The Wild Good: Lesbian Photographs and Writings on LoveBea Gates An arrestingly vivid collection of photographs, letters, poetry, fiction, interviews and memoir, the Wild Good offers a multidimensional portrait of the many sustaining forms of love among lesbians. In forty-five text pieces divided into five sections, editor Beatrix Gates seeks to describe the complex constellations lesbians inhabit: from friendship to family, from body and spirit to the legacy of community, and to romantic and sexual expressions of love. The Wild Good is a rich testimony woven from the work of prominent figures like Dorothy Allison, Chrystos, Jewelle Gomez and Audre Lorde, and emerging talents like Shay Youngblood, Eileen Myles, Lisa Kron and Gale Jackson. Unique to the Wild Good are thirty-five duotone photographs by acclaimed lesbian photographers and filmmakers that provide a moving visual commentary on lesbian love. Encompassing both landscapes and portraits, both intimate family moments and erotic still lifes, the Wild Good brings the scope and power of lesbian photography to life in images from artists like Margaret Randall, Luz Maria Gordillo, Barbara Hammer, Shu Lea Cheang and Zoe Leonard. |
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... lover . the puz- zle fit of their sex . the wings they came . she stood and walked , for the first time , towards the front room where , she saw now , candles burned . candles and incense burned a path across the wall - length work desk ...
... lover . the puz- zle fit of their sex . the wings they came . she stood and walked , for the first time , towards the front room where , she saw now , candles burned . candles and incense burned a path across the wall - length work desk ...
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... lover . Cory does this to me every two years — calls , stirs up so much that I swear I'm pregnant in my head . Nothing changes . The nights get a little friendlier out on the porch , and I tell Mare to turn down the TV so I can hear the ...
... lover . Cory does this to me every two years — calls , stirs up so much that I swear I'm pregnant in my head . Nothing changes . The nights get a little friendlier out on the porch , and I tell Mare to turn down the TV so I can hear the ...
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... lover . One of the neighbors in her building dropped by , and when she left , my grandmother spoke to me in low tones while my lover was in another room . She said we should be careful about being so open in front of other people ...
... lover . One of the neighbors in her building dropped by , and when she left , my grandmother spoke to me in low tones while my lover was in another room . She said we should be careful about being so open in front of other people ...
Contents
Jean Weisinger KimClare photograph II | 13 |
Bessy Reyna And This Blue Surrounding Me Again | 27 |
Ok Song Bruining What It Is | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers: [2 Volumes] Yolanda Williams Page No preview available - 2007 |