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(3.67) | None | George Stambolian, Terri de la Pena, Audre Lorde, Paul Monette, Edmund White, and Jaime Manrique are just six of the writers represented in this collection of forty contemporary lesbian and gay short stories. Gathered together for the first time in one volume are writings by both lesbians and gay men who represent a multiplicity of ethnic and racial backgrounds. Irene Zahava has compiled a unique and necessary collection, selecting stories for their artistic power and for their treatment of topics that are significant in lesbian and gay life and politics today. An alternative thematic table of contents allows the reader to understand lesbian and gay life according to its most culturally and politically significant themes: childhood/growing up; coming out/finding community; families; oppression/resistance; bisexuality; relationships/friendships; AIDS; and aging/dying.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Zahava, Irene | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Allegra, Donna | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Allison, Dorothy | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Birtha, Becky | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Boucher, Sandy | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bram, Christopher | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Brown, Rebecca | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Crew, Louie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | De La Pena, Terri | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Feinberg, David B | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gambone, Philip | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gomez, Jewelle L. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hall, Richard | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hemphill, Essex | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Henderson, William Haywood | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Leavitt, David | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lorde, Audre | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lynch, Lee | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Manrique, Jaime | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Maupin, Armistead | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | McCann, Richard | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | McDaniel, Judith | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Miner, Valerie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Monette, Paul | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Newman, Leslea | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Preston, John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Raphael, Lev | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Robson, Ruthann | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sadownick, Douglas | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Schwartz, Michael | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sprecher, Lorrie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Stambolian, George | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sturgis, Susanna J. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Thorpe, Roey | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Vining, Donald | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wells, Jess | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | White, Edmund | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wilson, Barbara | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Witt, Virginia | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wong, Norman | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Youngblood, Shay | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions George Stambolian, Terri de la Pena, Audre Lorde, Paul Monette, Edmund White, and Jaime Manrique are just six of the writers represented in this collection of forty contemporary lesbian and gay short stories. Gathered together for the first time in one volume are writings by both lesbians and gay men who represent a multiplicity of ethnic and racial backgrounds. Irene Zahava has compiled a unique and necessary collection, selecting stories for their artistic power and for their treatment of topics that are significant in lesbian and gay life and politics today. An alternative thematic table of contents allows the reader to understand lesbian and gay life according to its most culturally and politically significant themes: childhood/growing up; coming out/finding community; families; oppression/resistance; bisexuality; relationships/friendships; AIDS; and aging/dying. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Anthology contains: - From Zami: A New Spelling of My Name / Audre Lorde
- My Mother's Clothes: The School of Beauty and Shame / Richard McCann
- Ben's Eyes / Louie Crew
- Myths / William Haywood Henderson
- Buddies / Donna Allegra
- Ceremonies / Essex Hemphill
- Sacred Lips of the Bronx / Douglas Sadownick
- Sister Safety Pin / Lorrie Sprecher
- Growing in Defiance / Roey Thorpe
- Letter to Mama / Armistead Maupin
- Shouts of Joy / Lev Raphael
- Mujeres Morenas / Terri De La Pena
- Don't Explain / Jewelle L. Gomez
- Cultural Revolution / Norman Wong
- Mothers Know / Shay Young Blood
- Enrollment / Philip Gambone
- In My Father's Car / George Stambolian
- River of Names / Dorothy Allison
- A Letter to Harvey Milk / Leslea Newman
- Fruitstand II: Honeydew Moon / Lee Lynch
- Country People / Richard Hall
- Public Display / Michael Schwartz
- Kissing Doesn't Kill / Ruthann Robson
- Humming / Sandy Boucher
- Meeting Imelda Marcos / Christopher Bram
- The Juliette Low Legacy / Judith McDaniel
- Is This Enough For You? / Barbara Wilson
- When You Grow to Adultery / David Leavitt
- Trespassing / Valerie Miner
- The Day Carmen Maura Kissed Me / Jaime Manrique
- The Dress / Jess Wells
- Deer Out of Season / Susanna J. Sturgis
- Despair: August 1987 / David B. Feinberg
- Halfway Home / Paul Monette
- The Angel of Death on the Provincetown Ferry / Virginia Witt
- Portland, Maine: An Essay / John Preston
- Running on Empty / Edmund White
- A Good Man / Rebecca Brown
- D.O.M. / Donald Vining
- In the Life / Becky Birtha
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