The Penguin book of lesbian short storiesThe anxiety of unresolved desire is present in many stories - Radclyffe Hall's Miss Ogilvy is unable truly to find herself in this world, Djuna and Lillian hold back from each other in Anais Nin's "Cities of the Interior," and the energy and commitment that should go into a loving relationship are stifled by convention in Jane Rule's story of passion outside marriage. But here are brave spirits, too - Renee Vivien's Sarolta and her Prince(ss) live forever in a vision of ideal tenderness, Colette's heroines preserve the sanctity of their little white bed, and Jewelle Gomez's bulldagger society survives far from the haunts of men. There are coming-out stories, stories about cross-dressing, vampire tales, science fiction, parody, and romance. |
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Page 187
Cyprine juices, urine. Orgasm and labour as two sides of the same entity. Your
bodies, lesbian lover and daughter. I write so I won't engulf and hurt your bodies
and so as to find in them my void, my centre. War measures. Interned by the
matrix ...
Cyprine juices, urine. Orgasm and labour as two sides of the same entity. Your
bodies, lesbian lover and daughter. I write so I won't engulf and hurt your bodies
and so as to find in them my void, my centre. War measures. Interned by the
matrix ...
Page 189
Her body, her texture makes my blood turn. She whispers. Her daughter-mother's
lips. Shifty weather makes us die between two waters. A big white monkey puts
his arms about her. I have split her soul in two: girl's sex. Humanity passes over ...
Her body, her texture makes my blood turn. She whispers. Her daughter-mother's
lips. Shifty weather makes us die between two waters. A big white monkey puts
his arms about her. I have split her soul in two: girl's sex. Humanity passes over ...
Page 408
DAY 2 It starts with bodily irritation, but then one has to forget the body, leave the
body, leave the body until the body quivers uncontrollably. messages will reach
me from the lost sailor. Entering the room, the dust. Room after room like levels of
...
DAY 2 It starts with bodily irritation, but then one has to forget the body, leave the
body, leave the body until the body quivers uncontrollably. messages will reach
me from the lost sailor. Entering the room, the dust. Room after room like levels of
...
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Contents
SARAH ORNE JEWETT Marthas Lady 1897 | 1 |
RENEE VIVIEN Prince Charming 1904 translated | 20 |
The Wise Sappho r 191618 | 26 |
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| Title | The Penguin book of lesbian short stories |
| Editor | Margaret Reynolds |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Viking, 1993 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0670843210, 9780670843213 |
| Length | 429 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors) Literary Collections / General |
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