Books Reviewed In

BTWOF: The Lesbian Edition

Volume 1 Number 12

Books Reviewed in The Lesbian Edition #12

Find(s) of the Month
When Fox Is a Thousand, Larissa Lai, $16.95US; $21.95C, Arsenal Pulp Press.
Abundant Light, Valerie Miner, $16.95, Michigan University Press.

More Fiction
Sight Hound, Pam Houston, $23.95 cloth, Norton.

Nonfiction
Vagina Warriors, photos by Joyce Tenneson, text by Eve Ensler, $19.95 paper, $40 hardcover, Bulfinch Press.
Dinah! Three Decades of Sex, Golf, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, Michele Kort, $18.95, Out Traveler Books/Alyson.
Minding Her Own Business: The Self-Employed Woman’s Essential Guide to Taxes and Financial Records, Jan Zobel, $14.95, Sphinx Publishing/Sourcebooks.

Valentine's Clit Lit
Best Lesbian Erotica 2005, edited by Tristan Taormino, selected and introduced by Felice Newman, $14.95, Cleis.
Infinite Pleasures: An Anthology of Lesbian Erotica, edited by Stacia Seaman and Nann Dunne, $18.99, Intaglio. (http://www.intagliopub.com)
Va-Va-Voom: Red Hot Lesbian Erotica, edited by Astrid Fox, $16.95US, Diva Books.
Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes, Radclyffe, $14.95, Bold Strokes Press. (http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com)
Bottoms Up: Writing About Sex, edited by Diana Cage, $14.00, Soft Skull Press.
Lust: Bisexual Erotica, Marilyn Jaye Lewis, $14.95, Alyson.
Best Women’s Erotica 2005 edited by Marcy Sheiner, $14.95, Cleis.
The Mammoth Book of Women's Fantasies, edited by Sonia Florens, $12.95, Carroll & Graf.
On Our Backs: The Best Erotic Fiction, Volume 2, edited by Diana Cage, $14.95, Alyson.
Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2005, edited by Nicole Foster, $14.95, Alyson.

More V-Season Considerations
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us, Felice Newman, $24.95 paper, Cleis.
Dyke Drama: Your Guide to Getting Out Alive, Leslie Lange, $14.95, Alyson.

The Publishing Triangle Launches Notable Lesbian Book List
Top 10 Notable Books
A Seahorse Year, Stacey D'Erasmo, $24.00 cloth, Houghton Mifflin.
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde, Alexis De Veaux, $29.95 cloth, W.W. Norton.
Life Mask, Emma Donoghue, $26.00 cloth, Harcourt.
Hancock Park, Katherine V. Forrest, $22.95 cloth, Berkley.
Why I Wake Early, Mary Oliver, $22.00 cloth, Beacon.
Luna, Julie Anne Peters, $16.95, Little Brown.
Name All the Animals: A Memoir, Alison Smith, $13.00, Scribner.
Venus of Chalk, Susan Stinson, $14.95, Firebrand.
Rent Girl, Michelle Tea, illustrated by Laurenn McCubbin, $24.95 paper, Last Gasp.
Alice Walker: A Life, Evelyn C. White, $29.95 cloth, W.W. Norton.

20 Additional Notable Lesbian Books
Baby Steps: How Lesbian Alternative Insemination is Changing the World, Amy Agigian, Wesleyan University.
Pinned Down by Pronouns, edited by Toni Amato and Mary Davies, Conviction.
Becoming: Young Ideas on Gender, Identity and Sexuality, edited by Diane Anderson-Minshall and Gina De Vries, Xlibris.
Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater, Milly S. Barranger, University of Michigan.
I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse: An Illustrated Memoir, Suzy Becker, Workman.
The Dead, Ingrid Black, St. Martin’s.
love conjure/blues, Sharon Bridgforth, RedBone.
On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex, edited by Diana Cage, Alyson.
Woman in the Mirror, Jackie Calhoun, Bella.
As You Desire Me, Fiona Cooper, Red Hot Diva)
Crybaby Butch, Judy Frank, Firebrand.
Summer of Her Baldness: A Cancer Improvisation, Catherine Lord, University of Texas.
The Eleventh Hour, Lauren Maddison, Alyson.
Songs of a Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism, Dawn Prince-Hughes, Harmony.
The School Among the Ruins: Poems 2000-2004, Adrienne Rich, W.W. Norton.
Lucky Stiff, Elizabeth Sims, Alyson.
The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O’Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea, Barbara Sjoholm, Seal.
Back to Basics: A Butch-Femme Anthology, edited by Therese Szymanski, Bella.
Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class, edited by Michelle Tea, Seal.
Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928, Martha Vicinus, University of Chicago.

What They're Reading in the UK
Libertas’ Romantic Reads
I Found My Heart in San Francisco, S X Meagher
Curious Wine, Katherine V Forrest
Tender Heart, Ana P. Corman
Thy Neighbor's Wife, Georgia Beers
Shared Winds, Kenna White
Guarded Hearts, Hannah Rickard
Beyond The Breakwater, Radclyffe
Desert of the Heart, Jane Rule
Bold Coast Love, Diana Tremain Braund
Best Lesbian Erotica 2005,(ed) Tristan Taormino
Best Lesbian Love Stories 2005, (ed) Angela Brown
Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
The Lesbian Kama Sutra, Kat Harding (HB)
Frauen - Erotische Fotografien, Anja Muller
Do I Love You? DVD
Better Than Chocolate DVD
Claire of the Moon DVD

The Crime Scene
Point of Honour, Madeleine E. Robins, $24.95 cloth, Forge.
Petty Treason, Madeleine E. Robins, $24.95 cloth, Forge.
Pride and Prescience, Carrie Bebris, $6.99, Forge.
Suspense and Sensibility, Carrie Bebris, $22.95 cloth, Forge.
Jane and the Ghosts of Netley, Stephanie Barron, $6.99, Bantam.
Jane and His Lordship's Legacy, Stephanie Barron, $24.00 cloth, Bantam (March 2005).
The Gay Detective Novel, Judith A. Markowitz, $35 paper, McFarland & Company (http://www.mcfarlandpub.com or call 800.253.2187).
East of Niece, Randye Lordon, $13.95, St. Martin's/Minotaur.
Son of a Gun, Randye Lordon, $23.95 cloth, St. Martin's/Minotaur.
Have Gun We'll Travel, Lori L. Lake, $18.95 paper, Quest Books.
Gun Shy, Lori L. Lake, $18.95 paper, Quest Books.
Under the Gun, Lori L. Lake, $22.95 paper, Quest Books.
The Unknown Mile, Jaime Clevenger, $12.95, Bella Books.
Desert Shadows, Betty Webb, $24.95 cloth, Poisoned Pen Press.
Desert Noir, Betty Webb, $5.99, Worldwide.
Desert Wives, Betty Webb, $5.99, Worldwide.
Stealing for a Living, Naomi Rand, $6.99, Avon.
The One That Got Away, Naomi Rand, $6.99, Avon.
The Trojan Dog, Dorothy Johnston, $23.95 cloth, St. Martin's/Minotaur.

Caught Reading
Stop That Girl: A Novel in Stories, Elizabeth McKenzie.
Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee.
The Impossible Will Take a Little While by Paul Loeb
Hope Dies Last, Studs Terkel.
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, Howard Zinn.
Ten Little Indians, Sherman Alexis.
Don't Think of an Elephant, George Lakoff.
Global Village Idiot, John O'Farrell.
Set This House in Order, Matt Ruff.

Awards and Prizes
Violet Quill Award Winner
Through It Came Bright Colors, Trebor Healey.

Violet Quill Award Finalists
Naughty Little Secrets, Mary Wilbon.
Half-Life , Aaron Krach.
Van Allen’s Ecstasy, Jim Tushinski.
Father’s Day, Philip Galanes.
The View From Stalin’s Head, Aaron Hamburger.

Caldecott Honors
Coming On Home Soon, Jacqueline Woodson.
The House You Pass on the Way, Jacqueline Woodson.
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun, Jacqueline Woodson.

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