Women on Women: An Anthology of American Lesbian Short Fiction - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452263883 ISBN 13: 9780452263888

Publisher: Plume, 1990

Synopsis

The 29 stories in the volume range from the daring and erotic "Eat" by Sapphire to Dorothy Allison's energetic Southern tale "A Lesbian Appetite" to Valerie Miner's suspenseful "Trespassing." Whether its the joy or loss of love, the difficulty of family relations, or the pain of death, these stories bring to life the unique lesbian experience.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Nestle ( A Restricted Country ) and Holoch ( Offseason ) assemble 28 short stories and novel excerpts, some appearing in print for the first time here. Although uneven in scope and quality, these pieces feature a surprising range of lesbian women, from a Jewish grandmother to a 21-year-old self-described bulldyke. Several selections grapple with personal solutions to common problems, such as surviving the loss of a lover, addressed by both Teya Schaffer in "With Love, Lena" and Becky Birtha's "In the Life." In "When It Changed," a separatist fantasy from Joanna Russ, men reclaim a planet that women have quite contentedly inhabited alone for 600 years. Jess Wells's "Aqua" is a woman who, 16 years after her mother's suicide, still fights to come to terms with that death and her own life. In "A Letter to Harvey Milk" Leslea Newman draws parallels between the Holocaust and the assassination of Milk, a gay San Francisco politician. The open eroticism of a few stories and a conspicuous shortage of likable male characters may diminish the collection's mainstream appeal.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0452263883
• ISBN 13: 9780452263888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Nestle Joan, Holoch Naomi