/feminist
politics and documents how the women's
movement has responded to it. The articles
collected here were written by "The Furies"
and/or taken from their publications.
Pastre, Genevieve: DE L'AMOUR LESBIEN
(Pierre Horay), 1980, 298 pp., $10.95 pb. The
sociological, psychological, and biological elements of the lesbian experience within the
tradition of French critical methodology.
Import-please write for availability and
price.
Rosen, David H.: LESBIANISM: A Study of
Female Homosexuality (C.C. Thomas), 1974,
$7 .50 pb. A psychiatric study that appeared
just as the American Psychiatric Association
was deciding to delete homosexuality from its
list of mental illnesses. The book supports the
position that lesbianism is a way of life and
not an illness.
Wittig, Monique, and Sande Zeig: LESBIAN
PEOPLES: Material For a Dictionary (Avon),
1979 (1976), 170 pp., $5.95 pb. A fun and
interesting dictionary.
Wolf, Deborah Goleman:. THE LESBIAN
COMMUNITY (U. California Pr.), 1979, 191
pp., $4.95 pb. A study of the San Francisco
lesbian community by an anthropologist.

HERSTORY /POLITICS
$9.95 trade pb . A rich collection of documents
covering the 17th century to the 1960's that
retrieves the lost history of gay men and
lesbians.
Katz, Jonathan Neb: GAY/ LESBIAN
ALMANAC: A New Documentary (Harper &
Row), 1983, 764 pp., $28.95 cl., $16.95 pb . A
truly brilliant expansion to his earlier book . A
vast compendium that validates our
his/herstory.

PART II
SECTION IV
HERSTORY&
POLITICS
Boyers, Robert, and George Steiner, eds.:
SALMAGUNDI (Issue #58-59) Homosexuality: Sacrilege, Vision, Politics (Skidmore College), Fall 1982-Winter 1983, $7.00
pb. A quarterly of the humanities and social
sciences containing essays dealing with the
interactions between homoeroticism and the
modern culture and society.
Delacoste, Frederique, and Felice Newman,
eds.: FIGHT BACK! Feminist Resistance to
Male Violence (Cleis), 1981, 398 pp., $13.95
pb. A resource for all women who struggle
with violence in their lives. It provides stories
of personal survival, articles on the shelterand the rape-crisis movement, and much
more.
Deming, Barbara: TWO ESSAYS: On Anger
And New Men, New Women; Some Thoughts
on Non-Violence (New Society), 1982, 32 pp.,
$2.45 pb. Originally appeared in We Can Not
Live Without Our Lives, adding new depth to
the personal as political!
Denoel, Marie.Jo Bonnet: UN CHOIX SANS
EQUIVOQUE, "1981, 236 pp., $13.95 pb.
Study of love between women from the sixteenth century through the present. French
import-please write for availability and
price.
DePauw, Linda Grant: SEAFARING
WOMEN (Houghton Mifflin), 1982, 256 pp.,
$10.95 cl. Women on the sea: true stories of
women who were pirates, whalers, traders,
and U.S. coast guard commanders, from the
twelfth century to the present.
Duras, Marguerite, ed.: OUTSIDE (Albin
Michel), 1981. Anthology in French of articles, interviews, and texts from the past 30
years. Please write for availability and price.
Dworkin, Andrea: RIGHT-WING WOMEN:
The Politics of Domesticated Females
(Perigee), 1983, 256 pp., $6.95 pb. Provides
clear analysis of the impact on women of the
Right's position on abortion, homosexuality,
anti-semitism, female poverty and anti·, feminism. She demonstrates, also, the Right's
attempt to exploit and quiet women's deepest
fears.
Faderman, Lillian: SURPASSING THE
LOVE OF MEN: Romantic Friendship and
Love Between Women From the Renaissance
to the Present (Morrow), 1981, 496 pp.,
$10.95 pb. A readable and scholarly cultural
history of the "romantic friendships" between
women that most historians have ignored or
belittled. Faderman argues that these were
primary emotional relationships that existed
at times when women had few financial or
sexual options, and that the friendships were
the forerunners of today's lesbian-feminist
relationships.

Kleinbaum, Abby Welton: THE WAR
AGAINST THE AMAZONS (McGraw-Hill),
1983, $8.95 cl. An historical examination of
how Western men have enlisted in the war
against competent, fierce, desirable women
since the time of Homer.

Lillian Faderman, author of Surpassing the Love
of Men (Morrow, 1981).
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Fitzgerald, Maureen, Connie Guberman, and
Margie Wolfe: STILL AIN'T SATISFIED
(Women's Press Canada), 1982, 250 pp.,
$9.95 pb. Collection of articles on pornography, family violence, abortion, and
sexuality.
Gay Rights National Lobby and the National
Gay Task Force: DOES SUPPORT FOR
GAY RIGHTS SPELL POLITICAL SUICIDE? A Close Look at Some Long Held
Myths, 1980, 41 pp., $3.95 pb. Demonstrates
that supporting civil rights for homosexuals is
not generally a political liability and in some
places may even be a political plus.
Griffin, Susan: PORNOGRAPHY &
SILENCE: Culture's Revenge Against Nature
(Harper & Row), 1982 (1981), 278 pp., $5.95
pb. A profound book about society's often
twisted values.
Heilbrun, Carolyn G.: TOWARD A RECOGNITION OF ANDROGYNY (Norton), 1982
(1964), 200 pp., $4.95 pb. Heilbrun shows
how the concept of androgyny has run from
its source in pre-Hellenic myth through the
literature of the Western World.
Jackson, Ed, and Stan Persky, eds.:
FLAUNTING IT: A Decade of Gay Journalism From the Body Politic (Pink Triangle),
1982, 312 pp., $8 .95 pb. A pioneering
examination of the ways in which a brash new
political movement changed the personal lives
and public struggles of Canadian homosexuals
in the seventies.
Joseph, Gloria I. and Jill Lewis: COMMON
DIFFERENCES: Conflicts in Black and
White Feminist Perspectives (Doubleday),
1981, 300pp., $8.95 pb.
Katz, Jonathan: GAY AMERICAN
HISTORY: Lesbians and Gay Men in the
U.S.A. (Avon), 1976, 106 pp., $3 .95 mass pb.,

Licata, Salvatore J., Ph.D., and Robert P.
Peterson, eds.: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HOMOSEXUALITY
(Haworth), 1981, 2f4 pp. , $18.95 cl. A major
contribution to the history of homosexuality. An anthology of essays on a wide
range of subjects.
Linden, Ruth, Darlene R. Pagano, Diane
E.H. Russell, and Susan Leigh Starr, eds.:
AGAINST SADOMASOCHISM: A Radical
Feminist Analysis (Frog in the Well), 1982,
212 pp., $7.95 pb. A collection of essays on
the politics of sadomasochism .
LOVE YOUR ENEMY? The Debate Between
Heterosexual Feminism and Political
Lesbianism (Onlywomen), 1981 , 68 pp., $3 .50
pb. A collection of letters and papers debating
the place of sexuality in feminist theory and
practice. British import-please write for
availability and price.
Marotta, Toby: THE POLITICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY (Houghton Mifflin), 1981, 369
pp., $9.95 pb. Chronicles the rise and fall of
lesbian and gay organizations of the 60's and
70's. Discusses Radicalesbians, DOB, and
other organizations.
Meyer, Adele, ed.: LILA NAECHTE: Die
Damenklubs der Zwanziger Jahre (Zitronenpresse), 1981 , 172 pp. , about $7 .50 pb.
Depicts lesbian cabaret scene in Germany
during 20's and 30's with rare photographs.
Text is in German. Please write for availability
and price.
Mitchell, Pam, ed.: PINK TRIANGLES:
Radical Perspectives on Gay Liberation
(Alyson), 1980, 187 pp., $4.95 pb. Fourteen
essays by a variety of activists involved in left
politics in general and in gay liberation in
particular. Authors show homosexual culture
as subversive and potentially revolutionary
because it does not conform to traditional
family models .
Morgan, Robin: THE ANATOMY OF FREEDOM (Doubleday), 1982, 365 pp., $16.95 cl.
Writing in a , highly personal-philosophical
style, Morgan reexamines the issues of
freedom, love, marriage, technology, violence, and death through a radical feminist
analysis and v1s1on . Drawing on the
metaphore of modern physics, in which all

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time and space stand in independent interrelation, she has provided a deeply optimistic
affirmation of the validity and utility of the
feminist vision as an integrative force for
social transformation for women and men.
Rich, Adrienne: COMPULSORY HETEROSEXUALITY AND LESBIAN EXISTENCE
(Only~omen), 1981, 90 pp., $2.50 pb. Rich's
analysis of four books; For Her Own Good150 Years of the Expert Advise to Women;
Witches, Midwives and Nurses; Towards a
New Psychology of Women; and The Mermaid and the Minotaur. Explores how the lack
of recognition of lesbian experience because of
enforced social heterosexuality invalidates
much feminist analysis.
Schwartz, Judith: RADICAL FEMINISTS
OF HETERODOXY: Greenwich Village,
1912-1940 (New Victoria), 1982, 110 pp.,
$6.95 pb. The book documents the life of a
Greenwich Village club where lesbian women
held Saturday meetings and twice-monthly
luncheons to share opinions. The women
represented diverse careers: journalists,
political activists, writers, educators, and professionals. Among the club's regular speakers
were Helen Keller, Margaret Sanger, and
Emma Goldman.
Wex, Marianne: LET'S TAKE BACK OUR
SP ACE: Female and Male Body Language as
a Result of Patriarchal Structures, tr. by
Johanna Albert (Frauenliteraturverlag
Hermine Fees), 1979, 366 pp., $15.95 pb. A
study of the sex-based primary patterns of the
socializations of women and men in the
patriarchy today. Through the use of
thousands of pictures Wex shows how body
language often expresses learned behavioral
experiences.
Zolla, Elemire: THE ANDROGYNE, THE
CREATIVE TENSION OF MALE AND FEMALE (Crossroad/ Continuum), 1982, 96
pp., $9.95 pb. Examination of the symbolist
supreme identity, zero, symbolizing androgyne from Taoist, Tantric, Greek, and
Indian mythologies.

PART II
SECTIONV:
SELF HELP

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American Civil Libertit-s Foundation of
Pennsylvania: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN:
The Law in Pennsylvania, 1981, 59 pp., $2.75
pb. Lucid explanations of how the Pennsylvania laws concerning such matters as
sexual relations, privacy, employment, and
housing affect gay men and lesbians .
CATALYST #12: LESBIAN AND GAY
ISSUES IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES, 1981,
119 pp., $3.00 pb. Articles, poems, and

graphics dealing with situations encountered
by gay men and lesbians in the social-service
field. Some subjects covered are problems
encountered by black lesbians, disabled
lesbians, and gay adolescents.
Chesebro, James W.: • GAY SPEAK: Gay
Male and Lesbian Communication (Pilgrim),
1981, 367 pp., $9.95 pb. How gay men and
lesbians relate to one another as well as to
heterosexuals. This is viewed as a major factor
in what determines public opinions about
homosexuality.
Curry, Hayden, and Denis Clifford: A
LEGAL GUIDE FOR LESBIAN AND GAY
COUPLES (Addison-Wesley), 1980, 268 pp.,
$12.95 pb. A practical book on all the legal
aspects of working and living together. Includes buying property and contract-making
between couples.
Eichenbaum, Luise, and Susie Orbach: •
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN: A Feminist
Psychoanalytic Approach (Basic), 1983, 224
pp. , $15.50 cl. Two noted feminist therapists
challenge both biological determination and
Freudian orthodoxy, citing that women have a
psychology of their own.
Galland, China: WOMEN IN THE WILDERNESS (Harper & Row), 1980, 162 pp., $7.95
pb. Galland explores the world of women who
have tested themselves in the wilderness.
Documents a new image of womencompetent, adventuresome, and willing to
take risks.
Gay Council on Drinking Behavior, WhitmanWalker Clinic: THE WAY BACK: Stories of
Gay and Lesbian Alcoholics, 1981, 90 pp.,
$5.40 pb. Personal stories of strength, hope,
and recovery from alcoholism.
Geyer, Marcia Lee: HUMAN RIGHTS OR
HOMOPHOBIA? The Rising Tide (Universal
Fellowship), 1977, 75 pp., $2.45 pb. Careful
investigation into the nature and dynamics of
homophobia.
Knutson, Donald, ed.: HOMOSEXUALITY
AND THE LAW, in Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 5, Nos. 1 & 2, Fall 1979-Winter
1980 (Haworth Press), 1980, 162 pp., $9.95
pb., $19.95 cl. How the law, as viewed and
decided by the courts, often embodies fear and
prejudice against homosexuals.
Koertge, Noretta, ed.: NATURE AND
CAUSES OF HOMOSEXUALITY: A Philosophic and Scientific Inquiry, in Journal of
Homosexuality, Vol. 6, No. 4, Summer 1981
(Haworth Press), 1981, 100 pp., $15.00 cl. An
interdisciplinary work with essays discussing
two approaches to homosexuality.
Lesbian and Gay Media Advocates: TALK
BACK: The Gay Person's Guide to Media
Action (Alyson), 1982, 119 pp., $3.95 pb. A
good resource book on how to fight against
homophobic material in the news media.
McCormick, Dale: AGAINST THE GRAIN:
A Carpentry Manual For Women (Iowa City
Women's Pr.), 1981 (1977), 258 pp., $8.00 pb.

LESBIAN MOTHERS/SPIRITUALITY
Sisley, Emily, and Bertha Harris, eds.: THE
JOY OF LESBIAN SEX: A Tender and Liberated Guide to the Pleasures and Problems of a
Lesbian Lifestyle (Simon & Schuster), 1978,
192 pp., $12.95 pb., $5.49 cl. (reduced from
$12.95). A compendium of sex information
for all lesbians. Broad approach-includes
lifestyles, child care, hysterectomies, and
much, much more.
Stimpson, Catherine R., and Ethel Spector
Person: WOMEN SEX AND SEXUALITY
(U. Chicago Pr.), 1980, 346 pp., $6.95 pb.
Demonstrates the folly of an obsessive insistence upon one normative pattern of female
sexuality.

PART II
SECTION VII:
LESBIAN MOTHERS

Tanner, Donna M.: THE LESBIAN
COUPLE (Lexington), 1978, 153 pp., $15.95
cl. A sociopsychological study of the lesbian
couple by a college faculty member; includes a
review of the literature.
Wyland, Francie: MOTHERHOOD: Lesbianism and Child Custody (Falling Wall),
1977, $1.70 pb. A book by the Wages Due
Lesbian Movement and the Wages for Housework Movement, outlining their political
stance.

PART II
SECTION VIII
SPIRITUALITY

Adler, Margot: DRAWING DOWN THE
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Anti-Sexism Committee of the San Francisco- (Beacon), 1979, 455 pp., $8.95 pb. A
Bay Area National Lawyers Guild: A GAY fascinating and honest look at the religious exPARENTS' LEGAL GUIDE TO CHILD periences, beliefs, and life-styles of the people
CUSTODY, rev. ed., 1978, 52 pp., $2.00 pb.
who call themselves neopagans.
An excellent pamphlet with detailed sugBudapest,
Z: THE HOLY BOOK OF
gestions and information for lesbian or gay
WOMEN'S
MYSTERIES, Part I (Susan B.
parents involved in custody cases.
Goodman, Bernice: THE LESBIAN: A Celebration of Difference (Out & Out), 1977, 70
pp., $3.50 pb. A book about lesbianism
written for the social work profession, with
emphasis on the lesbian mother, written by a
lesbian social worker.
Hanscombe, Gillian E., and Jackie Forster:
ROCKING THE CRADLE: Lesbian
Mothers-A Challenge in Family Living
(Alyson), 1982 (1981), 156 pp., $5.95 pb.;
(Peter Owen), 174 pp., $17.95 cl. Excellent
hoc.Jc on the issue of lesbians as mothers; also
includes detailed information on artificial
insemination by donor as an alternative to
conception by heterosexual vaginal intercourse.
Lindsey, Karen: FRIENDS AS FAMILY
(Harper & Row), 1982, 294 pp., $7.95 pb. An
inspiring account of different forms of
today's families-opens the door to new possibilities for sharing and kinship.
Mendola, Mary: THE MENDOLA REPORT:
A New Look At Gay Couples (Crown), 1980,
269 pp., $12.95 cl. The book is based on
extensive interviews and responses to
questionnaires and argues that gay male and
lesbian couples are very similar to other
married or otherwise committed couples.
Simpson, Ruth: FROM THE CLOSETS TO
THE COURTS (Penguin), 1977, 180 pp.,
$2.25 pb. A first-hand report on what it means
to be a lesbian today. Exposes the persecution
of lesbians and other minorities by various
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discovery and creation of a world other than
the patriarchy.

Gearhart, Sally, and Susan Rennie: A
FEMINIST TAROT (Persephone), 1976, 97
pp., $5.00 pb. A good book on the use of the
Tarot; the introduction contains a history of
the cards.
Hall, Nor: THE MOON AND THE VIRGIN:
Reflections on the Archetypal Feminine
(Harper & Row), 1980, 284 pp., $5.95 pb. An
original perspective on women in myth and
literature, examining and giving new meaning
to the underlying archetypes.
Lanning, Lee and Vernette Hart: RIPENING:
An Almanac of Lesbian Lore and Vision
(Word Weavers), 1982, 160 pp., $4.95 pb.
Pieces on who we are as lesbians, of what we
know to be true: our oneness with the earth;
our turning with the moon, the sun, the
seasons; and more.
Mariechild, Diane: MOTHER WIT: A Feminist Guide to Psychic Development
(Crossing), 1981, 155 pp., $6.95 pb. Exercises
for healing, growth, and spiritual awareness.
Material from occult traditions and Eastern
religions adapted by the author's womanidentified consciousness to the needs of
women today.

Anthony Coven #1), 1979, 136 pp., $7.35 pb.
This book describes wimmin's rituals,
practiced by the Susan B. Anthony Coven #1.
It also describes spellcasting, Tarot
divination, and a herstory and philosophy of
wimmin's religion.
Budapest, Z.: THE HOLY BOOK OF
WOMEN'S MYSTERIES, Part II (Suan B.
Anthony Coven #1), 1980, 223 pp., $8.95 pb.
A cooperation between Z. and her mother,
Masika, includes 57 chapters on women's
mysteries, Dianic Genesis, Laws of the Craft,
rituals, and more.
Budapest, Z.: THE RISE OF THE FATES: A
Mystical Comedy in Eight Acts (Susan B.
Anthony Coven #1), 1976, 86 pp., $5.00 pb. A
mystical comedy in which the witches trounce
the patriarchs. A Halloween liberation ritual
for the wimmin's community.

O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger: WOMEN,
ANDROGYNES, AND OTHER BEASTS (U.
Chicago Pr.), 1982 (1980), 390 pp., $9.95 pb.
A study of the sexual metaphors and animal
symbols used in the mythology of the Indian
subcontinent to express religious concepts
about the flow of powers between male and
female, mortal and immortal, human, animal,
and divine.
Pennington, Rev. Sylvia: BUT LORD,
THEY'RE GAY (Lambda Christian Fellowship), 1982, 166 pp., $5.00 pb. Personal exploration of a spiritual Christian search for a
resolution of Christianity and a gay identity.
~ncludes profiles of spiritual-searching of both
men and women.
Potts, Billie: A NEW WOMEN'S TAROT
(Elf & Dragons), 1977, 54 pp., $3.75 pb.
Considered the best Tarot book available,
written to be understood by all.

Daly, Mary: BEYOND GOD THE FATHER:
Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation
(Beacon), 1973, 225 pp., $5.95 pb. Goes
beyond other key works of the movement to
describe possible ways a radical feminist can
exist in the patriarchal world.
Daly, Mary: THE CHURCH AND THE
SECOND SEX (Harper), 1968, 229 pp., $4.95
pb. A hard-hitting book unmasking the latent
anti-feminism in so much Catholic thinking
and practice.
Daly, Mary: GYN/ECOLOGY: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism (Beacon), 1978,
485 pp., $7.95 pb. The journey of women
becoming is the subject of this work. Mary
Daly demonstrates this journey as one of both

Potts, Billie: WITCHES HEAL: Lesbian
Herbal Self-Sufficiency (Hecuba's
Daughters), 1981, 172 pp., $7.50 pb. Health
care self-sufficiency through the timely and
preventive use of plant medicine. Underlying
the book is the belief that wimmin were
society's primary medical-care providers for
thousands of years.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady: THE WOMAN'S
BIBLE (Coalition Task Force on Women and
Religion), 1981 (1974), 217 pp., $7.95 pb. The
Woman's Bible was designed to challenge the
injustices to women contained in the Scriptures or in their interpretations.
STUDY GUIDE TO THE WOMAN'S BIBLE
(Coalition Task Force on Women and

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... thoughtful, intelligent and
detailed coverage of issues and
perspectives infrequently seen in
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-Los Angeles Times Book Review
''. . . an ambitious, beautifully
designed book. The hundreds of
political cartoons scattered throughout the volume are graphically
striking and often funny."

-The Phil<uklphia Inquirer
1982 IDustrated $39.95 cloth
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In the series, American Civilization,
edited by Allen E Davis

In the series, Class and Culture, edited
by Bruce Laurie and Milton Cantor.

The Education of
Mrs. Henry Adams

Woman's Place Is at the
Typewriter

Eugenia Kaledin

Office Work and Office Workers,

This is the story of Marian Hooper
Adams, wife of Henry Adams (Adams
never mentioned her in the story of his
life), an accomplished photographer, and
a suicide. "A well-documented
biography." -Bestsellers
Illustrated with photos taken by Mrs. Adams
herself. 1982 $27.95

1870-1930
Based on business histories, corporation
records, correspondence, and even
fiction, this work demonstrates how work
once performed by men became redefined as "women's work."
January 1983 $24.95

Anarchist Women,
1870-1920

Equal Employment Policy
for Women

Margaret Marsh
"Marsh digs beneath double stereotypes-the bomb-hurling outcast and the
unfeminine virago-to shed light on
ideologies, theories versus practice,
sexual and personal liberation."

-Los Angeles Times Book Review
1980 photos $29.95

An Experience of Women
Pattern and Change in NineteenthCentury Europe
Priscilla Robertson
"An outstanding work of scholarship by
an expert on revolutionary Europe."
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cloth 1982 $34.95
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Margery W. Davies

Strategies for Implementation in the
United States, Canada, and ~stern
Europe
Edited by Ronnie Steinberg
Ratner
"This volume is an important addition to
the theoretical literature on equal
employment opportunity. "

-Policy Studies Journal
1980 $34.95

Labor Education for
Women Workers
Edited by Barbara Mayer
Wertheimer
1981 $34.95

Work Culture and Conflict in
American Nursing
Barbara Melosh
Tracing nursing history from the twenties
to the seventies, this book rejects the
framework of professionalization and
provides a new view of nurses as women
and as workers. It focuses on the
intricate relationships of increasing
medical expertise, a growing hospital
industry, and women's changing prospects and life choices in the shaping of
nursing history.
January 1983 $29.95 cloth $9.95 paper

From Mammies to
Militants
Domestics in Black American
Literature
Trudier Harris
The role of domestics in black history
seen through the works of twentiethcentury black writers, such as Charles
Chesnutt, Kristin Hunter, Toni Morrison,
Richard Wright, Ann Petry, and others.
"A spellbinder, highly informative, wellwritten, and serious."
-Ora Williams, California State
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Children of Strangers
The Stories of a Black Family
Kathryn L. Morgan
Afterword by Otey M. Scruggs
"This is one woman's story of her family,
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integrity and pride."

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Immigrant Women
Edited by Maxine Seller
"Imaginative and thorough. I loved the
range of women covered as well as the
sensitivity to various experiences of race
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1980 $29. 95 cloth $10. 95 paper
In the series, American Civilization,
edited by Allen E Davis

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Making of a Radical Feminist,
1860-1896

Mary A. Hill
"A well-written, fair-minded, exciting
biography of a woman, who, now that she
has been rediscovered, will seem as vital
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-Gay Community News
1980 Photos $29.95 cloth $9.95 paper

PERIODICALS/GUIDES
Religion), 1974, 96 pp., $3.75 pb. Companion
book for the Woman's Bible.
Starhawk: DREAMING THE DARK: Magic,
Sex & Politics (Beacon), 1982, 242 pp., $7.25
pb. Starhawk brings her mystical gifts to the
burning social concerns of the day. She shows
how to create power from within, to replace a
tradition of power over others.
Starhawk: THE SPIRAL DANCE: A Rebirth
of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
(Harper & Row), 1979, 214 pp., $8.95 pb. A
highly informative, poetic, and extremely
readable overview of the growth, suppression,
and modern-day re-emergence of witchcraft as
a religion with special relevance to the
women's movement.
Stone, Merlin: ANCIENT MIRRORS OF
WOMANHOOD, Vol. I (New Sibylline),
1979, 212 pp., $6.95 pb. Evidence for the
long-hidden legacy of accounts of wise and
powerful images of womanhood, as known
throughout the ages all over the world.
Stone, Merlin: ANCIENT MIRRORS OF
WOMANHOOD, Vol. II (New Sibylline),
1979, 222 pp., $7.95 pb. The second of this
two-volume series on the historical and archeological evidence of wise and powerful
images of womanhood.
Stone, Merlin: WHEN GOD WAS A
WOMAN (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1978,
265 pp., $4.95 pb. The story of the most
ancient of religions, the religion of the
Goddess, and the role this ancient worship
played in Judeo-Christian attitudes toward
women.

quarterly, $3.50/issue. Documents the ex-·
periences and thoughts of lesbians from
diverse cultural backgrounds.
CONDITIONS: three times a year,
$3.00/issue. A magazine of writings by
women, with an emphasis on writings by
lesbians. Good reviews.
CREATADRAMA REVIEW: quarterly,
$3. 75/issue. Related arts journal by blacks in
and around Philadelphia.
FEMINARY: three times a year, $3.75/issue.
Articles, letters, artwork, short fiction, etc.,
documenting the southern women's experience.
FEMINIST STUDIES: three times a year,
$6.00/issue. Provides a forum for feminist
analysis, debate, and exchange. Spring, 1982,
includes Bernice Johnson Reagon.
FIGHTING WOMAN NEWS: quarterly,
$2.50/issue. Articles, poems, and reviews of
books concerning women interested in martial
arts.
FIREWEED: quarterly, $3.00/issue. A
Canadian feminist journal with art, politics,
fiction, and poetry. Issue 13, Lesbiantics, is a
lesbian issue that includes short fiction by .
Anne Cameron, an autobiographical piece by
Jane Rule, and more.
GAIA'S GUIDE: An international lesbian
guide, $8.95. The 1983 edition promises to be
better than ever, with updated U.S. information. Notably excellent for listing land
collectives, this guide has always been very
good for information for Europe and other
countries.
GAY COMMUNITY NEWS: weekly,
$.60/issue. A Boston paper with news and
articles of interest to lesbians and gay men
everywhere.

PART II
SECTION IX
PERIODICALS
&GUIDES

HERESIES: quarterly, $4.25/issue.
feminist publication on art and politics.

AZALEA: quarterly, $2.00/issue. A magazine
by and for Third World lesbians. Fall, 1980,
a special double issue, is a collection of short
stories, $3.00.
BIG APPLE DYKE NEWS: Lesbian Feminist
Monthly: $.SO/issue. News and articles of
interest to lesbian feminists.
THE BLATANT IMAGE: A Magazine of
Feminist
Photography:
perennial,
$11.00/issue. A must for those interested in
photography. Articles on techniques, often
neglected women photographers of the past,
and comments on the photos that are presented in each issue. Printed in black and
white.

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IKON: .Creativity and Change: twice a year,
$4. 75/issue. Articles, poetry, prose, and
drawings with a feminist slant.
LESBIAN CONNECTION: bimonthly, $2.00
suggested donation. Articles, letters, announcements, and ads that provide communication for lesbians.
LESBIAN
INCITER/INSIGHTER/INSIDER: five times a year, $1.00/issue. A
newspaper of national scope for the lesbian.

LILITH: a few per year, $3.00/issue. Jewish
women's magazine that includes fiction,
poetry, children's stories, photos and original
art work.
MAENAD: quarterly,~" {.'l/issue. Art reproductions, fiction, ~ ~~~~ys, reviews, and
CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature 6y criticism by "o\}'-.?nown and little-known
Women: three times a year, $4.00/issue. artists and wri tt., s.
Contains poetry, short fiction, art work, and MANUSHI: A Journal About Women and
reviews of poetry books.
Society: six times a year, $3.00/issue. Articles,
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MOTHEROOT JOURNAL: A Women's
Review of Small Presses: quarterly,
$1.25/issue. Reviews of periodicals and
books.
NEW WOMEN'S TIMES: Feminist Review:
six times a year, $1.00/issue. Articles and
reviews of interest to women.
OFF OUR BACK: A Women's News Journal:
monthly, $1.00/issue. Contains articles on
current issues, interviews, reviews, poetry,
and more.
PLACES OF INTEREST TO WOMEN:
annually, $6.00. A guide that gives an accurate picture of gay life for the lesbian in the
U.S.A. and Canada.
QUEST: quarterly, $2. 75/issue. A feminist
journal that seeks long-term, in-depth feminist
political analysis and ideological development.
SHMATE: six times a year, $2.50/issue. A
journal of progressive Jewish thought;
features lesbian and gay authors.
SINISTER WISDOM: quarterly, $3.00/issue.
One of the most important women's
periodicals in the country. A journal of words
and pictures for the lesbian imagination in all
women.
SOJOURNER: The New England Women's
Journal of News, Opinions, and the Arts:
monthly, $1.00/issue. News, articles of interest, and reviews.
SPARE RIB: monthly, $1.50/issue. British
publication containing articles, fiction,
poetry, and reviews.
TRIVIA: A Journal of Ideas: three times a
year, $4.00/issue. Essays, reviews, and
literary criticism with feminist and lesbian
input.
WE SHALL GO FORTH: annually, $4.00.
Directory of resources in women's music and
culture.
THE WISHING WELL: quarterly,
$5.00/issue. Designed to help gay women
locate their sisters; includes write-ups on
women and couples.
WOMAN'S ART JOURNAL: semiannually,
$4.50/issue. Contains general articles, studies
of the lives and works of women and reviews
of current books related to visual arts.
WOMANSPIRIT: quarterly, $3.00/issue.
Contemporary writing of interest to all
women exploring the spirituality movement.
WOMEN: A Journal of Liberation: three
times a year, $2.50/issue. Oldest feminist
periodical, focuses on many issues within both
feminist and lesbian communities.
WOMEN ARTISTS NEWS: six times a year,
$2.50/issue. Articles, reviews, calendar of art
events.
WOMEN'S RESOURCE GUIDE: annually,
$3.00. Information and referral guide for
women's movement in Philadelphia.

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