Greenwood's bibligraphical sourcebooks are useful to map work in new and important fields of scholarship...An invaluable foundation for the study of contemporary lesbian and gay literature in the U.S. Knowledgeable contributors provide highly readable essays covering 100 authors, both prominent and newly emerging. Highly recommended! Choice
Preface Introduction Donna Allegra Paula Gunn Allen Dorothy Allison Gloria E. Anzaldua Nuala Archer June Arnold Judith Barrington Terry Baum Robin Becker Becky Birtha Julie Blackwomon Alice Bloch Sdiane Adams Bogus Sandy Boucher Blanche McCrary Boyd Maureen Brady Beth Brant Olga Broumas Rita Mae Brown Pat Califia Jane Chambers Chrystos Cheryl Clarke Jan Clausen Michelle Cliff Clare Coss Martha Courtot Doris Davenport Nancy Dean Jacqueline de Angelis Terri de la Pena Alexis DeVeaux Rachel Guido DeVries Sarah Anne Dreher Elana Dykewomon Katherine V. Forrest Suzanne Gardinier Sally Miller Gearhart Jewelle L. Gomez Melinda Goodman Janice Gould Camarin Grae Judy Grahn Susan Griffin Rosa (Cuthbert) Guy Marilyn Hacker Eloise Klein Healy Terri L. Jewell Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz Willyce Kim Irena Klepfisz Lola Lai Jong Jacqueline Lapidus Joan Larkin Andrea Freud Loewenstein Audre Lorde Lee Lynch Paula Martinac Vicki P. McConnell Judith McDaniel Isabel Miller Kate Millett Valerie Miner Honor Moore Cherrie Moraga Robin Morgan Eileen Myles Joan Nestle Leslea Newman Elisabeth Nonas Karen Lee Osborne Pat Parker Minnie Bruce Pratt Margaret Randall Adrienne Rich Ruthann Robson Aleida Rodriguez Mariana Romo-Carmona Muriel Rukeyser Jane Rule Kate Rushin Joanna Russ Barbara Ruth Canyon Sam Sapphire May Sarton Sarah Schulman Patricia Roth Schwartz Sandra Scoppettone Susan Sherman Sheila Ortiz Taylor Nancy Toder Kitty Tsui Luz Maria Umpierre-Herrera Chea Villanueva Jess Wells Barbara Wilson Mary Wings Terry Wolverton Jacqueline Woodson Bibliography Appendices Index Notes
SANDRA POLLACK is Professor of Humanities and Women's Studies at Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, NY, where her academic specialties include women writers, lesbian literature, and women and work. She is the co-editor of two anthologies: Learning Our Way: Essays in Feminist Education with Charlotte Bunch and Politics of the Heart: A Lesbian Parenting Anthology with Jeanne Vaughn.
DENISE D. KNIGHT is Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the State University of New York, Cortland. She is the author of several books, including Writers of the American Renaissance: An A-to-Z Guide (Greenwood, 2003), Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Study of the Short Fiction (1997), and Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1997), and coauthor of Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1993).
.,."Readers seeking information on lesser-known lesbian writers or
information about well-known writers from a lesbian view-point will
welcome this sourcebook. In it are profiles of 100 writers of
poetry, fiction, and drama. This is a valuable contribution to the
growing field of gay and lesbian studies."-Reference Sources
?. . . Indeed, this volume on lesbian writers surely must be
counted among the best of the recent spate of reference works in
lesbian and gay studies. Covering one hundred authors who, at some
point during the 1970-1992 period, had written as self-identified
lesbians'', this volume is particularly strong in its
representation of fiction, poetry, and drama in a wide variety of
voices, including many essays on Asian, Black, Chicana, Latina, and
Native writers, both prominent and newly emerging.?-Feminist
Collections
?...Readers seeking information on lesser-known lesbian writers or
information about well-known writers from a lesbian view-point will
welcome this sourcebook. In it are profiles of 100 writers of
poetry, fiction, and drama. This is a valuable contribution to the
growing field of gay and lesbian studies.?-Reference Sources
?A tribute to those lesbian writers who have either gone before or
are still writing. It also stands as an incentive for those who are
just starting. Many of the essayists are themselves published
lesbian or feminist writers. This is recommended for academic and
public libraries, women's resource centers, and other special
libraries.?-Library Journal
?Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States definitely fills
an existing gap in American literary and cultural studies, '' as
the editors intend. . . . the editors and contributors have done an
admirable job of uncovering information on writers who are less
well known. Recommended for academic and large public
libraries.?-RBB/Booklist
?Greenwood's biobibliographical sourcebooks are useful to map work
in new and important fields of scholarship. . . .an invaluable
foundation for the study of contemporary lesbian and gay literature
in the US. Knowledgable contributors provide highly readable essays
covering 100 authors, both prominent and newly emerging. Highly
recommended!?-Choice
?In addition to being an engaging and handy reference book,
Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States does something
very important. It gives attention to fine writers, many of whom
have not received the acclaim they deserve outside and even within
the lesbian community.?-Outlines
..."Readers seeking information on lesser-known lesbian writers or
information about well-known writers from a lesbian view-point will
welcome this sourcebook. In it are profiles of 100 writers of
poetry, fiction, and drama. This is a valuable contribution to the
growing field of gay and lesbian studies."-Reference Sources
"A tribute to those lesbian writers who have either gone before or
are still writing. It also stands as an incentive for those who are
just starting. Many of the essayists are themselves published
lesbian or feminist writers. This is recommended for academic and
public libraries, women's resource centers, and other special
libraries."-Library Journal
"Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States definitely fills
an existing gap in American literary and cultural studies, '' as
the editors intend. . . . the editors and contributors have done an
admirable job of uncovering information on writers who are less
well known. Recommended for academic and large public
libraries."-RBB/Booklist
"Greenwood's biobibliographical sourcebooks are useful to map work
in new and important fields of scholarship. . . .an invaluable
foundation for the study of contemporary lesbian and gay literature
in the US. Knowledgable contributors provide highly readable essays
covering 100 authors, both prominent and newly emerging. Highly
recommended!"-Choice
"In addition to being an engaging and handy reference book,
Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States does something
very important. It gives attention to fine writers, many of whom
have not received the acclaim they deserve outside and even within
the lesbian community."-Outlines
." . . Indeed, this volume on lesbian writers surely must be
counted among the best of the recent spate of reference works in
lesbian and gay studies. Covering one hundred authors who, at some
point during the 1970-1992 period, had written as self-identified
lesbians'', this volume is particularly strong in its
representation of fiction, poetry, and drama in a wide variety of
voices, including many essays on Asian, Black, Chicana, Latina, and
Native writers, both prominent and newly emerging."-Feminist
Collections
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