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Paperback. Condition: New. On a Grey Thread is the groundbreaking poetry collection of Elsa Gidlow - the first in North American history to openly express lesbian desire.Both personal and political, Gidlow's poems express the poet's complex feelings as a young woman whose political ideology and sexual identity ran counter to the traditional values of her time.Opening her collection with "The Grey Thread," Gidlow expresses herself with ornamental imagery, decorating her drab existence with the colorful beads of her personal identity. Employing the double meaning of "gay," offering a brief erotic "moan" on the precipice of enjambment, Gidlow stretches her stanza to its sinful conclusion, recalling Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Elsa Gidlow's On a Grey Thread is a classic work of lesbian literature reimagined for modern readers.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. On a Grey Thread is the groundbreaking poetry collection of Elsa Gidlow - the first in North American history to openly express lesbian desire.Both personal and political, Gidlow's poems express the poet's complex feelings as a young woman whose political ideology and sexual identity ran counter to the traditional values of her time.Opening her collection with "The Grey Thread," Gidlow expresses herself with ornamental imagery, decorating her drab existence with the colorful beads of her personal identity. Employing the double meaning of "gay," offering a brief erotic "moan" on the precipice of enjambment, Gidlow stretches her stanza to its sinful conclusion, recalling Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Elsa Gidlow's On a Grey Thread is a classic work of lesbian literature reimagined for modern readers.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 82 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.24 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books.

Paperback. Condition: New. On a Grey Thread is the groundbreaking poetry collection of Elsa Gidlow - the first in North American history to openly express lesbian desire.Both personal and political, Gidlow's poems express the poet's complex feelings as a young woman whose political ideology and sexual identity ran counter to the traditional values of her time.Opening her collection with "The Grey Thread," Gidlow expresses herself with ornamental imagery, decorating her drab existence with the colorful beads of her personal identity. Employing the double meaning of "gay," offering a brief erotic "moan" on the precipice of enjambment, Gidlow stretches her stanza to its sinful conclusion, recalling Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Elsa Gidlow's On a Grey Thread is a classic work of lesbian literature reimagined for modern readers.…

Paperback. Condition: New. On a Grey Thread is the groundbreaking poetry collection of Elsa Gidlow - the first in North American history to openly express lesbian desire.Both personal and political, Gidlow's poems express the poet's complex feelings as a young woman whose political ideology and sexual identity ran counter to the traditional values of her time.Opening her collection with "The Grey Thread," Gidlow expresses herself with ornamental imagery, decorating her drab existence with the colorful beads of her personal identity. Employing the double meaning of "gay," offering a brief erotic "moan" on the precipice of enjambment, Gidlow stretches her stanza to its sinful conclusion, recalling Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Elsa Gidlow's On a Grey Thread is a classic work of lesbian literature reimagined for modern readers.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. First Edition. xv, 93p., illustrations, first revised edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. As new, from the publisher's final stock after they went out of business. Poetry.

Condition: New. In.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Good. Paperback, Good. Light shelfwear.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. LARGE PRINT EDITION. On a Grey Thread is the groundbreaking poetry collection of Elsa Gidlow; the first in North American history to openly express lesbian desire.Both personal and political, Gidlows poems express the poets complex feelings as a young woman whose political ideology and sexual identity ran counter to the traditional values of her time.Opening her collection with The Grey Thread; Gidlow expresses herself with ornamental imagery, decorating her drab existence with the colorful beads of her personal identity. Employing the double meaning of gay, offering a brief erotic moan; on the precipice of enjambment, Gidlow stretches her stanza to its sinful conclusion, recalling Eves temptation in the Garden of Eden.This edition of Elsa Gidlows On a Grey Thread is a classic work of lesbian literature reimagined for modern readers.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Wraps. Condition: Good. 8vo, 76 pp. Inscribed and signed on title page by San Marcos Review "aide-de-camp" Robert Lloyd, to poets Geoff Young and Gus Blaisdel, "from David Johnson and me". Light foxing and soiling to wrappers and page edges, wrapper corners lightly bumped, ink marks on bottom edge. Contributors include: Anne Waldman Etta Blum Elsa Gidlow Joy Harjo Irene Klepfisz Paula Gunn Allen Marge Piercy Susan Fromberg Schaeffer Gloria Frym and others. …

Pamphlet. [8p] 5.5x8.5 inches, fine chapbook in stapled pictorial lime green wraps. Includes two poems, printed from Roberts' calligraphy. Meditations on mystical experience, which first appeared in Womanspirit, summer solstice edition, 1975.

Magazine. 87p., 8.5x11 inches, oversize trade paperback journal, very good in yellow pictorial wraps.

Staple Bound. Condition: Very Good. book has light wear to staple binding, light wear to edges and corners, light shelf wear/toning- mild smudge to bottom front cover, otherwise in solid clean shape.

Condition: New. In.

Magazine. 72p., 8.5x11 inches, photos, art, essays, poetry, resources, news, actions, very good magazine in stapled silver pictorial wraps.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. large print edition. 116 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.24 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: VG- (Very Good Minus). 1st Edition Thus. Matte purple pictorial wraps with minor edgewear and uneven sunning. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. Prev owner name and blindstamp to two early pages. No stickers. Not ex-library. 79 pp.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Magazine. 56p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, photos, poetry, fiction, articles, wraps lightly worn, else very good magazine in stapled red pictorial wraps with the collective photo on cover.

Pamphlet. First Edition. 64p., 5.5x8.5 inches, stapled pictorial wraps, first edition, one of 3,000 copies, wraps toned along stapled edge, pen notation on first page, women's bookstore stamp on verso of front wrap, else very good condition. Grier A**, B**.

Newspaper. 48p., tabloid newspaper, illustrations, photos, news, reviews, pull-out film and theatre reviews section, opinion, resources, ads, very good on newsprint in stapled wraps. Cover story on Gidlow. Body Politic back to Court. Reviews of "Victor/Victoria" and "Deathtrap" etc. The major Canadian LGBTQ periodical from the 1970s and 1980s. Very political and under constant attack from the Right.…

Magazine. First Edition. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, photos, art, essays, poetry, resources, news, actions, lightly worn magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Articles and essays on Vietnam, the Russian Revolution, Rosa Luxemburg et al.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On a Grey Thread is the groundbreaking poetry collection of Elsa Gidlow the first in North American history to openly express lesbian desire.Both personal and political, Gidlow's poems express the poet's complex feelings as a young woman whose political ideology and sexual identity ran counter to the traditional values of her time.Opening her collection with "The Grey Thread," Gidlow expresses herself with ornamental imagery, decorating her drab existence with the colorful beads of her personal identity. Employing the double meaning of "gay," offering a brief erotic "moan" on the precipice of enjambment, Gidlow stretches her stanza to its sinful conclusion, recalling Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden.This edition of Elsa Gidlow's On a Grey Thread is a classic work of lesbian literature reimagined for modern readers.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…