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Dispatches From Lesbian America
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Dispatches from Lesbian America is a collection of more than forty works of short fiction and memoir from contemporary writers, some newly emerging and some well-known. Unique in recent lesbian anthologies, these thoughtful stories address themes meaningful to us in the modern world. Featured Authors: Charlene Allen, Mari Alschuler, Joan Annsfire, Roxanne Ansolabehere, Terry Baum, Xequina Maria Berber, Elizabeth Bernays, Lynn Brown, Giovanna Capone, Susan Clements, Elana Dykewomon, Haley Fedor, Joanne Fleisher, Pippa Fleming, Judy Grahn, Felicia Hayes, Lois Rita Helmbold, Chante Shirelle Holsey, Toke Hoppenbrouwers, Happy/L.A. Hyder, Bev Jafek, Bev Jo, Lenn Keller, Heidi LaMoreaux, Alison Laurie, Mo Markham, Arielle Nyx McKee, Heal McKnight, Helena Montgomery, Dr. Bonnie J. Morris, Ashley Obinwanne, Artemis Passionflower, Tonya Primm, Francesca Roccaforte, Lilith Rogers, Ruth A. Rouff, Heath Atom Russell, Barbara Ruth, Mary Saracino, Cheela “Rome” Smith, Tess Tabak, and Polly Taylor. "Sure, I’ve met plenty of dykes, but I’ve never been transported through time and space to be put in their shoes quite like this. I wasn’t prepared for the warm swell of emotion that washed over me as turned the last page and put the book down like a love letter. It left me with a single thought: There are a lot of us and we’re not alone." — "Dispatches From Lesbian America" Feels Like Family, Kacie Moon, AfterEllen Where Are You, Sister? Women are Human 7 Small Press Books to Read in February by Susie Rodarme, Book Riot Dispatches from Lesbian America Editors Interview, Women’s Liberation Radio Monday, June 5, 2017: Giovanna Capone, editor of Dispatches from Lesbian America, KPFA Women’s Magazine |
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In My Neighborhood
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In My Neighborhood is a lyrical, humorous, and provocative book documenting Giovanna Capone’s search for a political and personal identity as an Italian-American raised in an old world traditional family, who later claims herself as a lesbian and a political activist. From beginning to end, through poetry, essay, and memoir, she explores her journey both emotionally and geographically, as she leaves the hub of her ethnic identity in New York, and enters the world beyond her childhood. Her writing is bound by a search for love, freedom, and ethnic identity, and also by her feminist politics and point of view. Her beloved heritage is an ever-present touchstone as she examines her roots and describes her adult life and developing consciousness. “With a distinct earnest voice, Capone’s verse moves with purpose and a spirited vitality, almost seemingly duty bound to shape a comprehensive narrative out of fragments for both her own familial history and Italy proper to give a voice to those who no longer speak.” — Review, Ovunque Siamo “A living, breathing love song to the poet’s heritage and the many ways it shaped the fierce and independent woman that she has become today.” — Maria Mazziotti Gillan, American Book Award winner for All That Lies Between Us “Capone paints a vivid picture, whose themes of love and loss will resonate with many, as they are simultaneously both personal and universal.” — Mary Saracino, novelist, poet, and memoir writer, author of Heretics: A Love Story |
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Hey Paesan!
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An anthology of writing by Italian/Sicilian-descended lesbians and gay men in North America. Hey Paesan is the first-ever look at the homophobia, silence and invisibility faced by members of an ethnic group that have been stereotyped as mafiosi and femme fatales. It's a long overdue contribution to the growing awareness about multiculturalism in the Americas. It's also queer pride, Italian style! "As a lesbian Italian American I yearn to find myself in today's whitebread Anglo-centric culture. "Hey Paesan!" is an anthology of essays from L/G(B?) Italian Americans that serves as that reflecting pool. By deconstructing identities through poems and memoirs, the authors describe what it's like being a queer paesan! Molto bene!" — Stephanie Alexis Bonvissuto, Goodreads Review |