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<p>Representing a fascinating spectrum of feelings and opinions about lesbianism, the friendships women share -- or fear -- and the rich diversity of personal choices women make today, this collection of brash and thoughtful essays, stories, and interviews offers<BR>-- Dorothy Allison on what it means to be a lesbian<BR>-- Carla Trujillo on the impact of sexual betrayal by an ex-lover<BR>-- Elizabeth Wurtzel on the creative freedom experienced only by lesbians<BR>-- Susie Bright on the sexual dance between lesbians and straight women<BR>-- Guinevere Turner on the pain of reconciling one's sexual orientation with past relationships</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>Addressing seemingly all the permutations of lesbian/straight relationships and identity (the friendship between gay and straight women, straight women who pass as gay women, bisexual women, sexual relations with lesbians who eventually become straight), poet and essayist Daly's collection is certainly wide-ranging, but it's also rather formless. Many of the pieces are confessional, but readers (or readers likely to buy this book) will find that the guilt, the disapproval, not to mention the mechanics, sound familiar. Som

Author

Meg Daly

Publisher

Touchstone; Simon & Schuster

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780684802213

Subjects

Sociology, Biography, Gender Studies