- Paperback: 456 pages
- Publisher: Westview Press (6 July 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0813320313
- ISBN-13: 978-0813320311
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,669,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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George Stambolian, Terri de la Pena, Audre Lorde, Paul Monette, Edmund White, and James Manrique are just six of the writers represented in this collection of contemporary lesbian and gay fiction. Zahava has compiled a unique and necessary collection, selecting stories for their artistic power and treatment of topics that are significant in lesbian and gay life and politics today.
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A Most Excellent Collection, 29 Sep 2006
By E. B. MULLIGAN "Bronwyn" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lavender Mansions: 40 Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Short Stories (Paperback)
Writing culled from published material, 1982 to 1994, has a diverse selection of stories on many topics including -
Childhood
Growing Up
Coming Out
Finding community
Families
Oppression
Resistance
Bisexuality
Relationships
Friendships
AIDS
Aging
Dying
One of my favorite authors, Lee Lynch, is a contributor so I snapped this right up.
My favorites were from -
Audre Lorde
Donna Allegra
Armistead Maupin
Terri de la Pena
Jewelle L. Gomez
Shay Youngblood
Dorothy Allison
Leslea Newman
Lee Lynch
Ruthann Robson
Judith McDaniel
Barbara Wilson
Valerie Miner
Jess Wells
John Preston
Edmund White
Rebecca Brown
Valerie Miner wrote an excellent introduction. I would have enjoyed a more thorough profile of contributors, especially those who I am not familiar with and perhaps a list of their other titles.
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