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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

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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).

Reviews

.,."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