Date: Thu, 26 Jan 95 20:50:39 EST From: "Ellen Greenblatt" FIREBRAND BOOKS -- 1995 CATALOG 141 The Commons Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-0000 ARTEMIS IN ECHO PARK Poetry by Eloise Klein Healy Situated in the urban landscape of Los Angeles, the mythical Amazon goddess appears at home in the freeway environment. Poetry with a West Coast sensibility, a fiercely lyrical style caught up in the motion of fast cars, earthquake tremors, city animals, and the migration of the homeless. Winner of the 1992 Los Angeles Poetry Prize. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-90-7 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-91-5 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 80 pages BEFORE OUR EYES A Novel by Joan Alden A quiet, strong book, startling at times, capturing the photographic journalist Bern Rundle as she moves from being a grownup to becoming fully adult. "Gracefully written, this novel presents a thoughtful portrait of a mother and daughter, lesbian relationships, and the complexity of family life." (Library Journal) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-033-8 $18.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-034-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 152 pages BENEATH MY HEART Poetry by Janice Gould Substantial, layered poetry, deeply rooted in the author's Native American landscape. Janice Gould shares a collective memory with the Maidu Indians of Northern California. Writing as a lesbian, an outsider, she unearths and exposes her tender places, her scars, and her sinewy strength. Winner of a 1992 Astraea Foundation Emerging Lesbians Writers' Award. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-84-2 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-85-0 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 80 pages THE BIG MAMA STORIES by Shay Youngblood Set in the Black small-town South of the early sixties, Shay Youngblood's stories capture the richness of being raised into womanhood by a community of women, As seen through the eyes of a girlchild mothered by her "big mamas," the daily lives of ordinary incredible women are dynamically portrayed. A 1990 Pushcart Selection. $ 8.95 ISBN 0-932379-57-5 $18.95 ISBN 0-932379-58-3 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 112 pages THE BLACK BACK-UPS Poetry by Kate Rushin This long-anticipated first collection captures the faces, voices, feelings, words, and stories of the author's African- American family, people in the neighborhood of the Northern Black town where she grew up. Kate Rushin uses the image of African-Americans who sing back-up vocals for white entertainers as a metaphor for all those pushed into the shadows-- particularly women. $ 8.95 ISBN 1-56341-025-7 $18.95 ISBN 1-56341-026-5 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 96 pages A BURST OF LIGHT Essays by Audre Lorde Audre Lorde's strength and signifying words continue to contribute to a deepened feminist vision. Black poet, lesbian, mother, and fighter for freedom, she used the dailiness of her life--both the joy and the pain--as material for her own transformation, and for ours. Winner of a 1989 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award. $ 8.95 ISBN 0-932379-39-7 $18.95 ISBN 0-932379-40-0 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 134 pages CECILE Stories by Ruthann Robson "These first-person stories form an insightful narrative that chronicles the daily events and small epiphanies in the relationship of a lesbian couple with a young son"--the narrator, her lover Cecile, and Colby, their child. "Robson's writing is spare and graceful, with wonderfully original sparks of sarcasm and wit sprinkled liberally throughout." (Publishers Weekly) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-001-X $18.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-002-8 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 168 pages CRIME AGAINST NATURE Poetry by Minnie Bruce Pratt Published to rave reviews, designated the prestigious 1989 Lamont Poetry Selection by the Academy of American Poets, Minnie Bruce Pratt's stunning work is a major achievement. The author breathes new life into the words lesbian, poet, mother, as she holds herself, her lovers, and her children in a world of passion and wholeness. Winner of the 1991 American Library Association Gay/Lesbian Book Award. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-72-9 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-73-7 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 128 pages DIAMONDS ARE A DYKE'S BEST FRIEND Reflections, Reminiscences, and Reports from the Field on the Lesbian National Pastime by Yvonne Zipter "A pioneering examination of one of the most common and beloved elements of North American lesbian culture...a thoughtful, passionate piece of work." (Women in Libraries) Yvonne Zipter, journalist and jock, covers all the bases--on and off the playing field. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-47-8 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-48-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 224 pages DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR Cartoons by Alison Bechdel Alison Bechdel's cartoons are fast occupying a mythic place in dykedom. Grin, giggle, and guffaw your way through her first graphic commentary on contemporary lesbian life. These are surely dykes to watch out for--jocks, politicos, roommates, lovers, luppies, first dates, fantasy women. No household should be without at least one. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-17-6 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-18-4 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 80 pages DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR: THE SEQUEL Cartoons by Alison Bechdel A box office sensation (her fourth), this cartoon extravaganza continues Alison Bechdel's graphic documentation of the lesbian community. It's a 4-star blockbuster showcasing performances by some of the comic pages leading women. Don't miss "Serial Monogamy," an Added Attraction premiering here. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-008-7 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-009-5 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 136 pages EXILE IN THE PROMISED LAND A Memoir by Marcia Freedman Marcia Freedman's lively first-person account of her fourteen years in Israel, the story of a modern Jewish woman's longing to be at home in the homeland of the Jews. Founder of the women's liberation movement, former member of the Knesset, she examines the contradictions between idealistic vision and flawed reality in her adopted country. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-76-1 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-77-X 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 238 pages EXPERIMENTAL LOVE Poetry by Cheryl Clarke Perhaps the preeminent African-American lesbian poet writing today, Cheryl Clarke has a heady command of the language, the ability to work in a variety of forms, and an uncompromising Black and queer stance. This is her fourth book, following in the tradition of Narratives, Living As A Lesbian, and Humid Pitch. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-035-4 $18.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-036-2 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 88 pages EYE OF A HURRICANE Stories by Ruthann Robson Thirteen surprising, sometimes startling stories about women riding out the storm. Buffeted by the winds of violence, chance encounter, inevitable change, and personal history, Ruthann Robson's characters seek the peaceful place at the center. Winner of the 1990 Ferro-Grumley Foundation Award for an outstanding work of fiction on lesbian life. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-64-8 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-65-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 130 pages THE FIRES OF BRIDE A Novel by Ellen Galford This "excellent feminist/lesbian novel" (Library Journal) is set on a remote Scottish island with a rambling castle and ruined monastery harking back to more matriarchal times. Maria Milleny, a visiting artist from the mainland, arrives and is quickly seduced by Catriona MacEochan--clan chieftain, doctor, witch--and by Cailleach's strange charm. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-41-9 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-42-7 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 232 pages FOOD & SPIRITS Stories by Beth Brant (Degonwadonti) Native American writer Beth Brant offers a moving collection about going home. Home to the physical place where you can walk the same land traveled by your ancestors. Home to the interior space where all of who you are lives fully. These are "sensitive engaging tales...exploring the private tragedies and triumphs of Native Americans." (Publishers Weekly) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-92-3 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-93-1 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 128 pages FORTY-THREE SEPTEMBERS Essays by Jewelle Gomez Essays that weave together the varied strands of experience contributing to a writing life. Black, lesbian Native American, raised poor, ex-Catholic, fantasy-fiction writer--all are blended as the author conveys her sense of the mythic heroism of ordinary people. "Gomez's words flow with an ease, honesty, and intellect that is mesmerizing." (Library Journal) $10.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-037-0 $22.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-038-9 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 200 pages FREE RIDE A Novel by Marilyn Gayle The author spins out a free-wheeling tale of a lesbian rogue on the move. Neither love nor money--not even sex--slows Sammy down in her seemingly effortless havoc-strewn drive through the lesbian community of Santa Fe. The hills are alive with the sounds of Sammy's motorcycle as a wide-ranging cast of characters find that their various roads lead to a dead end. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-003-6 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-004-4 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 248 pages A GATHERING OF SPIRIT A Collection by North American Indian Women edited by Beth Brant The single best source for experiencing the vibrancy and breadth of contemporary Indian women's writing. "We gathered our spirit and called it faith. We gathered our spirit and called it love and hope. We are a community. We are a nation. We are alive." (from the editor's Introduction) $10.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-55-9 $22.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-56-7 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 248 pages GETTING HOME ALIVE by Aurora Levins Morales and Rosario Morales Rosario Morales and Aurora Levins Morales are mother and daughter--feminists and radicals, Puerto Rican and American and Jewish--patterning their voices into a call and response across generations, geography, politics, and cultures. "Both authors are literary, serious, socially concerned and passionate...." (Publishers Weekly) $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-19-2 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-20-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Photographs 216 pages THE GILDA STORIES A Novel by Jewelle Gomez An elegant, sensual, and naturalistic fantasy--a Black vampire story. Time-traveling from Southern slavery in 1850 to environmental devastation 200 years later, Gilda is the quintessential outsider seeking community. Winner of two 1992 Lambda Book Awards for Lesbian Fiction and Lesbian Science Fiction. $10.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-94-X $22.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-95-8 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 256 pages GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT A Novel by Leslia Newman Liza Goldberg is a bulimic. Unhappy with herself and her life, she eats compulsively, alternately binging and starving herself. In this funny and poignant novel about Liza's move into recovery, Leslia Newman "has told Liza's story the best way it could be told: from within Liza's head, in the moment, one thought, one binge, one fuck, one step at time." (Women's Review of Books) $10.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-21-4 $22.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-22-2 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 272 pages HUMID PITCH Narrative Poetry by Cheryl Clarke Cheryl Clarke's third book once again reveals her as a probing storyteller. She unearths the untold or not-told-enough tales of women of color, triumphant lesbians, ambivalent men, slave women, and the children who survive childhood. Always indebted to Black music, Clarke plumbs African-American experience and lesbian living to construct her mythic herstories. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-66-4 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-67-2 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 132 pages JEWISH WOMEN'S CALL FOR PEACE A Handbook for Jewish Women on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict edited by Rita Falbel, Irena Klepfisz, and Donna Nevel Get help working toward a resolution of Middle East hostilities using Firebrand Sparks Pamphlet #3. Highlights Jewish and Palestinian women's peace activities as well as providing feminist perspectives, resources, and strategies for engaging the range of Jewish emotions around these volatile issues. $4.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-78-8 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 88 pages JONESTOWN & OTHER MADNESS Poetry by Pat Parker Poet and performer Pat Parker wrote, in this her fifth no-holds- barred no-nonsense book, about being Black, female, and gay. Her poetry "is shot through with life; it's nothing if not genuine. It's clear, strong, visionary, and unmistakably great." (Women's Review of Books) The significance of her work is obvious now more than ever since her untimely death. $ 7.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-00-1 $16.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-01-X 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 80 pages JUST SAY YES A Novel by Judith McDaniel "Can a heavy-duty political dyke, whose previous writing has dealt largely with Nicaragua and alcoholism, find fulfillment writing a sexy novel set among the summer crowd in Provincetown?" (Gay Community News) Rave reviews for this lesbian romance with an edge, a fast-paced sizzler where homophobia and racism share center stage with lust and love. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-96-6 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-97-4 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 176 pages THE LAND OF LOOK BEHIND by Michelle Cliff Michelle Cliff talks about the Third World, love and its politics, her Jamaican origins, class and race, in a distinctive writing voice--a combination of sensuous language and an absolutely unsentimental eye. Widely anthologized, the author writes to make wholeness o ut of the fragmentation that is the legacy of the colonized. $8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-08-7 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-09-5 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 120 pages LEGAL TENDER A Mystery by Marion Foster Harriet Fordham Croft is in real trouble. Someone wants her dead. Is it her newly discovered lesbianism, her switch from corporate to criminal practice, or some long-standing personal debt that has triggered the danger? This hard-driving, fast-paced, action- filled mystery picks up where The Monarchs Are Flying leaves off. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-010-9 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-011-7 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 240 pages LESBIAN (OUT)LAW Survival Under the Rule of Law by Ruthann Robson Lesbians are both outside the law and within it. Lesbians are always under the rule of law, under the rule of men. As lesbian legal theory, Ruthann Robson--author of Cecile and The Eye Of A Hurricane, and an attorney on the faculty of the CUNY Law School--asks the question: How can lesbians use the law without being used by it? $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-012-5 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-013-3 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 176 pages A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK Short Stories by Leslea Newman Nine engaging stories about being lesbian and Jewish that resonate with the warmth of many women's voices. Poignancy, paranoia, playfulness, and passion are all here. At the March on Washington, celebrating Friday night Shabbos, teaching at the Senior Citizens Center, or working out at karate, Leslia Newman writes tender-hearted, good-humored stories. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-43-5 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-44-3 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 176 pages LETTING IN THE NIGHT A Novel by Joan Lindau The sensitive story of two women in love--separated by geography, time, and their own decisions--who revive their relationship in the face of one woman's terminal illness. Joan Lindau has written an intimate book, soft with the details of daily routine and caring, lucid in its portrayal of emotional realities, sincere and honest in its telling. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-59-1 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-60-5 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 180 pages LIVING AS A LESBIAN Poetry by Cheryl Clarke Nothing lukewarm here. Cheryl Clarke, a major Black poet, writes variations on the themes of blackness, anger, violence, loss, loneliness, lesbianism, and sex. Her form is elegant, her language direct, her images strong. The impact is stunning. "Jazz melodies played in counterpoint to uncompromising political judgments." (Village Voice) $ 7.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-12-5 $16.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-13-3 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 96 pages METAMORPHOSIS Reflections on Recovery by Judith McDaniel Moving from addiction and alienation to greater self-empowerment, author and activist Judith McDaniel travels the road to recovery from alcoholism in this insightful, revealing book. At a time when women in increasing numbers are struggling to come to terms with chemical dependencies, Metamorphosis opens up new space for both personal and political growth. $ 7.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-61-3 $16.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-62-1 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 80 pages MOHAWK TRAIL by Beth Brant (Degonwadonti) "Part autobiography, part poetry, part short story, and part unreconstructed American Indian myth. These are remarkable tales and unforgettable portraits." (Booklist) Beth Brant, a gifted Native American writer, explores her several families--families connected by blood, by gayness, and by their urban working-class lives. $ 7.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-02-8 $16.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-03-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 100 pages MOLL CUTPURSE A Novel by Ellen Galford >From National Public Radio ("a charming, authentic re-creation of bawdy life in Elizabethan London") to Gay Community News ("a celebration of rebellious womanhood"), the critics--and readers- -agree that Moll is a winner. If you haven't read this delightful lesbian romp, don't miss it! $ 7.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-04-4 $16.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-05-2 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 224 pages THE MONARCHS ARE FLYING A Novel by Marion Foster A narrow-minded small-town community, a homophobic investigator, the bludgeoned and denuded body of a young married woman in a cheap motel room--and a web of evidence ensnaring the victim's ex-lover, Leslie Taylor. Marion Foster, a 67-year-old Canadian author, has given us a courtroom drama of substance and skill, a real page-turner. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-33-8 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-34-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 218 pages MORE DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR Cartoons by Alison Bechdel The second collection by one of dykedom's national treasures carries us further into the cartoon adventures of Mo and her friends. Follow their exploits as they look for lovers and plot against the patriarchy in these slices of everyday lesbian life. Exclusive account of Mo and Harriet's first night together. $ 7.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-45-1 $16.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-46-X 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 112 pages MOVEMENT IN BLACK Poetry by Pat Parker Pat Parker--Black lesbian poet, feminist medical administrator, lover of women, mother of two daughters, softball devotee, and general progressive troublemaker--died in June 1989 at the age of 45. Her particular brand of straightforward language and sophisticated thinking, long before coalition became a political watchword, made her unique. This is Pat Parker's signature volume. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-74-5 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-75-3 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 160 pages MY MAMA'S DEAD SQUIRREL Lesbian Essays on Southern Culture by Mab Segrest Anti-Klan organizer Mab Segrest gives us a down-home insider's look at the South she lives in, struggles with, and loves, in this "highly recommended" collection. "As insightful as they are delightful, touching on Southern culture, literary criticism, feminism, lesbianism, racism, childhood, the art of teaching...." (Booklist) $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-06-0 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-07-9 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 240 pages NEW, IMPROVED! DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR Cartoons by Alison Bechdel This ever-popular cartoonist's third foray into the soap opera of lesbian life. Always struggling to stay squeaky clean, she checks out the lesbian community--its love life, cultural quirks, personal crises, and dirty linen. An all-temperature setting for enjoying the exploits of Clarice, Harriet, Lois, Mo, Sparrow, Toni and the rest to the girls. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-79-6 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-80-X 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 120 pages NORMAL SEX by Linda Smukler In a series of prose poems notable for their fluidity and punch, Linda Smukler searches for markings to guide her through the recreated life of her youth: wearing the gender identity of a boy, learning about shame, recognizing sexual abuse. "Poignant, gut-wrenching, and above all, beautiful, this is an exceptional...book." (Booklist) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-042-7 $18.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-043-5 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 88 pages NOW POOF SHE IS GONE Poetry by Wendy Rose Writing about the violence of her childhood, her breakdown and institutionalization, her dislocation as a mixed-blood--a speaker of English--in a full-blood Hopi world, accomplished and powerful American Indian poet Wendy Rose includes all the poems that were "safely tucked away." In so doing, she bursts open the pain that both marks her and shapes her strength. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-048-6 $18.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-049-4 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 104 pages THE OTHER SAPPHO A Novel by Ellen Frye "Ellen Frye has blended the myths and legends surrounding the life of famed Greek-lesbian poet Sappho and has combined them with some historic facts to create a magical yarn of her own.... The story has wise women and rituals, poets, poems and storytelling, adventure, romance, and mystery." (Booklist) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-68-0 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-69-9 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 218 pages OUT IN THE WORLD International Lesbian Organizing by Shelley Anderson Lesbians are getting together in groups as never before, organizing from Soweto to Lima, Bangkok to Auckland, from Warsaw to Tel Aviv. This informative and thought-provoking guide contains country-by-country addresses and contact suggestions for linking up with lesbians internationally. We are everywhere, and Firebrand Sparks Pamphlet #4 can help us find and work with one another. $ 4.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-005-2 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 56 pages POLITICS OF THE HEART A Lesbian Parenting Anthology edited by Sandra Pollack and Jeanne Vaughn This is a book whose time has come. More than 60 contributors explore the complexities of lesbian parenting: biological mothers, coparents, adoptive mothers, mothers living with their children and without them, lesbians who were mothers before they were lesbians and, increasingly, lesbians who are choosing to become mothers. $12.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-35-4 $26.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-36-2 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 360 pages PRESENTING... SISTER NOBLUES by Hattie Gossett "Contemporary Black American poetry at its saltiest, wittiest, and most impassioned." (Booklist) Hattie Gossett takes on the madness and sweetness of urban life in this energetic collection. Her "fine eye for detail and her keen ear for the rhythms of speech and of jazz and blues lends this debut collection its considerable potency and authority." (Publishers Weekly) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-49-4 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-50-8 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 144 pages REBELLION Essays 1980-1991 by Minnie Bruce Pratt The wild terrain of personal and political change is explored in this vivid, lyrical collection. "Pratt's 11 polished, articulate essays offer a striking example of everyday philosophy at work: a feminist assessing her experiences and learning form them." (Publishers Weekly) Essential reading by this award-winning lesbian author, demonstrating that "the will to change is the true rebellion." $10.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-006-0 $22.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-007-9 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 248 pages RESTORING THE COLOR OF ROSES by Barrie Jean Borich A book of creative nonfiction about getting better. Barrie Jean Borich leads us down a winding trail of memories--some real, some imagined, some dreamt--all true. Sex, alcoholism, cultural identity, lesbianism, and the landscape of a rebuilt life are boldly explored in these acute narratives. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-027-3 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-028-1 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 166 pages A RESTRICTED COUNTY by Joan Nestle Joan Nestle writes sexy, writes true. Winner of the American Library Association 1988 Gay/Lesbian Book Award, these "autobiographical pieces are extraordinarily clear-sighted and moving; the attacks on the feminist antipornography movement are full of political and humane wisdom; and the erotic sketches are steamy and ardently affectionate. Altogether, an amazing book." (Booklist) $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-37-0 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-38-9 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 192 pages RUNNING FIERCELY TOWARD A HIGH THIN SOUND A Novel by Judith Katz Nadine Pagan's dyke sister Jane wants to find her. Her lover Rose wants to marry her. And her mother Fay wants to forget her. All Nadine wants is to stop the buzzing in her head. Contemporary Jewish lesbian magical realism. Well-reviewed and widely read. Winner of the 1992 Lambda Book Award for Lesbian Fiction. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-019-2 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-020-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 192 pages SACRED SPACE A Feminist Vision of Astrology by Geraldine Hatch Hanon "Why should feminists bother with astrology, or astrologers with feminism? To the feminists, the author offers goddess mythology based on the stars; to the astrologers, she points out that astrology was, at its [origin], a woman's science.... She writes engagingly and fluently; she also keeps her facts straight and does not weaken her arguments with historical inaccuracies." (Booklist) $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-86-9 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-87-7 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 208 pages SANCTUARY, A JOURNEY by Judith McDaniel Held captive by the Nicaraguan contras as a member of a Witness for Peace delegation, Judith McDaniel explores the idea of sanctuary. Her focus includes El Salvadoran refugees and Big Mountain protesters, bag ladies in Times Square, Black children in Albany, and Peace Camp women. "A passionate, unorthodox celebration of women's empowerment." (Library Journal) $ 7.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-23-0 $16.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-24-9 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Photographs 176 pages SANS SOUCI Stories by Dionne Brand "Brooding, obsessive stories of contemporary black life in Canada and the Caribbean offer an intimate view of women driven by poverty to leave their homes for a hostile new country.... Dionne Brand impresses with her fictional debut; her lyrical gifts are unobtrusively displayed, and her characters are affecting." (Publishers Weekly) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-70-2 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-71-0 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 150 pages SCUTTLEBUTT A Novel by Jana Williams Jana Williams' debut novel is a lively foray into the world of women recruits at the U.S. Navy bootcamp outside of Baltimore in the early 1970s. Scuttlebutt--military slang for gossip or news-- "deftly bypasses all that is clichi about 'baby boots' and captures instead the astonishingly deep emotional demands of their experience." (Library Journal) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-88-5 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-89-3 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 200 pages SHOULDERS A Novel by Georgia Cotrell Shoulders is about coming of age in Texas in the 1970s when you're dewy-eyed and brash and a lesbian. Shoulders is about making it through to the 80s, surviving love gone bad, still believing in love against the odds. On the beach or at bedtime, curl up with Shoulders. A best-selling steamy good read. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-25-7 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-26-5 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 258 pages SIMPLE SONGS Stories by Vickie Sears Native American songs are telling, a bringing forth of power to be respected and honored. Vickie Sears' eloquent story collection sings the ordinary lives of Native children, women, and the Old Ones. "In her nimble debut, this writer offers probing stories that seem as much observed from real life as created in the imagination." (Publishers Weekly) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-81-8 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-82-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 168 pages SISTER SAFETY PIN A Novel by Lorrie Sprecher "Take a wry, reflective 17-year-old, add the Sex Pistols, Sisterhood Is Powerful and a generous handful of safety pins, and you'll have Sprecher's delightful portrait of the artist as a young, punk lesbian." (Publishers Weekly). On the wrong side of political correctness, the author's intelligent new voice has an edge--tinged with sweetness. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-050-8 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-051-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 256 pages SKIN Talking About Sex, Class & Literature by Dorothy Allison In this compelling collection of essays, autobiographical narratives, and performance pieces, the author probes her experience of being a lifelong feminist activist, a controversial sex radical, and an expatriate Southern writer with an attitude. "Impassioned, personal and highly intelligent." (Publishers Weekly) $13.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-044-3 $26.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-045-1 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 264 pages SPAWN OF DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR Cartoons by Alison Bechdel Toni and Clarice are having a baby, and the lesbian community's premier visual archivist/gossip columnist is right there to record the blessed event in this, her fifth collection. From talking about it, to the stork's eventual arrival, where babies come from may never look the same again. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-039-7 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-040-0 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 136 pages SPEAKING DREAMS Science Fiction by Severna Park In a retrograde future, where the known galaxy is divided between slavers, a deteriorating empire, and legendary aliens, a young lesbian with the gift of prescience--Costa--is taken from her homeworld and sold into service. Slavery and spiritual freedom, power and resistance, love and destiny are the themes threading their way through this tautly told tale. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-014-1 $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-015-X 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 256 pages STARDUST BOUND A Novel by Karen Cadora Quincy Alexander loves the stars, but astronomy has become a science crime. At an observatory high in the Andes, she must choose between her love for the woman whose dying wish sent her on this journey, loyalty to the UniTech government, and a dangerous new attraction. Speculative fiction, lively and astute, by this first-time author. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-052-4 $18.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-053-2 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 152 pages STAYING THE DISTANCE A Novel by Franci McMahon Grown-up lesbians have a novel about girls and horses they can call their own in this literate, lovable western set in the big sky, "no whiners" country of Montana. Rancher Rachel Duncan and the new vet from back East, Dr. Margret Carson, are as tough and smart as the horses they ride. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-046-X $20.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-047-8 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 200 pages STONE BUTCH BLUES A Novel by Leslie Feinberg Woman or man? That's the question at the heart of this powerful and provocative story. Growing up differently gendered, coming out as a butch, deciding to pass--transgendered Jess Goldberg learns to navigate the complexities of being a he-she. Winner of the 1994 Lambda Literary Award for Small Press Book and the American Library Association 1994 Gay/Lesbian Book Award (Literature). $10.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-029-X $22.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-030-3 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 304 pages THE SUN IS NOT MERCIFUL Short Stories by Anna Lee Walters Anna Lee Walters is a Pawnee/Otoe Indian living and working on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. This short story collection about contemporary tribal life was cited as "the best published work (1985) reflecting the life, history, or heritage of the Western Indian." Recipient of a 1985 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-10-9 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-11-7 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 136 pages TALKING INDIAN Reflections on Survival and Writing by Anna Lee Walters Combining an autobiographical exploration of the influences on her writing with short stories embodying these themes, Anna Lee Walters reclaims her writing from the colonizing power of the dominant white society. Archival family photographs and the history of her Pawnee, Otoe, and Navajo relatives are documented background for her creative work. $10.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-021-4 $22.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-022-2 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 224 pages TENDER WARRIORS A Novel by Rachel Guido deVries An Italian-American working-class family comes alive in this engaging book as Rose--daughter, sister, nurse, photographer, lesbian--narrates their story. This is a novel about outsiders-- white and black, gay and strait, down and out or on the way up-- fighting for survival and the space to be tender. "Against all odds, deVries makes her plot work." (Kirkus) $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-14-1 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-15-X 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 192 pages THIS IS ABOUT INCEST by Margaret Randall Using words and photographic images as her tools, Margaret Randall painstakingly works her way through the process of reclamation as she unearths and comes to terms with her grandfather's sexual assault on her as an infant. Her book is an affirmation--a tribute to her own grit, her politics, and the support of loving friends and a gifted therapist. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-29-X $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-30-3 7 x 7 Photographs 72 pages THE THRESHING FLOOR Short Stories by Barbara Burford British lesbian author Barbara Burford crafts powerful tales about the lives of Black women. She constructs cruel realities, dream fantasies, bitter escapes, visionary worlds, and the day- to-day love that sustains and creates possibility in this compelling collection. These stories are deeply etched portraits, full of light and shadow. $ 7.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-27-3 $16.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-28-1 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 214 pages TRASH Stories by Dorothy Allison "In 14 gritty, intimate stories, Allison's fictional persona exposes the complexities of being 'a cross-eyed working-class lesbian, addicted to violence, language and hope'....With a keen feel for the languid rhythms of Southern speech, she masterfully suspends the reader between voyeurism and empathy." (Publishers Weekly) Winner of the 1989 Lambda Book Award for Lesbian Fiction. $ 9.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-51-6 $20.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-52-4 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 176 pages WE SAY WE LOVE EACH OTHER Poetry by Minnie Bruce Pratt A book of poetic maps, tracing the search in a violent world for a place to live as a lesbian, a place to make art and make love, to savor life as delicious and sensual as the center of a peach. The writing is grounded in the author's love of women--poems written to friends, mother, lovers, and other writers. $ 8.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-023-0 $18.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-024-9 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 112 pages WOMEN WHO HATE ME Poetry: 1980-1990 by Dorothy Allison Razor sharp, angry, and full of passion, Dorothy Allison stands her ground and refuses to leave any of the hard stuff behind. Whether writing about her dirt-poor Southern childhood, its brutalities and its love, or her lesbian lust--her outlaw sexuality--her poetry is cheeky, touching, and on target as she speaks the truth to the women she loves. $8.95 paper ISBN 0-932379-98-2 $18.95 cloth ISBN 0-932379-99-0 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 72 pages WORDS TO THE WISE A Writers Guide to Feminist and Lesbian Periodicals & Publishers by Andrea Fleck Clardy Here, in the revised and expanded FOURTH edition of this popular handbook (over 15,000 in print), is an annotated listing of more than 150 U.S. and Canadian book and periodical publishers, references for children's book and scholarly publishers, and details about submissions and royalties--all from places that actively solicit women's words. Firebrand Sparks Pamphlet # 1. Look for the BRIGHT YELLOW cover. $5.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-032-X 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 56 pages THE WORRY GIRL Stories from a Childhood by Andrea Freud Loewenstein Part reconstructed autobiography, part truthful short story, part coming-of-age-coming-out novel, this is a 'poignant collection of related stories' (Publishers Weekly) about a high strung, assimilated Jewish childhood. Andrea Freud Loewenstein recreates turbulent years spent growing up under the scowling portrait of Sigmund Freud, the family patriarch. $8.95 paper ISBN 1-56341-016-8 $18.95 cloth ISBN 1-56341-017-6 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 164 pages YOURS IN STRUGGLE Three Feminist Perspectives on Anti-Semitism and Racism by Elly Bulkin, Minnie Bruce Pratt, and Barbara Smith A white Christian-raised Southerner, an African-American, and an Ashkenazi Jew take on the complicated, often difficult, but absolutely essential task of talking with each other, modeling the possibilities for coalition work. 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