Research Catalog

Title

Happy endings : lesbian writers talk about their lives and work / Kate Brandt.

Author

Brandt, Kate.

Publication

Tallahassee, Fla. : Naiad Press, 1993.

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Description

248 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Allison, Dorothy > Interviews
• Tsui, Kitty > Interviews
• Moraga, Cherríe > Interviews
• Nestle, Joan, 1940- > Interviews
• Taylor, Valerie, 1913-1997 > Interviews
• Lynch, Lee, 1945- > Interviews
• Bannon, Ann > Interviews
• Forrest, Katherine V., 1939- > Interviews
• Grier, Barbara 1933- > Interviews
• Smith, Barbara > Interviews
• Bogus, SDiane > Interviews
• Ben, Lisa > Interviews
• Seajay, Carol > Interviews
• Lesokwane, Frank > Interviews
• Armstrong, Toni Jr. > Interviews
• Lisbet > Interviews
• Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- > Interviews
• Pratt, Minnie Bruce > Interviews
• Schulman, Sarah, 1958- > Interviews
• Kim, Willyce > Interviews
• Newman, Lesléa > Interviews
• Peña, Terri de la, 1947- > Interviews
• 1900-1999
• Lesbians' writings, American > Theory, etc
• American literature > Theory, etc
• Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
• Women authors, American > 20th century > Interviews
• Lesbians > United States > Interviews
• Lesbians in literature
• Authorship

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History
• Interviews

Note

• Interviews with Dorothy Allison, Kitty Tsui, Cherríe Moraga, Joan Nestle, Valerie Taylor, Lee Lynch, Ann Bannon, Katherine V. Forrest, Barbara Grier, Barbara Smith, SDiane Bogus, Lisa Ben, Carol Seajay, Franco, Toni Armstrong Jr., Lisbet, Jewelle Gomez, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Sarah Schulman, Willyce Kim, Lesléa Newman, Terri de la Peña.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Lesbian writers talk about their lives and work. "It was made clear to me that writing was not something I was supposed to do." Telling tales, telling truths / Dorothy Allison ; "I don't want to spend all my life fighting" / Kitty Tsui ; A question of identity / Cherrie Moraga -- Bridging generations. "The whole world changed" / Joan Nestle ; Writing since the 1950s and still going strong / Valerie Taylor ; Lesbian storyteller / Lee Lynch -- Everybody's favorite authors: from Laura, Beth, and Beebo to Lane, Diane, and Kate. A 1950s icon rediscovered / Ann Bannon ; Writing for a community / Katherine V. Forrest.
• Book and magazine publishers: "freedom of the press belongs to she who owns the presses." Lesbian book publishers. Climbing the Ladder to success: Naiad Press / Barbara Grier ; Changing the world: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press / Barbara Smith ; Hope, joy, optimism, and publishing: WIM Publications / SDiane Bogus -- A magazine of one's own. "America's gayest magazine": the first U.S. lesbian periodical / Lisa Ben ; Spreading the word: keeping connected with Feminist Bookstore News / Carol Seajay ; New dyke in town: the rapid rise of Deneuve / Franco ; Midwife to the culture: HOT WIRE / Toni Armstrong Jr. ; Inventing Aché: a journal for lesbians of African descent / Lisbet.
• Lesbian writers talk about their passions. No more ivory towers: art and politics. "I feel powerfully connected to the struggles" / Jewelle Gomez ; Standing up to the literary academy / Minnie Bruce Pratt ; "I'm there because I have certain beliefs" / Sarah Schulman -- The craft, and passion, of writing. Reluctant pioneer / Willyce Kim ; Writing from the heart / Leslea Newman ; "I wrote this book because I wanted to read it" / Terri de la Pena.

ISBN

1562800507 :

LCCN

^^^92042612^

OCLC

• 27035093
• SCSB-11400085

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library