The trail leads to the Hundred Oaks Plantation, a transvestite named Eddie, a beautiful doctor named Cordelia, and memories Micky thought she had buried twenty years ago.Hard-hitting prose in the style of Sam Spade and Mike Hammer with a lesbian twist.The First Micky Knight Mystery

    She meets book store owner Louisa Thatcher, a woman many years her senior, who offers shelter and work... and soon, passion, and a loving place in her life.But Rayann encounters challenges to this new love—from friends who question its wisdom, from her mother who disapproves of this liaison with a woman her own contemporary, from Louisa's son who learns for the first time his mother's true sexuality.And there are profound differences between Rayann and Louisa themselves, two women who come from dramatically different places in the spectrum of age and life experience. Their only common ground seems to be the searing attraction that they both try to deny...Originally published by Naiad Press 1991. Second Bella Books edition 2012.

    A collection of essays about lesbian literature since the emergence of the gay rights movement in 1969.

    This book is the first anthology to discuss the subject of lesbianism as it relates to the critical interaction among readers, writers, and literary critics. It explores lesbian texts in terms of identification, meaning, and interpretation, and examines the complex entanglements of identity, voice, intersubjectivity, textualities, and sexualities. A wonderful exploration of the varieties of life choices lesbians can and do make. This book once again proves that telling the truth aboutyourself is a revolutionary act.--Rita Mae Brown They will probably drum Karla Jay and Joanne Glasgow out of the academy for this one...A college text that is witty, literate, interesting, and can be read for fun. What's the world coming to? Lesbian Texts and Contexts: dry title, wonderful book.--Barbara Grier, Editor Naiad Press To call this collection much-needed or eagerly awaited would be the understatement of the year. It's thrilling ot think of the new readings of classic texts, the new directions for theory, and--maybe best of all--the new range of literary encounters in the classroom, that will be enabled by this radical intervention on the critical scene.--Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Duke University Excellent, ...challenging, sexy, ...never boring.--Outweek.

    Klepfisz casts out her words with passion and lucidity."--Sojourner¶"A stirring, thought-provoking collection."--Publishers Weekly

    Filled with ideas on creating unique rituals, the book describes the transformative experiences of twenty-seven lesbian couples who celebrated their relationships in wide-ranging ways - from a gala weddings with gowns and cake to a high-spirited Buddhist event under desert skies. Join Noreen and Helen for their "Tryst of the Slothwoman Coven," Rosanne and Judy's "Brit Ahavah" under the chuppah, Kilby and Janet's "Almost Traditional Catholic Wedding," Deborah and Zandra's tender "Mi Casa Es Tu Casa" celebration, and many more. A book that says yes to lesbian identity and culture - and to a new definition of family - Ceremonies of the Heart is a joyous affirmation of passionate and enduring love between women.

    Lu and Desiree have been together twelve years; Desiree plans to use the occasion of this trip to reveal a secret that will change both their lives. Poppy Dillworth has lost her precious Irma after thirty-six years of happiness. She sees no reason to go on living and has chosen this trip for her own special purpose. Marcie is a fledgling missionary out to prove her worthiness for assignment to South America; she has deep concerns about Poppy. And there's Jane and Ramona -- conventional women who have led the most conventional of lives, until they share the intimacy of a tent in the wilderness.

    What sticks in retrospect? Seldom what you would expect, not always the happiness. Otherwise you could train for life, you could actually learn from grandmothers, mothers; poems-those bodies of lines and spaces -would not appear unbidden bearing news you hold your breath to hear. Helen Humphreys comes through the rich reproach of the past into the present, a bruise, a beautiful bloom.

    Thirty-one writers express the diversity of erotic experience in prose and poetry that is both sensual and political.