Alyson Women's Book Catalog

A L Y S O N WOMEN'S BOOK CATALOG January-March 1994

MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE Caricatures of important lesbians and gay men LESBIAN QUOTATIONS A collection of lesbian wit and wisdom

THE NEW ALYSON ALMANAC More information than ever before WORD GAYMES Nonstop entertainment

ONE MILLION STRONG Celebrating the March on Washington in photographs

TESTIMONIES Inspirational lesbian coming-out stories

NEW FROM OTHER PUBLISHERS Hothead Paisan • Daughters of Darkness • Body of Love • and more One of the family

MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE, by Michael Willhoite, cloth, $25.00

Here are some names you should know. Michael Willhoite stages his own pride parade with caricatures of over one hundred more of our lesser-known sisters and brothers. Each illustration is accompanied by a brief, entertaining background sketch of their personal and professional careers. Here are a few of the personalities you will meet.

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I owerful if inelegant prose: that was the judgment of early reviewers of the work J of Djuna Barnes. That changed quickly. T.S. Eliot, no less, wrote in the introduc- I tion to her dark novel Nightwood of her "beauty of phrasing, the brilliance of wit I and characterization, and a quality of horror and doom ... related to that of Eliza- bethan tragedy." Clearly, Barnes was not destined for the best-seller lists. By the time of her death, she was all but forgotten, but since then, her work has been reissued in a steady trickle. Particularly noteworthy is 77K Ladies'Almanack, a playful satire of Paris's expatriate lesbian community. From time to time, Barnes illustrated her own work, and in this yew d'esprit it sparkles.

2 O ALYSON BOOK CATALOG et the bullets that rip through my brain smash through every closet door in the nation." Harvey Milk knew he would become a gay martyr. The San Francisco City Hall killings of Milk and Mayor George Moscone on November 27,1978, resonated throughout the nation like one of the city's famous quakes. When City Supervisor Dan White was convicted of manslaughter, not murder, rioting by furious lesbians and gay men broke out. Like Stonewall, like the 1992 Republican National Convention, such outrages fuel the movement. So Harvey Milk was right. For his full story, read Randy Shilts's excellent The Mayor of Castro Street.

Scott Fitzgerald wrote: "There are no second acts in American lives." Wrong. Many blues aficionados think of Alberta Hunter as a dignified, silken old lady who suddenly broke onto the music scene in the 1980s. No, she was a sensation in the earlier decades, too, light, bright, one of the true queens of swing. Her upbeat rendition of "Miss Otis Regrets" is still the best one on records; she plays Cole Porter's satire right on the surface. But in the fifties she quit the music business and became a nurse. Later, when she was forcibly retired, back she came. And a star was reborn.

ALYSON BOOK CATALOG O 3 In our own words Lesbian LESBIAN QUOTATIONS, by Rosemary E. Silva, $10.00 Quotations

Reflections on life and he Lesbian is love, politics and culture, from Sappho to one of the least modern times known members of our

culture. Less is known oompUed by , about her — and less Kosemary Silva I accurately — than about Where are all the quotable lesbians? The Quotable Woman 1800-1981 (1982), Author Rosemary Silva has collected the the Newfoundland dog. and The Beacon Book of Quotations by best of lesbian wit and wisdom in one Women (1992). These books represent a volume. Arranged topically, Lesbian Sidney Abbott and Barbara Love, great leap forward in women's scholar- Quotations covers subjects ranging from Sappho Was a Right-on Woman, 1972 ship. They constitute a reconceptualiza- Passion to Pets. A great reference, or just tion of history: they place women on browse through this fascinating com- center stage and write us into the script pendium for pure entertainment. called humanity. How audible are les- Rosemary Silva describes the chal- which men have devoted countless trea- bian voices in these collections? Unfortu- lenge of compiling this collection in her tises. Until rather recently, women in the nately, they contain only a few quota- introduction: United States did not have the right to tions by, for, and about lesbians. vote, own houses or property, enroll in Thus this text arose from my percep- ith little effort we can cite innu- institutions of higher learning, enter tion of the almost total absence of lesbi- Wmerable quotations of scholars, male-dominated professions, earn fair ans from the pages of books of quota- poets, writers, actors, statesmen, and wages, travel independently, go to war, tions. This book is an attempt to inscribe politicians. But the vast majority of these or engage in politics. If, by some stroke in memory the precious few recorded quotations are attributable to men —• of luck, women's voices have been heard ideas of those women-loving women white, heterosexual men. Throughout above the uproar of men, rarely have our who, in some thirteenth-century corner time, men have been celebrated and reflections been considered worthy of tower, seventeenth-century garden, or immortalized for their ideas, profound inclusion in the historical record. If, by eighteenth-century sitting room, blessed or baneful, on the human condition. another miraculous stroke of luck, with an independent spirit, heatedly Furthermore, their pronouncements women's reflections are preserved in the discussed women's plight and the pall of have been collected and preserved in historical record, chances are they will patriarchy, or sat alone, jotting by can- books of quotations, and many of these not have made their way into a book of dlelight a passionate letter to a beloved quotations have been repeated so often quotations, the highest honor that can be or a few lines of verse devoted to Sapphic that they are inscribed on the individual bestowed upon them. One need only try love. This book is an attempt to eternal- and collective consciousness. As Ben- to summon to mind quotations by more ize the words of the nineteenth-century jamin Disraeli said, "The wisdom of the than a handful of women to realize that lesbian who, biting her tongue, practiced wise and the experience of the ages are most of women's words, women's re- self-censorship or wrote in code, as- perpetuated by quotations." If we re- flections, are not on the tip of the collec- sumed a male pen name, or changed the member only men's words, not tive tongue. A brief glance at popular gender of fictional characters. women's, then we are merely perpetuat- books of quotations — Bartlett's Familiar In collecting these quotations, my ing the wisdom of wise men and men's Quotations, The Penguin Dictionaiy of desire was to create a sacred repository experiences of the ages, and our vision Quotations, The Dictionaiy of Quotable for the words of those lesbians in the of life is tragically flawed. We are adher- Definitions, Peter's Quotations, and The mid-twentieth century who, against all ing to the denigrating myth that women New Book of Unusual Quotations — con- odds, came out of the closet to decry have no history, no great triumphs of firms this sobering realization. homophobia and crusade for lesbian and genius, no pearls of wisdom worthy of Women, despite their oppression, gay rights, and galvanized as a potent remembrance. have been prolific writers, particularly in political force. These women excavated Where is the inheritance of wisdom the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. the works of their forerunners and began that women, lesbians among them, have Alas, only a handful of books of quota- to piece together the historical, cultural, left us? Throughout the ages, women, no tions, appearing late in this century, have and literary fragments of the lesbian matter their sexual orientation, have been devoted exclusively to women, past, as witnessed by the substantial been barred from the very experiences to among them Feminist Quotations (1979), amount of lesbian research published in

4 a ALYSON BOOK CATALOG THE LESBIAN LOOK Ironically groups of nuns or Lesbians are often mistaken for one another today, since we often travel in female packs oblivious to male attention or needs. Rosemary Curb, in Rosemary Curb and Nancy Manahan, eds., Lesbian Nuns, 1985 Efver, y man should own at least one dress — and so should lesbians. Jane Adams Spahr, 1988, quoted in Leigh W. Rutledge, The Gay Decades, 1992 he Gay method is to wear earrings out of balance. For Lesbians, this could be one in one ear only; two in one ear and three in the other or some other unequal match. the post-Stonewall era. And finally, this "Things My Mother Never Told Me," 2)/ book is an attempt to preserve in quota- in Scene Out (Manchester), August 1989 by tions the words of women-loving : a women who continue the fight against ir- those bastions of heterosexism, homo- lesbians don't have horns or flashing neon signs. ;a- phobia, patriarchy, and religious fanati- Lorraine Trenchard, Being Lesbian, 1989 jn cism in American society, that perpetu- P* ate hatred and violence against lesbians !S- he most telling clue when looking for Lesbians is eye u- and gay men, curb the discussion of contact... If the woman looks back, holding contact instead a- homosexuality in the mainstream, and block the passage of legislation recogniz- of letting her gaze slide quickly away, she is probably a ing the rights of lesbians and gay men. Lesbian. So that we may know more about the Marilyn Murphy, Are You Girls Traveling Alone?, 1991 lesbian than the Newfoundland dog, I a- set out to collect quotations by, for, and be about lesbians from a wide variety of s'o what does a Lesbian look like? Well, we saw two old sources. I have included homophobic women drive into a campground in a large motor home. comments in order to place observations er by lesbians in a historical context, and to One dog and no men accompanied them. These are or remind us how far we have come and Lesbian-positive clues. id how far we have yet to go in freeing Marilyn Murphy, Are You Girls Traveling Alone?, 1991 iy ourselves from the bonds of oppression. of n- ed lie d- More lesbian culture s- LESBIAN LISTS, by Dell Richards, $9.00 rve Lesbian holy days is just one of the hundreds of lists of clever and enlightening lesbian trivia compiled by columnist Dell Richards. Fun facts like uppity women who were A look at lesbian culture, history, called lesbians (but probably weren't), banned lesbian books, lesbians who've passed and personalities as men, herbal aphrodisiacs, black lesbian entertainers, and switch-hitters are sure to by ill DELL RICHARDS «y amuse and make Lesbian Lists a great gift. id • "An enormous variety of women from many times and places. I liked the variety of information nt offered, and the feeling of being constantly surprised and delighted by new and unsuspected facts. ;d Richards has succeeded in collectingin oneplacea wealth of information that was formerly scattered in and often difficult to find, and doing so in a book that is readable and enticing. It is a fascinating »l and enteiiaining book." —Lambda Book Report m al Save by ordering both Lesbian Quotations and Lesbian Lists for just $17.00 total. in Order as Lesbian Reference Set on back page.

ALYSON BOOK CATALOG O 5 In Testimonies, more than twenty women of widely varying back- grounds and ages recount their Coming out journeys toward self-discovery. Their stories portray their efforts to develop a lesbian identity, explore their sexuality, and build a commu- nity with other lesbians. In Lynn TESTIMONIES: Lesbian coming-out stories, edited by Karen Kanter's "Overlooking the Obvi- ous," a late-night encounter sparks awareness.

I didn't understand that a "date" had nineteen I considered alluringly mature. was a anything to do with sex or romance. I She had lived her entire life in one tiny didn't realize that a wide range of ap- town, an achievement to someone like young child in the 1950s, parel was permissible. I only knew that me, who had spent my teens moving I did not want to wear a swirly silver with my family from state to state. She I thought women and evening gown and be carried in some was bright, observant, energetic. Best of man's arms. all, she was a marvelous storyteller. men always wore formal By the time I became a teenager and Amy's life was full of small adven- went out with boys myself, I had, of tures, and she recounted each one with attire when they went out course, given up this strange concept of such color, verve, and freshness that the dating. But in that predawn of feminism story seemed to unfold right there in her on a date, and that the there were conventions more difficult to overfurnished dorm room. She acted out buck. One was the expectation that girls all the parts, creating vivid characters were to instantly discard the plans we With the tiniest of details — the hitch of man routinely carried the had made with each other if the slightest a shoulder, the tilt of a head, the flawless chance arose to spend time with a boy — replication of an accent. woman in his arms. The any boy. I could never get over the fact I found Amy endlessly entertaining, that this behavior was not only consid- and started spending most of my eve- image I had was quite ered acceptable, but strongly encour- nings with her. At about ten o'clock, after aged. My inclination was exactly the I had finished studying, I would bolt clear: the woman in a Opposite. upstairs to be greeted with a cup of thick, In fact, my inclination was the oppo- sugary coffee that Amy had made on her swirly silver gown and site of the norm in any number of ways. forbidden hotplate. We would tell each All my silver-screen crushes were on other stories and share the day's experi- matching high-heels, the actresses. I developed intense attach- ences, joined occasionally by friends ments to my female friends. On streets drawn in by our laughter. Eventually the and buses, I noticed only the women. My friends would drift yawning away, but man in a black tuxedo favorite movie was The Children's Hour. Amy and I would chatter on, stopping You might think all of these idiosyn- only when interrupted by the cacophony and white shirt, effort- cracies would serve as clues to my true of morning birds. Entire nights vanished nature. But to think that would be to without a trace. This happened over and lessly lifting his date to disregard my lifelong talent for over- over again. looking the obvious. I described the mystery of the disap- spare her such mundane pearing nights to my friend Charlotte, a woman with the sallow skin, jutting jaw, chores as walking from Her name was Amy. She lived one floor and darkened teeth of advanced, ano- above me in the dorm of a women's rexia. Sitting up weakly in her bed, the car to the door. college in upstate New York. Amy had surrounded by pillows that could not blue eyes, small hands, longblonde hair. protect her from her own sharp bones, She was twenty-one, an age that at Charlotte smiled knowingly and said,

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Lesbian Barber and Sarah Holmes, $8.00 Coming-Out Stories

Kane*t fiasihe/i and SaAali

"Looks like you're on to something say such a thing? Gingerly I lay down I realize that following my flighty heart new." with my back toward her, teetering on was no longer enough. I had to face the I did not ask her what she meant, just the edge of her narrow dormitory cot. fact that it was no coincidence that the as I didn't ask her why she couldn't eat Amy lied. She did touch me, and I people I fell in love with were women. I or how serious her illness was. Her eyes touched her, all through what remained had to claim the name lesbian, with all closed wearily. After a few moments, I of the night. We didn't put a name to the pride, power, and defiance that word turned out the light, closing her door what we were doing; we didn't even implies. I had to choose sides. And when softly behind me. Charlotte left school acknowledge we were doing it. But We I did—- swiftly, and with the gratitude of soon after that. I never saw her again. were making love, and it was the most having found a home at last — that was Meanwhile, other mysteries were thrilling experience I had ever known. my coming-out experience. taking place in my life, mysteries I didn't Seconds later, it seemed, the sun Then there are the times I've forgot- share with my friends. I appeared to broke through the window blinds. Out- ten to come out. My aunt was recently have lost both my ability and my need to side our door, rubber soles slapped shocked to learn that I had broken up sleep. Everything began to fascinate me: down the hall toward the bathroom. with my partner of ten years — shocked classes, cookware, a new book, a song I Amy and I kissed good-bye, with barely because she hadn't realized that we were had heard hundreds of times before. My enough time to shower and change for together. She had seen my partner at energy was inexhaustible, fueled by the class. innumerable family events, she had nightly narrative marathons in Amy's I remember with perfect clarity the been in our home with its two female room. And most baffling of all, my exultation that lifted me on that spring occupants and its single bedroom. At hormones appeared to be in an uproar. A morning two decades ago, and the what point should I have taken my aunt sexual current was running through me thought that sounded in my head as I aside and said, "By the way, you do all the time for no apparent reason. floated down the stairs to my own room: realize I'm a lesbian"? And yet, by men- Very late one night, I set my empty Thank God I'm not normal. tioning my separation I was not coming cup on Amy's cluttered dresser and What I meant was: Thank God I don't out; I was merely behaving like a person looked around for my shoes. "I'd better have to be ordinary. What I meant was: who believes her life's events are worthy go," I told her, "before those damned Thank God I'm safe from the staid sub- of inclusion in the family tapestry. birds start singing again." urban life for which I've been trained all Even now, after these years of prac- "Why don't you stay?" she asked. these years. What I meant was: Thank tice, coming put is not always easy. I "It's too late for you to be walking God I finally know where I belong, and surprise myself sometimes by stumbling downstairs to your room." it's in a woman's arms. over the words; occasionally I substitute I hesitated. This seemed plausible, I had almost—but not quite—come the word gay for the more proud and though the commute would have taken out to myself. In the easy, earnest ethos precise lesbian. Still, I push myself to about thirty seconds. of the times, I believed that I was now come out whenever it's appropriate and "Come on." Amy patted a spot be- free to love wherever my heart led me, often when it's not: for my own sake and side her on the bed. "I won't touch you." whether that meant men or women. I did for the sake of women who have more to Of course she won't touch me, I not yet think of myself as a lesbian. risk than I do. thought as I removed my jeans but So not until I left college and reached My true coming-out story—like that primly retained my t-shirt and under- the "real world" of Chicago, where femi- of all lesbians — cannot be told in the wear. What made her think I was wor- nism was blowing through the city like past tense. We have yet to see how it ried about that? Why would she even the raw, powerful wind off the lake, did ends. T

ALYSON BOOK CATALOG O 7 NEW from OTHER PUBLISHERS DAUGHTERS OF DARK- THE CASE OF THE NOT- Drew and Cherry Ames." — and relationships with each NESS, edited by Pam Keesey, SO-NICE NURSE, by Mabel Belles Lettres other. The results are a tribute $10.00. The lesbian vampire is Maney, $10.00. Nurse Cherry • "Cherry Ames moves unham- to the complexity of life and a powerful female image. Sex- Aimless scours San Francisco pered through a world populated the unexpected in love. Pub- ual and -seductive, begetting for her friend Nancy Clue and by lesbian nuns and adventur- lished by Gynergy Books. jealousy and violence, she is a some missing lesbian nuns in esses, even engaging in a one- creature of great appetites. this delightful parody of both nighter with Nancy Drew. THE BOD YOF LOVE, edited The ultimate bad woman, she '50s mystery novels and les- Maney provides a powerful re- by Tee A. Corinne, $10.00. A steps outside the realm of ac- bian romantic fiction. Man- minder of the exclusionary na- straight woman finds a lover ceptable feminine behavior. ey's light mystery is a romp ture of the ruling culture." — at a gay rodeo; two Catholic Kesey reclaims the vampire through the gosh-golly world Artspace schoolgirls go to the prom as a sensual, homoerotic be- of girl detective stories, but together, and meet up with a ing, whose female essence has with a decidedly queer point TRIAD MOON, by Gillean very angry nun; a pickup at a been falsely overwritten in of view. Published by Cleis Chase, $10.00. Lila isn't bar culminates in a steamy the popular imagination. Press. happy with her marriage. bathroom encounter. This Contributors include Jewelle • "San Francisco book artist When her new tenant, Brook, sensual collection of erotic Gomez, Pat Califia, and Kath- Mabel Maney, who based her becomes involved with her stories and poems explores erine V. Forrest. Published by master's thesis on girl detectives, best friend, Helen, all three the diversity of lesbian sexu- Cleis Press. has irreverently reinvented. Nacy women re-examine their lives ality with playfulness, humor and surprising originality. With pieces by Leslea New- man, Ayofemi Faloyan, Jyl nr FFILOV OCA HtnatRs Lynn Felman, and Toni TO TELL YOU TMT HOMOSetUALS Brown. Published by Banned Angst in her pants COUNTERACTED WITH A VtOEO CALLEO "TVf "IT FOCUSfS ON WCfSr Books. RUBYFRUIT MOUNTAIN, by Andrea AfrO TEEf • "Here is a book that engages Natalie, $10.00. From lesbians in the COMPL£T£LY O/VS- SfOeD one in the lushly sensual with military (Why, yes, Lieutenant, lam fond of AND WFAlR' such a variety of perceptions that tuna casserole...) to gay film festivals we the word erotic suddenly has never want to see (My Own Private Ross many, many meanings." — Perot), two-time Lambda Literary Award Coleen Ernst, Crazy Ladies finalist Andrea Natalie pokes fun at Bookstore lesbian and gay life and culture in the '90s. Published by Cleis Press. OUT ON MAIN STREET, by • "Andrea Natalie has angst in her pants." Shani Mootoo, $13.00. An —Kate Clinton Indo-Trinidadian-Canadian :«• "These are more than cartoons1. These are writer, Mootoo's first collec- matriarchal neutron bombs'. Andrea Natalie tion of short fiction explores is like Gary Larson on estrogen." —Kris the complications of racial, Kovick religious, and sexual diver- sity. From love triangles to convent life, the strongly indi- vidual characters in these sto-

8 O ALYSON BOOK CATALOG I'M NOT YOUR FUCKIN SPRITZ-HEAD GIRLFRIEND,! I'M m ^HOTHEAD PAISAN,*

ries feel and struggle with fantasy and reality blur, and their differences from those one of Stoner's old enemies around them. Published by plans her revenge. In this, the Press Gang. fifth Stoner McTavish mys- • "Shani Mootoo explores racial tery, Dreher has created yet :h and religious diversity, and am- another hilarious, page-turn- Homicidal lesbian te biguities of gender, to pose fun- ing thriller, with witty dia- id damental questions about who logue and fascinating insight. terrorists unite! b- each of us is ..»A fine new talent Published by New Victoria to be welcomed and rejoiced in." Publishers. HOTHEAD PAISAN, by Diane DiMassa, $13.00. Hothead —Jane Rule Paisan is an over-caffeinated, media-crazed, sweetly psy- • "Avery fine sense of irony and LADY LOBO, by Kristen chotic lesbian —- she's the avenging angel we've all been A a glorious awareness of multiple Garrett, $10.00. Casey Ellison, waiting for. A blend of humor, bewilderment, and reac- er perspectives. Thoroughly enjoy- brash young jock, oozes self- tionary rage, Hothead is a mouthpiece for lesbians every- Ic able reading for anyone whose confidence and audacity both where, venting our rage and reminding us that we are not m identity is in the least bit tinged on the court and in bed. Then less worthy, less deserving, less anything. Large format, a with alien identification — and a beautiful older tennis pro published by Cleis Press. a whose isn't?" —Suniti picks her up in the locker • "If you gave Thelma or Louise the consciousness of Andrea iy Namjoshi room and challenges her in Dworkin, the firepower of Rambo, the build of Martina, and the is ways she hadn't thought pos- charm of Pippi Longstocking, and then raised her in an Italian ic OTHERWORLD, by Sarah sible. Author of the best-sell- Catholic neighborhood, oh, let's say, next door to Madonna, and es Dreher, $11.00. When her ing You Light the Fire, Garrett then you left her in the oven a tad too long, you might have the u- business partner is kid- captures the language of the recipe for Hothead Paisan." —Deneuve Dr napped and held hostage un- locker room and the bedroom y- derground, Stoner McTavish with her energetic writing face and slaps you awake with being a lesbian? Find out in V- and friends journey from Dis- style. Published by New Vic- real-life vernacular." —Lambda this collection of clever and yi ney World to the OtherWorld toria Publishers. Book Report humorous essays about love, ni — where the lines between • "Garrett gets right up in your work, and therapists. Noth- DOG TAGS, by Alexis Jude, ing escapes the insightful $10.00. While stationed in Ko- gaze of humorist Ellen Or- es rea, Sergeant First Class Tory leans: lesbian relationships, th Sarah Dreher Barrett falls in love with Myra coming out, co-dependency, at Sturdivan—but why is Myra scarf- tying classes, working is so distant and defensive? As in corporate America, and es OtherWorld Tory uncovers the answer, she much more! With illustrations must confront the darker side by cartoonist Noreen Stevens. A S11 • I ' l i • ' • of the military — sexual as- Published by Laugh Lines saults, injustice toward the Press. •y local residents, and witch- • "Whether it's a grin, a smirk, a n hunts for lesbians. Can Myra chuckle, or full-fledged belly n and Tory's love survive the laugh, Orleans' essays are sure c- military? Published by New to evoke amusement." —Wash- Victoria Publishers. ington Blade • "Recommend it to everyone r- CAN'T KEEP A STRAIGHT who's desperately waiting for the :o FACE, by Ellen Orleans, next Dykes to Watch Out For." i- $7.50. What's so funny about —Feminist Bookstore News

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PHONE NUMBERS The Alyson Almanac is the most complete reference book available about the of twiFrance. Although the jury is still out on whether this is a "lesbian DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1970), directed by Harry film," the relationship between Madeleine (Miou-Miou) Kumel. Belgium. Providing a feminist twist on the lesbian and Lena (Isabelle Huppert) is passionate, intellectual, vampire genre, this film makes heterosexuality abnormal dependable, and sensual, and provides the crucial tension and violent, and offers a lesbian vampire (played by which propels the film. Delphine Seyrig) as its most sympathetic and likeable character. A "campy" lesbian classic. DAMNED IF YOU DON'T (1987), directed by Su Friedrich. United States. An experimental exploration of a nun's THE GROUP (1966), directed by Sidney Lumet. United sexual desire which has been awakened by a beautiful States. Based on the novel by Mary McCarthy. Perhaps the stranger from outside of the convent. first Hollywood film to include an obviously lesbian character without exploitation and sensationalism. Can- I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING (1987), directed dace Bergen plays the sophisticated, well-tailored Lakey by Patricia Rozema. Canada. A funny, absurdist comedy who, when gay-baited, coolly and proudly proclaims her about a "person Friday" in an art gallery who falls in love "Sapphism." with her curator; weak on plot line but more than compen- sates by its resourcefulness and ingenuity. FORBIDDEN LOVE (1992), directed by Aerlyn Weissman and Lynn Fernie. Canada. A powerful piece of history, this QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933), directed by Rouben Mamou- documentary recalls the "twilight world" of lesbian ro- lian. Screenplay by Salka Viertal. United States. Never mind mance and survival in the 1950s and '60s. The personal that Queen Christina falls in love with the Spanish ambas- histories of nine women are set against the backdrop of sador in the snow. Greta Garbo as Queen Christina will colorful pulp novels and sensational tabloid headlines, always be remembered by lesbian viewers for her mascu- suggesting an intricate relationship between truth and line attire, her refusal to marry, and her love for Countess fiction, memory and fantasy, the individual and the collec- Ebba. tive imagination.

10 a ALYSON BOOK CATALOG THE MENDOLA REPORT Mary Mendola, herself a lesbian, be- •1% of lesbians and 8% of gay men Family relationships: came interested in the experiences of had sex both in their relationsips and • 40% said their parents accepted their lesbian and gay couples. She wrote a outside of their relationships on a relationship, and included partners questionnaire for couples, and distrib- regular basis. in family functions. uted 1500 copies through personal •2% of lesbians and 6% of gay men • 53% said their siblings accepted their contacts, who in turn were asked to lived together but did not have sex, relationship. pass the questionnaire on to their and were free to have sex outside the •36% said their parents were not friends, and so on. From the 27% that relationship. aware of their relationship. came back, she published The Mendola •29% said their siblings were not Report: A New Look at Gay Couples, inFinancial arrangements: aware of their relationship. 1980. Among the results: •59% jointly owned household fur- •21% said their parents treat their nishings. relationship as simply that of two Monogamy: • 26% jointly owned cars or motorcy- friends living together, with no spe- • 83% of lesbians and 37% of gay men cles. cial commitment. had sex exclusively with their partners. • 24% jointly owned their residence. •16% said their siblings treat their • 14% of lesbians and 49% of gay men • 8% jointly owned businesses. relationship as simply two friends had sex mostly with their partners, • 4% had joint savings accounts and living together. but occasionally had outside affairs. other investments. r A DICTIONARY OF SLANG I AND HISTORICAL TERMS These words and phrases have been used men or heterosexual couples. iin the gay and lesbian community of past or present. Most of the listings are slang, CRUSH HOUR. The period late at night, i but some, as indicated, are considered just before a bar closes. standard usage, or represent efforts to DUTCH BOY. A man who identifies with coin scientific or technical terms relevant lesbians or is primarily attracted to lesbi- i to gay people. ans. The term was coined in about 1990 AMY-JOHN. A lesbian. Derived from by lesbian sex honcho Susie Bright. i amazon. FUNCH. A quick sexual encounter per- BAMBI-SEXUALITY. Physical interac- formed at lunchtime. Who's on i tion centered more about touching, kiss- GILLETTE BLADE. A bisexual woman. ing, and caressing than around genital firsts? sexuality. Not to be confused with besti- GOLF, SOFTBALL, and BASKETBALL. i ality, a very different concept. These terms are sometimes used by deaf THE FIRST GAY POPE, by lesbians and gay men as code words for Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher, BILITIS. From Chansons de Bilitis, a collec- i sexual orientation: The first letters corre- $8.00 tion of lesbian love poems published in spond to the first letter of the intended 1894 by Pierre Louys and supposedly meaning: Gay, Straight, and Bisexual. Everyone from trivia buffs to i based on those by Sappho. The word is news reporters will enjoy this HOLD A BOWLING BALL. To sexually best known as part of the name of the new reference book, which re- Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), a pioneering stimulate another woman by rubbing the cords hundreds of achieve- i lesbian organization founded in 1955 by thumb and forefinger, simultaneously, ments, records, and firsts for Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. on her clitoris and anus. the lesbian and gay community. i BOSTON MARRIAGE. [Obsolete] A liv- JANEY. Vagina. What was the earliest lesbian novel? Where was the firstga y ing-together relationship involving two KIKI. 1940s slang for a lesbian comfort- women. This term was mainly used in civil rights law passed? When i able with either a passive or aggressive was the biggest gay demonstra- nineteenth-century New England, and partner. could refer both to actual lesbian rela- tion? For the first time, the an- tionships, and to situations where two LESBOCIOUS. A woman with particu- swers are all in one entertain- women chose to live independently from larly appealing lesbian qualities — ac- ing, well-indexed volume. i men, often while they pursued their own cording to "Susie Sexpert" Bright. • " Its 123 pages will keep triviabuffs careers. riveted with obscure facts about STIRRING THE BEAN CURD. To en- everything." —Washington Blade BUMPER TO BUMPER. Vagina-to-va- gage in lesbian sex. Judy Grahn, in An- gina. Generally used in reference to two other Mother Tongue, gives this as the Save by ordering both The lesbians engaging in sex, or dancing, etc. rough translation of a Chinese term used Alyson Almanac and The First I Occasionally used in referring to gay to refer to the act of finger-fucking. I Gay Pope for just $16.00 total. Order as Facts and Firsts Set on back page.

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LOVE BITES, by Delia Grace, the differences that mark les- involved are powerless as $8.00. Sixteen-year-old Cam- published at $30.00, now just bian lives, as Well as our com- their past lives and spirits illa Crawford tells about a $25.00. A pioneering and defi- monality, these stories ex- take control and propel them crucial summer in which her antly provocative collection plore attraction, fantasy, poli- to their destinies. close-knit summer theater of contemporary lesbian pho- tics, and love. Authors • "If you want to read about group discovers that two of its tography. Love Bites takes a include Donna Allegra, Sarah wealth, power, and all the associ- members are gay. By the end challenging and previously Schulman, Leslea Newman, ated accessories, accoutrements, of summer, she writes, "two 1 unchartered odyssey through and Cody Yeager. Published and games; if you like satire and of us were going to suffer like b the underground communi- by Starbooks Press. stei-eotypes, comedy and tragedy, we never had before, and f ties on both sides of the Atlan- tender sex, violent sex, then this none of us would ever be the a tic, of which the photogra- BUTCH, by Jay Rayn, $8.00. is the book for you." —Merril same again." r pher is very much a part. (60 Michaeline "Mike" Landetti Mushroom • "This unblemished novel g color and b&w plates) doesn't have a word for what should serve as a model to those ii • "Some of Grace's work nibbles she is, but from the beginning A FEMINIST TAROT, by authors who serve upfakery and c at you, some of it gnaws — and of memory she has played Sally Gearhart and Susan flimsiness under the label of real- a some of it bites the very breath ball with the boys, and fallen Rennie, $9.00. Reading the ism. The narrator, sixteen-year- r out of you." —Bay Area Reporter in love with the girls. Jay Rayn Tarot can be a way of under- old Camilla, tells of a crucial r, has written a moving story standing the conscious and summer in the lives of friends. a AFTERGLOW, edited by about growing up butch and unconscious reality sur- The gang's discovery that two L Karen Barber, $9.00. With the learning to make your way in rounding a particular ques- boys are homosexuals leads to i excitement of new love, the a less-than-accepting world. tion or circumstance. In A heartbreak and terror, a time that a remembrances of past lovers, Originally published by Free Feminist Tarot, Sally Gearhart reveals the group in all their t r Afterglow offers more well- Women Press. and Susan Rennie reveal how weaknesses and strengths. But c crafted, imaginative, sexy sto- the traditional Tarot, with all • "Many women will find paral- there is more, much more, to the • ries of lesbian desire in the lels to their own lives in Butch, its richness and mystery, can stoiy — a revelation of relation- best-selling tradition of Bush- Jay Rayn's engaging coming-of- be a woman's Tarot. From an ships between the black and a fire. New writers mingle with age novel." —Lambda Book Re- altered angle of vision, they white community, between Cam i. familiar names in this eclectic port use the traditional Tarot as a and her sister and others. There i collection that joyously cap- tool for self-analysis — to ex- is also unforced humor. Here is a I I tures the diversity of the les- DREAMS OF VEN- plore women's inner regions, book which will be remembered." bian experience. and to hear women's inner —Publishers Weekly GEANCE, by Artemis Oak- I Grove, $9.00. Leslie and voices. i WOMAN IN THE WIN- Ryan's love is tested again by • "A Feminist Tarot gives us SUSIE BRIGHT'S SEXUAL I DOW, edited by Pamela Pratt, the goddess Anara, who ma- entry to a knowledge of ourselves REALITY, by Susie Bright, I $12.00. In this diverse collec- nipulates their sex slaves, that we must never lose." —The $10.00. From computer-age tion of short stories, very dif- Sanji and Corelle. The two Lesbian News erotic techniques to sex talk £ ferent writers come together lovers test the bounds of with Camille Paglia and life V to examine lesbian sexualities power and desire in ritual- TRYING HARD TO HEAR on the road for everyone's 1 and sensibilities. Celebrating ized, passionate sex. But all YOU, by Sandra Scoppettone, favorite "cheerleader" for de- t

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sire, Sexual Reality is the latest litical, spiritual, historical — finds that her psychic powers modern love with wit, origi- outrageous collection from in prose, poetry, art, and es- and her conscience force her nality, and hard truth. Susie Bright, perhaps the first says. These are individuals to take action not against a • "Carla Tomaso takes an irrev- lesbian sex guru to grace the who have fought prejudice murderer, but against another erent look at the attitudes and pages of Rolling Stone. Pub- from both the gay and lesbian. issues that affect lesbian relation- lished by Cleis Press. straight communities and • "A smoothly written thriller ships. A true lesbian farce, com- • "IfBright's agenda works out, who have begun only re- with plenty of rojnantic inter- plete with costumes and mis- we might all be so busy sighing cently to share their experi- ludes. " —The Advocate taken identities and no shortage with satisfaction that we'll forget am- ences. This ground-breaking of ribald humor." —Nisa Don- about capitalism's consumption it a anthology is an important THE FIRST STROKE, by nelly treadmill. It's time we stop un- her step in the process of forming Cappy Kotz, $8.00. Some of derestimating the power of fun." ater a new bisexual community. the wildest women to grace a SERIOUS PLEASURE, ed- —San Francisco Weekly )fits • "Bi Any Other Name is one of page are found in these thir- ited by the Sheba Collective, end the most comprehensive, well-ed-teen short but hot stories. $10.00. Good girls, bad girls, THE LESBIAN SEX BOOK, two ited anthologies 1 have ever read.Meet K.C., the big, mean, in love or out, yOung or old, by Wendy Caster, $15.00. In- like At roughly 380 pages, it may be leather butch; Flynn, rotund the editors of this collection formative, entertaining, and and deemed the Bisexual Bible." — and armed, not-to-be-fucked- put together a book they had attractively illustrated, this :the Lambda Book Report with; Van, the perfect buffed always wanted to read: sto- handbook is the lesbian sex submissive; Ms. Laba, the ries about lesbians making ovel guide for the nineties. Deal- THE CRYSTAL CURTAIN, aristocratic, cunt-teasing love, desiring other women, hose ing with such sex practices as by Sandy Bayer, $8.00. Even stripper-in-reverse; Whitsun, desiring themselves, making and cunnilingus, masturbation, as a child, Stephanie Now- the tall but shy and courtly each other dizzy with lust, real- and penetration, as well as land knew her psychic pow- firefighter who forgets her delighting each other beyond lear- related topics such as inti- ers set her apart. Now an chivalrous ways under cer- belief, taking each other to icial macy, nonmonogamy, health, escaped murderer — .a man tain kinds of provocation. heaven and back, and some- nds. and political correctness, The she helped capture — is seek- • "This is pure lesbian passion— times disappointing each two Lesbian Sex Book offers the ing revenge. Visions of her intense, unkind, vital, on target, other. Published by Cleis Is to reader a potpourri of helpful death and her lover's death thrilling, and utterly necessaiy. Press. that advice. Never judgmental, fill his thoughts. Stephanie The First Stroke is the perfect • "In the mood for some good, their this guide is perfect for the can see them, too. Will her thing to read before you go out sexy reading? Well then, Serious But newly out and the eternally powers, along with the sup- hunting — or when you come Pleasure is for you." —Lambda Uhe curious. port of the woman she loves, home chased-out, high, and Rising Book Report Hon- • "This handbook covers social be enough to save them both? alone."—Pat Califia and and political as well as sexual • "A spellbinder. This story has MORE SERIOUS PLEA- Cam issues and integrates the latest a twist that catches the reader offTHE HOUSE OF REAL SURE> edited by the Sheba 'here information on safer sex and balance. Good reading and won- LOVE, by Carla Tomaso, Collective, $10.00. More excit- lisa lesbian health concerns." —Li- derfully refreshing to read a $9.00. A farcical look at a les- ing, witty, and outrageous les- •ed." brary Journal woman-loving, woman-oriented bian relationship kept alive bian erotica from the editors story." —Plain Brown Rapper by one partner's frequent in- of Serious Pleasure, the best- BI ANY OTHER NAME, ed- fidelities, until the day a fa- selling collection of sexually JAL ited by Loraine Hutchins and THE CRYSTAL CAGE, by mous herstorian rattles the and culturally diverse erotic ght, Lani Kaahumanu, $12.00. Sandy Bayer, $9.00. Stephanie status quo. The couple try literature by lesbians, Thislat- •age Hear the voices of over sev- Nowland used her psychic everything — from cross- est volume offers a generous talk enty women and men from all powers to put an escaped dressing to a national talk- helping of passionate prose, life walks of life describe their murderer behind bars in show appearance — to save subtle stories, and sensuous ne's lives as bisexuals. They tell Bayer's first book, The Crystal their relationship, as Tomaso poetry. Published by Cleis de- their stories — personal, po- Curtain. But now, Nowland explores the ins and outs of Press.

ALYSON BOOKCATALOG O 13 MELTING POINT, by Pat pened to her long-term rela- tained within these pages make Alarming Heat has something Califia, $10.00. No other tionship with Georgia, nor this probably the best collection for every lesbian who's ready writer can match Pat Califia's what exactly is happening to of information on SM to appear to look behind the curtain of ability to break through the the rest of her when she in print."—Bay Windows • propriety. walls that would limit lesbian stands near Elizabeth. Geor- • "Alarming Heat is an orgasm sexuality. With her crisp and gia, forced into exile from the LEATHERFOLK, edited by pill in book form." —Bay Area skillful prose, Califia uses South she loves and from the Mark Thompson, $13.00. Reporter these erotic stories to flirt with alcoholic family she both There's a new leather com- taboos, bend genders till loves and hates, doesn't un- munity in America today. It's TRAVELS WITH DIANA they're almost unrecogniz- derstand why, after six years politically aware and socially HUNTER, by Regine Sands, able, and to create images that of recovery, she still hasn't active. This ground-breaking $8.00. When 18-year-old Di- will linger in the imagination found her way home. And anthology is the first nonfic- ana Hunter runs away from long after the book is finished. Elizabeth, the richan d beauti- tion, co-gender work to focus her hometown of Lubbock, ful doctor, doesn't under- on this large and often contro- Texas, she begins an unparal- DOC AND FLUFF, by Pat stand why she can't keep a versial subculture. The di- leled odyssey of love, lust, Califia, $9.00. The author of girlfriend. But Bernice, who verse contributors look at the and humor that spans almost the popular Macho Sluts has watches and waits, under- history of the leather and S/M twenty years. Diana makes written a futuristic lesbian stands a lot by just being her- movement, how radical sex the most of her journey on her S/M novel set in a California self. Together, they move practice relates to their spiri- own—but she is rarely alone. wracked by class, race, and from a difficult past into a tuality, and what S/M means The array of women drawn to drug wars. Doc is an "old passionate and hopeful to them personally. • Diana's wit and body is only Yankee peddler" who travels future. • "Leatherfolk issues a bracing overshadowed by Diana's the deteriorating highways • "One of the most satisfying challenge to all of us — to begin own versatile capacity for on her big bike. When she lesbian novels I have ever read.to see where the carnal meets themeeting their amorous needs. leaves-a wild biker party with Ambitious and well-written. A soul. From so many fine writers • "The author obviously knows Fluff (a cute and kinky young marvelous job." —Women's Re- one might have expected the exu- her way around a woman. The girl) in tow, she doesn't know view of Books berance and the wit gathered erotic scenes are vivid, passion- that Fluff is the property of here, voices fresh and vital for ate, and charged with tension ... the bike club's president. Doc THE LESBIAN S/M SAFETY being so uncompromised. But The fourteen-page orgasmic and Fluff is a sexy adventure MANUAL, edited by Pat the rarer achievement isthe tribalfinale is worth the cover cost story but it also confronts se- Califia, $8.00. This handy longing they evoke, full of fire alone." —On Our Backs. rious issues like sobriety, ad- guide is an essential item for and the power of transformation. diction, and domestic vio- leather dykes who want to Fasten your seatbelts and,pre- RAPTURE AND THE SEC- lence. learn how to play safe and pare for a shock to the system." OND COMING, by Wendy • "Not for the faint of heart. Doc stay healthy. Edited by best- —Paul Monette Borgstrom, $8.00. Erotic les- and Fluff is a wild ride on the selling writer Pat Califia, The bian fiction that singes the edge of the future and should Lesbian S/M Safety Manual ALARMING HEAT, by page. Gwen is a nurse run- come with asbestos gloves as deals with issues such as Regine Sands, $8.00. The ning from a failed but pas- standard safety equipment. Pat sexually transmitted dis- author of the popular Travels sionate first romance with an Califia is at her hot, wet, trashy eases, emotional and physical with Diana Huntei' is back with alcoholic. She lands in New best." —lambda Book Report safety, and the importance of more tales of lesbian erotic York City, where she buries communication in S/M rela- adventure: sex under the stars her anger by acting out all her LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR tionships. There is more infor- in a very public planetarium; sexual fantasies: a menage a ME, by Jean Swallow, $10.00. mation in this slim volume a wrong number that turns trois in a log cabin in Maine; a Morgan is a computer in- than you can shake a whip at. into an adventure; funbehind bubble-bath for two; playing structor who doesn't under- • "The straightfoward approachthe driver's seat; and a peek "top" to a petite woman tied stand what exactly has hap- and wealth of information con- at the lustful world of leather. to a four-poster; an encounter

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eat mething on a subway train; a weekend their stories also deal with ODD GIRLS AND TWI- WOMEN ON WOMEN 2, )'s ready in a tent on a Cape Cod beach. role-playing, fat-positivity, LIGHT LOVERS, by Lillian edited by Naomi Holoch and jrtain of • "Very stimulating lesbian and intergenerational affairs. Faderman, $12.00. The defini- Joan Nestle, $12.00. Daring, erotica. My advice would be to • "Dykescapes is a collection thattive, decade-by-decade look complex, and surprisingly in- n orgasm find that special someone, run a celebrates diversity of theme and at the evolution of lesbian timate, this eagerly awaited lay Area hot bubble bath, get in and read style and content and voice, identities and ideologies, successor to Women on Women it to each other. Make it a long while maintaining a coherence from the turn of the century to once again mixes stories from and enjoyable reading." —Lav- that comes from consistent excel- today's diverse lifestyles and such authors as Nona Cas- DIANA ender Morning lence. The writing is so fine — communities. Faderman has pers and Cherrie Moraga as 2 Sands, f with an attention to character collected a surprising amount they reflect on love, sex, -old Di- | THE PERSISTENT DESIRE, detail that is a delight." —Bay of information — from new abuse, AIDS, and the Bible. ay from I edited by Joan Nestle, $15.00. Area Reporter items, interviews, novels, The voices here Come from a ubbock, I A generation ago, butch- songs, and journals — and wide range of racial back- inparal- ( femme identities were taken K.D. LANG, by William created a compelling and re- grounds, ages, and opinions, /e, lust, I for granted in the lesbian Robertson, $10.00. k.d. Lang markable account of the les- offering an excitinglookat the s almost | community. Today women is one of the few entertainers bian subcultures and their craft and imagination of to- i makes f who think of themselves as who has captured the imagi- profound effect on main- day's best lesbian writers. yon her j butch or femme often face nation of both the straight and stream America. (33 b&w • "Women on Women 2 is proof ly alone. | prejudice from both the les- gay worlds. This first biogra- photographs) that weare into that next genera- Irawnto I bian community and the phy of one of the most popu- • "The point of reference from tion of lesbian writers, women '• is only \ straight world. Here, for the lar lesbian singers of all time which all subsequent studies of who combine craft with passion Diana's j first time, dozens of femme covers — among other things twentieth-century lesbian life in and in the process are making a city for I and butch lesbians tell their — k.d.'s childhood, the mak- the United States will begin." whole new literature." —Dor- s needs. I stories of love, survival, and ing of her first five albums, —San Francisco Examiner and othy Allison y knows j triumph. and her coming out. Pub- Chronicle tan. The | • "The selections themselves lished by ECW Press. ONLY LAWYERS DANC- passion- ', bubble with passion and pain. WOMEN ON WOMEN, ed- ING, by Jan McKemmish, msion ... : Some dive beneath the surface to MURDER IS MURDER IS ited by Joan Nestle and $10.00. This unusual detec- rgasmic ' explore the varied meanings of MURDER, by Samuel M. Naomi Holoch, $10.00. This tive story tells the tale of two ver cost • gender roles. In collecting these Steward, $7.00. An unusual contemporary collection women friends and their ob- s. ! accounts into one volume, Nestle mystery starring Gertrude gathers twenty-eight power- sessive relationship to crime: has made sure that the integiity Stein and Alice B. Toklas, as ful stories by both popular Anne Stevens, a cop's daugh- E SEC- I and diversity ofbutch-femme re- they try to solve the mysteri- established writers and star- ter who abandons her career Wendy lationships will not be lost." — ous disappearance of the fa- tling new voices. From the as a psychoanalyst to become )tic les- ; Library Journal ther of their handsome deaf- universal themes of love and a criminal attorney, and ges the mute gardener. Samuel Stew- family, to the unique prob- Frances Smith, a lesbian, •se run- DYKESCAPES, edited by ard is well known under his lems of racism within the gay photgrapher, and daughter of >ut pas- Tina Portillo, $9.00. This an- pen name of Phil Andros; his community, these stories offer a crime boss. An intricately with an thology of lesbian short sto- real-life friendship with Stein stirring, passionate insight woven novel that subverts in New ? ries includes works by both and Toklas gives this book into today's lesbian commu- the mystery genre while pay- ; buries ! new and established writers. much of its realism. nity. Authors include Willa ing homage to it. Published it a// her Seventeen storytellers ex- • "If Murder is Murder is Mur- Cather, Willyce Kim, Dorothy by Cleis Press. Inage a plore such diverse themes as der is any indication it well Allison, Jewelle Gomez, Sap- • "A superbly written, thor- daine; a racism, death, lesbian parent- should be the first in a series of phire, and many more. oughly captivating novel that is playing ing, prison relationships, and detective novels rivaling those of • Winner of a Lambda Literary light years beyond the usual one- tan tied interracial love and sex. They Agatha Christie." —Au Cou- Award for Best Lesbian Anthol- dimensional crime caper." — countejf don't flinch from controversy: rant ogy Sydney Morning Herald

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WORD GAYMES, by Kathleen DeBold, $9.00 Do you know your gay celebrities? Can you match the pseudonyms of famous gay authors with their real names? Word Gaymes is the perfect puzzle book for the gay trivia buff, or for those who want to learn as they go along. Kathleen DeBold has collected her best crossword puzzles and "gaycrostics" from the pages of the Washington Blade and Lambda Book Report, plus created a few new brainteasers 101 puzzles in all. Try this sample puzzle to test your knowledge of gay life. I

Kathleen DeBold is a cartoonist, writer, and activist. She is the political services coordinator at the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and lives in Beltsville, Maryland.

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19. Holly Near collaborators, -Illimani 20. Prefix meaning "middle" 21. George Stambolian work, Fantasies/Gay Realities 22. Footnote abbreviation 24. "Gay Name Game" singer Wilson ACROSS ACROSS (Cont'd) 26. Field for Mapplethorpe and Harung 1. Personals and classifieds 35. Ancient Persian 28. 'Terminal Hold" singer 4. Roman 251 36. "The Way" (Chinese) Pure 8. " and outs" 37. Snake-like fish 29. Lemon drinks 11. It comes to shove 38. In the fashion of 30. Opium® initials 13. Carry 41. Aberdeen residents 32. Calf meat 14. Wager 43. "Heartsong" singer, June 33. Spring holidays 15. Ozdog 34. Designer Chanel 16. Killer whales 47. Dentist's organization 39. Lesbian songstress Tillery 17. Personal tax shelter 48. Cleo's river 40. Negatively charged particle 18. "The Changer and the Changed" 49. Out of control 42. Biblical seed spiller singer, Cris 53. room 43. "No Hiding Place" singer 21. Pooh's creator 54. Gloomy Watkins 23. Opposite WNW 55. Russian river 44. Brainchild 24. Typewriter key 56. Long-haired bovine 45. Absence 25. La la lead-in 57. Social insects 46. Oversupply 27. Remain 58. Leigh Rutledge work, The 50. "Face the Music" singer 31. Pioneering women's music Decades Christian company 51. Egg 52. "Mooncircles" musician Gardner

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ALYSON BOOK CATALOG O 19 On parade

ONE MILLION STRONG, by Cece Cox, Lisa Means, and Lisa Pope, $18.00

photographic remembrance, with text, of one of the largest demonstrations in history for gay and lesbian equality — the 1993 March on Washington. This is the perfect souvenir of the march, or a chance for those who weren't able to attend to experience it for themselves.

Left: Cheers went up when Melissa Etheridge took the main stage in front of the Capitol and serenaded weary marchers with her popular tune "Keep It Precious." Belmc: Dykes on bikes reived engines in front of the marchers from Northampton, Mass., which they declared to be a "Lesbian Occupied Territory."

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Abozv: San Franciscans Rebecca McRcynolds and Laura Cdstellanos share a kiss after the Hands around the Capitol rally.

20 O ALYSON BOOK CATALOG Such sweet sorrow

SITA, by Kate Millett, cloth, $10.00

AN AUTOGRAPHED FIRST EDITION Sita A lesbian classic, Sita is a vivid and believed, just as I believe the reports of intimate account of the slow decline and her passion, the tears, all of it. In her end of a love affair between the author drama she loves me grievously, weeps and Sita, a flamboyant, temperamental for herself in renouncing me, believes in woman some ten years older. The fading her grief as she renounces, is passion- of love, with all its agony and false-dawn ately convinced by her passion as she respites, is recorded here in ecstatic and recites it. Then she goes off, works, painful detail, moment by moment, ob- administers, flourishes, takes on new sessively. lovers, shops for men. But on meeting someone who knows me, on reflecting, planned to leave you last fall, she will weep and declare her love. And over and told me you were whether she announces its end, or gives wiped out, over." "Odd she never told intimations of its survival, the listener is me." "Really?" Sherman looks in her profoundly impressed by her tender- wineglass, a large glass cup, mottled, KATE MILLET! ness, her intoxication, her nostalgia, her venous, beautiful. "You mean she never grief. Nearly three years I have been the mentioned any of this to you?" "Not at captive of this performance, real and all. When we said goodbye after Europe of love, protestations made to my unreal, persuasive, compelling. My and I stayed on in New York while she friends, often with tears; she adores me, stomach melts at the sound of that voice came back out here, the plan was for me I am the great love of her life, but speaking its love, I am moved past to finish the first big work on the loft and impossible. Just before Christmas my speaking or reason. Is it her love for me come out around the end of the year. friend Barbara was out in California and that I love, this melancholy and infinitely Then she said she'd come to New York had lunch with Sita. Barbara was the first tender emotion figured forth, expressed for Christmas. She was on and off with to bring me the news Sita was not with such perfect inflection and tone, that, but finally she came. She'd become planning to come. They had lunch in San fullness of eye? This extravagant love for very distant by November, it was hard to Francisco. Sita wept. "She's so much in me. That someone, a beautiful woman get her on the phone, I had started to . love with you, she loves you so much," even, had loved me so plangently. This worry about how things were. But at Barbara reported. I smiled, pleased, self- love for me now withdrawn, now bit- Christmas we patched it up, so I came conscious. "She's coming for Christ- terly withheld, hidden and eclipsed. out in January. To see how it would go. mas." "I don't think she will be," Barbara And of course it's been gone a long But I'd no idea she had ditched the whole said, her voice suddenly uncertain, em- time, far longer than I knew. Sherman thing when she got back last fall." "Well, barrassed. "Sure she is, we've been plan- knew, other friends knew. But I didn't. she came over expressly to tell me that it ning it for months." "She told me she The dusk coming into the room, sad as was all over between the two of you. was planning to stay out there with her the end of day, the paintings in their That's why I was so surprised to see you family." But I ignored Barbara, what places. We are left always with things the other day. That you were out here would she know? Then Hatsie, too, say- like paintings, the cold objects with again. And to see the two of you together. ing that Sita had told her that having which we console ourselves. It comes Great, I thought, they're back together." Christmas with all her children about down to that. I walk around Sherman's I laugh, a discouraged, mortified laugh her was the most precious thing in the studio, the little room next door; intended to be cynical. world. And indeed she had had it, flying brushes, tubes of paint, pens, paper, The light falls in Sherman's living East to them only the day after Christ- stretches, rolls of canvas, the messiness room. Marguerite is still at work. The mas, but she'd said it was her job that of a palette. If I went home ... suddenly chicken is defrosting, only enough for prevented her coming sooner, they made wanting home, the loft, wanting to draw two people, but I have accepted the her work on the day of Christmas Eve. again, to work, to live on my own. invitation to dinner anyway, desperate And then it was her job that made the Enough of this hanging around. De- beyond good manners. "She loves you a visit so short, a mere four days, they had pendent sick shit. Having raved to Sher- great deal. She said that last September." demanded that she be back right away. man, I already know I will stay, keep I am accustomed to Sita's protestations In coming she risked being fired. And I trying, hang on a little longer. T

ALYSON BOOK CATALOG O 21 Chills and thrills EMBRACING THE DARK, edited by Eric Garber, $9.00

Eleven chilling horror stories — most previously unpublished shatter the old cliches and invert the old metaphors. These talented writers have created their own worlds of lesbian vampires and gay werewolves, and sexual fantasies that take on lives of their own. Contributors include Jewelle Gomez, Jeffrey N. McMahan, and Jess Wells. In this excerpt from Kij Johnson's "Ferata," Eleanor Stanfield meets a vampire on a vendetta.

am fumbling with the keys when the "The man you met last night is dead." "Nothing is like this." Ired Corvette with the plates that say "Is he." Her voice is neutral. "There are things that are worse, FERATA angles growling across two "Why are you back?" Eleanor." lanes of traffic and slides into the parking "To find you." My scars ache with the tension in my lot immediately behind me, closing me "What if someone sees you?" back, and I suddenly want to scream it in. The driver's door opens and cold air She gestures with one bare arm, and all out at her, the whole sordid fight and brushes my bare legs. I am lost in the glow of her skin under the feel of his big hands throwing me She unfolds out of the driver's seat to the lights. "They won't." Her voice drifts over the burner. I feel my hands shaking. stand beside me. It's the same red leather around me, deadening the street noises She steps closer to me. I hold my dress, the same black glasses utterly in my ears. I look at the red Corvette, at ground, though I have to tilt my face concealing her eyes, the same whiteness its gold-and-blue license plates. Still run- back to watch stray pieces of her hair lift to skin and hair. I stand still, afraid to ning, it growls ferally to itself. and drop in the slight breeze. move. "Is that your name — Ferata?" "You are beautiful tonight," she says. "You're leaving." "It's a nickname. Tell me your name." "You should always wear red." I had forgotten the richness of her "Eleanor. People call me Ell." I wait I look down at my plain sundress and voice, like powder across my ears, like for that lush voice to say something, but the greasy hair that falls across my face. desert dust. I am afraid to speak, to the silence stretches. "You're from Cali- "Bullshit." reveal the thin scratchiness of my own fornia?" "You are beautiful, or you will be voice, afraid to look at her. Instead, I look "L.A., yes. I have contacts there." again." back at the diner's bright windows. Tony "I know people there." "There's nothing beautiful in me." pours coffee for a thick man with a "Not my people." She smiles. "Tell me what happened." cigarette in a holder. The two policemen I digest this in silence, watching the I turn away. "I can't." still listen to the chef, who gestures people inside the diner. Still no one is Cold hands hold my shoulders. absently with a paring knife as he looking, and I think about shouting or "Then cry." speaks. No one is looking out the win- screaming, just to get someone, the po- I snatch myself away. "Don't touch dows at the pale woman beside me, or licemen, to look up and see her. Her me." Her thick voice runs around me like the Corvette pulled across the drive- voice startles me, and I turn to her water, murmuring nothings. Even way's entrance. guiltily. through the salt of my tears I smell the She slouches against the hood of her "I wanted to talk to you again. You're sweet cool scent Of her. There are cold car. Her neck curves away from me, afraid and unhappy." hands on my hair, but this time I don't half-hidden in the sheet of white hair. My "I'm fine." pull away. They stroke my head and eyes trace the sharp arc of her spine, "Was it the rape?" neck. I haven't been touched like that softened by the furred suede that wraps "I'm fine," I say again, but my voice since Mike and I started fighting about it. Abruptly, she turns her head to me is uncontrolled and rises too much. our jobs. It is a touch like the night's before I can look away. Eyes hidden by "Someone once forced his will on me, breeze in the desert. the glasses, the white face looks alien, though it wasn't rape. I can't forget, I lift my head. She is looking at me, impassive. The black lenses reflect the either." the black blaze of the lens reflecting my streetlights and the green and chrome of "Will you leave me alone?" I ask pale face. I can't pull away. the diner and the dark shape that is me, half-hysterically. "Don't be afraid. You've paid enough distorted against the brightness. "You don't have to be afraid of me." for something that wasn't your fault. You "I'm sorry." I feel hot and awkward, "How can you know this stuff?" don't have to pay any more." caught like a child staring at someone in "You were hurt, and now you're I nod, mesmerized by her whisper- a wheelchair. afraid of everything — other men, the ing lips and her cold hands on my The red lips curl a bit, and a tiny world, me. But you don't have to be shoulders. crease shows blue by the corner of her afraid of any of us. I've been through "I won't hurt you. Ell. I promise." mouth. "1 understand." something like this."

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