About the Author

Karla Jay has written, edited, and translated nine books, the most recent of which are Dyke Life and Lesbian Erotics. Dyke Life won the 1996 Lambda Literary Award in the category of Lesbian Studies. She is editor of NYU Press's series, ""The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature."" This is the only lesbian studies series in the world from a university press. In existence since 1992, the series now spans some 20 books of original criticism, reprints, translations and recovered archival letters and manuscripts. Dr. Jay has written for many publications, including Ms. Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Village Voice, and Lambda Book Report. She is Professor of English and Director of Women's Studies at Pace University in New York City. She is currently at work on two books, Ten Decades of Struggle: Gay and Lesbian Life in the United States (Oxford UP) and Tales of the lavender Menace (Basic).

Reviews

"To read this book is to glimpse gay culture in its first morning... It offers a comprehensive and poignant overview of a very special moment in gay culture. Read it, and if you're still too macho to weep, or too insufficiently radical/feminist to scream, at least shed a tear for lost innocence." --The Advocate