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1 2 >>>     sort list by title | publication date Girls Who Wore Black Women Writing the Beat Generation Arguing that before these anthologies Beat women had been given short shrift, the editors have gathered together articles from a variety of critical perspectives that focus on the writings of Helen Adam, Diane di Prima, Joyce Johnson, Hettie Jones... The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir's masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of "woman," and a groundbreaking exploration of inequality and otherness.  This long-awaited new edition... So Many Ways to Sleep Badly Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore "Sycamore kicks mainstream literature in the teeth." —San Francisco Bay Guardian Advice for Lovers Julian Talamantez Brolaski Inspired by Ovid and renaissance sonnet cycles, Advice for Lovers is a queer re-imaginging of the art of courtly love. American Romances Essays Rebecca Brown New England Puritanism meets West Coast hedonism in an inventive remix of America's cultural history. Inside/Out Selected Poems Marilyn Buck The first-ever collection of Marilyn Buck's poetry, searing, soaring, a living tribute to her indomitable spirit, revolutionary intelligence, and poet's vision. Persistence All Ways Butch and Femme Ivan E. Coyote, Zena Sharman In the summer of 2009, butch writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote and gender researcher and femme dynamo Zena Sharman wrote down a wish-list of their favourite queer authors; they wanted to continue and expand the butch-femme conversation. The result... The Meaning of Freedom And Other Difficult Dialogues Angela Y. Davis Angela Davis' first book in nearly a decade, and her only book of speeches on racism, community, freedom, and politics in the United States. The Terror Dream Myth and Misogyny in an Insecure America Susan Faludi It has become clear over the years that the reaction of America's politicians and media to the attacks of 9/11 was bizarrely misdirected and dangerous to our national security. But no one has fully probed its cultural roots. Until now. Pulitzer... All About Love New Visions bell hooks It really is all about love. - Recommended by Tân, City Lights Books. "The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love to better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About... American Honor Killings Desire and Rage Among Men David McConnell "Utilizing an empathetic narrative nonfiction approach, novelist McConnell, co-chair of the Lambda Literary Foundation, casts a humanizing eye upon monstrous deeds…a journalistic tour de force made all the more impressive by jailhouse interviews... Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay Liberation Tommi Avicolli Mecca From the first high heel thrown at Stonewall to the last performance of the drag burlesque group the Cockettes, enter the wild days of the late '60s and early '70s with the individuals who lived them! Medusa The Fourth Kingdom Marina Minghelli Among the most unusual narratives to emerge from Europe in recent years, Medusa: The Fourth Kingdom reexamines the myth of the petrifying Gorgon, offering a new perspective on feminity, passion, and self-creation. The mythological figure of Medusa... New Queer Cinema The Director's Cut B. Ruby Rich The New Queer Cinema (NQC) movement in film and video was intensely political and aesthetically innovative, made possible by the debut of the camcorder, and driven initially by outrage over the unchecked spread of AIDS... 1 2 >>>