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43 Septembers by Jewelle Gomez

The essays in this book weave together the varied strands of experience that contribute to a feminist activist life.
Don't Explain, short fiction

Don't Explain by Jewelle Gomez

A collection of short stories from the traditional to the supernatural.
The Price of Passion

The Price of Passion by Jess Wells

A sensuous journey into the heart of sex and passion, exploring the demands of emotion, the conditions for intimacy.
The Mandrake Broom

The Mandrake Broom by Jess Wells

The Mandrake Broom, a historical novel based in Europe 1465-1540, dramatizes one woman's courageous fight to save medical knowledge during...
The Gilda Stories

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

The Gilda Stories is a senusal feminist adventure following the life of an escaped slave who learns the power of life...
Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition: Selcted Poems: Old... by Jewelle Gomez

Jewelle Gomez offers poems of finding home, making love, learning history; they tell the tales of women and satisfaction, regret,...
The Women Who Hate Me

The Women Who Hate Me by Dorothy Allison

Allison (Trash) writes poems that brim with emotion, sometimes focused and tender, but more often confused and enraged.
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature

Skin: Talking About Sex, Class... by Dorothy Allison

Impassioned, personal and highly intelligent, Allison’s (Bastard Out of Carolina) collection of published writings and addresses from the p