Books by Joan Nestle and Complete Book Reviews
Joan Nestle, Author Cleis Press $14.95 (230p) ISBN 978-1-57344-040-0
A leading light of lesbian and gay history (she founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn), Nestle presents a collection of her writings over the last 10 years. An effort to chronicle the lives of working-class lesbians lies at the heart of...
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Joan Nestle, Author, Various, Author, Naomi Holoch, Editor Plume Books $14 (352p) ISBN 978-0-452-27661-1
Veteran editors Holoch and Nestle's third compilation of fiction by established and emerging writers boldly challenges any notion of lesbian writing as a homogeneous genre. Unlike its predecessor in the series, Women on Women 3 spans only three...
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Joan Nestle, Author, Various, Author, Joan Nestle, Editor Plume Books $13.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-452-26388-8
Nestle ( A Restricted Country ) and Holoch ( Offseason ) assemble 28 short stories and novel excerpts, some appearing in print for the first time here. Although uneven in scope and quality, these pieces feature a surprising range of lesbian women,...
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Joan Nestle, Author, Clare Howell, Editor, Joan Nestle, Editor Alyson Books $16.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-55583-730-3
Gay and Lesbian Studies Whether it's a 14-year-old waiting for her first Transexual Menace T-shirt in the mail, a lesbian in a butch-femme relationship reflecting on the subversive power of being an ""invisible"" femme, or a female-to-male...
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Joan Nestle, Author, John Preston, Editor HarperOne $22 (341p) ISBN 978-0-06-251055-6
In this engaging collection, Nestle (Persistent Desire) and the late Preston (Hometowns) have assembled 30 original essays, some written by well-known figures (Paul Monette, Cherrie Moraga), others by less familiar ones (Michael Lowenthal, Clifford...
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