The Penguin book of lesbian short storiesA collection of fiction by and about lesbians features an introduction that contrasts the feminist polemic of Virginia Woolf with the liberated creativity of Gertrude Stein and stories by Kathy Acker, Emma Donoghue, and Jeanette Winterson. 10,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo. |
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5i CHARLOTTE MEWS (1986) 'Base to Lizzy. Base to Lizzy. Over.' Middle of New
Oxford Street. Damn the bloody radio. Impossible to stop now. Have to edge into
the kerb, just when she'd achieved the right-hand lane. 'Base to Lizzy. Base to ...
5i CHARLOTTE MEWS (1986) 'Base to Lizzy. Base to Lizzy. Over.' Middle of New
Oxford Street. Damn the bloody radio. Impossible to stop now. Have to edge into
the kerb, just when she'd achieved the right-hand lane. 'Base to Lizzy. Base to ...
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'Mark it down, mark it down,' the secretary hissed as Lizzy scowled. 'Your young
men add on at least a quid for every delivery they make.' Lizzy told the other
bleeps of her discovery, but they were loth to lose face. The women in Soho still ...
'Mark it down, mark it down,' the secretary hissed as Lizzy scowled. 'Your young
men add on at least a quid for every delivery they make.' Lizzy told the other
bleeps of her discovery, but they were loth to lose face. The women in Soho still ...
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Lizzy wondered why Kit offered her these tips. She was sure as hell never going
to work up to controller. Not unless she married, position of trust like that. But at
first Kit clearly singled Lizzy out to talk to. Smoothed Lizzy's short, spikey hair so ...
Lizzy wondered why Kit offered her these tips. She was sure as hell never going
to work up to controller. Not unless she married, position of trust like that. But at
first Kit clearly singled Lizzy out to talk to. Smoothed Lizzy's short, spikey hair so ...
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Contents
SARAH ORNE JEWETT Marthas Lady 1897 | 1 |
RENEE VIVIEN Prince Charming 1904 translated | 20 |
The Wise Sappho c 191618 | 35 |
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| Title | The Penguin book of lesbian short stories |
| Editor | Margaret Reynolds |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Viking, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Jul 2010 |
| Length | 429 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors) Fiction / Lesbian Lesbians Lesbians' writings Lesbians/ Fiction Literary Collections / General Short stories Short stories/ Women authors Social Science / Lesbian Studies Women |
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