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Telling moments : autobiographical lesbian short stories / edited by Lynda Hall.
- Title
- Telling moments : autobiographical lesbian short stories / edited by Lynda Hall.
- Publication
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2003], ©2003.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hall, Lynda.
- Description
- xx, 260 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Telling Moments collects contemporary short stories by a diverse group of twenty-four lesbian writers. Engaging themes of life and death, aging, mother-hood, race, love, work, and travel, the writers offer brief glimpses into lesbian lives." "The tales encompass sheer joy, amazing strength, poignant memories, and lively humor. Anna Livia's protagonist appreciates her mother's artful garden creation. Ruthann Robson tells of a survivor of the health care system. In Marion Douglas's story a teenager dances with an alluring classmate. Donna Allegra's strong construction worker copes with the death of her mother. And Karla Jay sets her character forth to swim with sharks. Most of the stories are accompanied by an author photo, biographical sketch, and - a most significant feature - commentary from the author on her writing process and the autobiographical nature of her story, illustrating the truth behind the fiction."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Introduction: Re-Membering Her: A-Mazing Space of Lesbian Writings / Lynda Hall -- Swallowing Fireflies / Tragando Luciernagas / Gloria E. Anzaldua -- Tenderness / Marie-Claire Blais -- Dance Hall Road / Marion Douglas -- Choose: A Biomythography / Jewelle Gomez -- Swimming with Sharks / Karla Jay -- Private Lessons / Leslea Newman -- Farewell to Concubines / Vivien Ng -- Love Quartet / Sima Rabinowitz -- The Dead Mothers Club / Donna Allegra -- Dostoyevsky Would Have Liked That / Anna Livia -- Violin Lessons / Janet Mason -- Swimming at Midnight / Jess Wells -- Someone's Deciding / Nancy Abrams -- Easter Weekend / Minnie Bruce Pratt -- Gone Fishing / Mary Cappello -- Rooms / Maya Chowdhry -- Precis / Rini Das -- The Sanctuary of Hands / Emma Donoghue -- The House with Nobody in It / Valerie Miner -- Mad Dog in Chelsea / Barbara Bryce Morris -- Leaving Her / Ruthann Robson -- My First Wedding / Sarah Schulman -- Gosh Dirt / Peggy Shaw -- Out Takes in Cuba / Carmelita Tropicana.
- ISBN
- 0299191141 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003008905
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries