Lesléa Newman
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"Spanning the years 1988 to 2002, a time when she published six collections of short fiction, this volume contains the very best of Leslea Newman, perhaps the most influential writer of lesbian fiction today. Included is the author's signature piece, "A Letter to Harvey Milk," wherein Harry Weinberg, a 77-year-old Holocaust survivor, takes a writing class during which he unearths memories that force both him and his writing teacher, a Jewish lesbian,...
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"Love, lesbian-style. Who could possibly write about it with more heart and wit than Leslea Newman, one of America's funniest and most well-respected lesbian writers? In voices that range from silly to clever to somber, Ms. Newman dissects lesbian romance with a surgeon's precision: A college student gets extra credit in the arms of her English professor. A '70s bra burner and an Gen-X waitress learn they have more in common than they ever imagined...
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Seventy-seven writers (some well known, some not) contributed these essays and poems as tributes to friends, lovers, spouses, colleagues, and children who have died from AIDS. They are intimate and sometimes funny and also terrifyingly graphic in detail about the lives and deaths of ordinary people who were extraordinary to those who loved them. This work will make readers reexamine their ideas on living and dying.
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A fascinating and insightful look at the world of femme identity within the lesbian community. Written by femmes, former femmes, future femmes, femme wanna-bes, femme admirers, and of course, femmes fatales, The femme Mystique explores what it means to be a femme and a lesbian in a society that often trivializes the feminine.