Women on women 3 : an anthology of American lesbian short fiction / edited by Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nestle, Joan, 1940-

Holoch, Naomi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbians--Fiction.

Lesbians.

Short stories, American.

American fiction--Women authors.

American fiction.

Lesbians' writings, American.

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories, American.

Lesbian fiction. -- local

Physical Description:

xi, 348 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Women on women three

Place of Publication:

New York : Plume, 1996.

Summary:

"A generation of literary luminaries presents its best work - from the traditional to the transgressive - in this adventurous, engaging new collection. Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch, the editors of the acclaimed "Women on Women" series, have assembled a third volume of America's best lesbian short fiction - with superb results. Thirty-two passionate voices sing out from the page, telling their stories in tones ranging from the sweet cadences of Clover Cannady's 'blueberry' to the blunt realism of Leslie Feinberg's 'One Day at the Mace Factory.' An erotic charge runs through the volume, tracing a pattern of desire, from the irresistibly cocky Cat Reeves in Lu Vickers's 'Crystal Ball,' through Lexa Rosean's powerful religious rebellion in 'A Kosher Megila,' and the vibrant heroines of Lydia Swartz's audacious 'What We Do in Bed.' Brilliant stylists like Rebecca Brown, Michelle Cliff, Sapphire, Jenifer Levin, and Ann Imbrie present moving narratives of love and loss that complete the collection's emotional and literary range."--AMAZON.COM.

Contents:

Riverfinger women / Elana Nachman/Dykewomon

Sita / Kate Millet

Home / Barbara Smith

Flossie's going / Ellen Frye

Salisbury Jo / Frankie Hucklenbroich

A woman who plays trumpet is deported / Michelle Cliff

One day at the mace factory / Leslie Feinberg

Spoken in darkness / Ann Imbrie

The printer / Melanie Kay/Kantrowitz

Crystal ball / Lu Vickers

Convoy ; And the skies are not / Sheila Ortiz Taylor

Blueberry / Clover L. Cannady

Why I'm here / Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Phase two / Catherine Lewis

Leap of faith / Hilary Mullins

The gift of wholeness / Rebecca Brown

Sign ; I wanted to add / Linda Smukler

Garden blues / Sarah Lane

The vanish / Mary Beth Caschetta

To be like that / Leslie Pietrzyk

Vera / Minnie Bruce Pratt

There's a window / Sapphire

The faintest of rumbles / Cynthia Lollar

A kosher megila / Lexa Roséan

Julie / Susan Fox Rogers

A room, in a stone house, in Spain / Jenifer Levin

What we do in bed / Lydia Swartz

The vale of cashmere / Gerry Gomez Pearlberg

Lines in the sand, cries of desire / Riki Anne Wilchins

Killer in love / Sarah Schulman

An American in Chiapas / Nisa Donnelly

Family reunion / Ann Allen Shockley.

Notes:

Lambda Literary Awards - Anthologies/Fiction, Winner, 1997

Other Format:

Online version: Women on women 3 : an anthology of American lesbian short fiction / edited by Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch.

ISBN:

0452276616

9780452276611

OCLC:

33897852