Telling moments : autobiographical lesbian short stories / edited by Lynda Hall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Lynda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbians--Biography.

Lesbians.

Lesbians' writings.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Telling Moments collects contemporary short stories by a diverse group of twenty-four lesbian writers. Engaging themes of life and death, aging, motherhood, race, love, work, and travel, the writers offer brief glimpses into lesbian lives. The stories are by well-known contemporary writers-Gloria Anzaldúa, Mary Cappello, Emma Donoghue, Jewelle Gomez, Karla Jay, Anna Livia, Valerie Miner, Lesléa Newman, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Ruthann Robson, Sarah Schulman, and Jess Wells-and exciting newer voices, such as Donna Allegra and Marion Douglas. There are also stories from performance artists Carmelita Tropicana, Peggy Shaw, and Maya Chowdhry. 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-a commentary from the author on her writing process and the autobiographical nature of her story, illustrating the truth behind the fiction.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Re-Membering Her: A-Mazing Space of Lesbian Writings / Lynda Hall

Our Loves

Swallowing Fireflies/Tragando Luciérnagas / Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Tenderness / Marie-Claire Blais

Dance Hall Road / Marion Douglas

Choose: A Biomythography / Jewelle Gomez

Swimming with Sharks / Karla Jay

Private Lessons / Lesléa Newman

Farewell to Concubines / Vivien Ng

Love Quartet / Sima Rabinowitz

Our Mothers

The Dead Mothers Club / Donna Allegra

Dostoyevsky Would Have Liked That / Anna Livia

Violin Lessons / Janet Mason

Swimming at Midnight / Jess Wells

Our Children

Someone's Deciding / Nancy Abrams

Easter Weekend / Minnie Bruce Pratt

Our Lives: Bodies, Work, Travel, et al.

Gone Fishing / Mary Cappello

Rooms / Maya Chowdhry

Précis / 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

Bionotes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786612765872

9781282765870

1282765876

9780299191139

0299191133

OCLC:

681351095