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Crossing Press Feminist Series

Zami

by Audre Lorde

Lorde's self-named "biomythography"

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Love, Ellen

by Betty Degeneres

"Mom, I'm gay."With three little words, gay sons and daughters can change their parents' lives forever. Twenty years ago, during a walk on a Mississippi beach, Ellen DeGeneres spoke those simple, powerful words to her mother. That emotional moment eventually brought mother and daughter... (learn more about this book)

Bengali Girls Don't

by L. A. Sherman

“Bengali Girls Don’t” by L.A. Sherman shares the author’s journey from her birth in a remote village during Bangladesh’s liberation war to her rebellious days in England as a young girl in the 1980s to her eventual forced marriage. From the Publisher “Bengali Girls Don’t,” a courageous... (learn more about this book)

Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs

by Cheryl Peck

A gay Erma Bombeck meets A Girl Named Zippy in this delightful debut about the misadventures of a woman of size.Cheryl Peck has stories to tell--about her cats, about her family, and about what it's like to be a gay woman of size living in the heartland. There's the story of the time she hit... (learn more about this book)

Aimée and Jaguar

by Erica Fischer

Excerpts A letter from Lilly to Felice, March 31st, 1943 Felice, I love you! What a feeling it is to be able to say that! Oh, Felice, the nicest fate I could hope for is that of lasting happiness. I want to live with you for a long, a very long time, do you hear? And life is so beautiful,... (learn more about this book)

Skin

by Dorothy Allison

A fantastic collection of essays, autobiographical narratives, and performance pieces, including updated versions of earlier groundbreaking material with provocative new work by the lifelong feminist activist, controversial sex radical, and Southern expatriate writer with an attitude who... (learn more about this book)

Revenge of the Paste Eaters

by Cheryl Peck

DESCRIPTION: A collection of stories for anyone who shuddered at the idea of senior prom, REVENGE OF THE PASTE EATERS is about the way the experiences of childhood stay with us and shape us into adults. Cheryl Peck applies her signature wit to more personal stories and reflections--about... (learn more about this book)

The Truth Is...

by Melissa Etheridge, Laura Morton

Since she first burst onto the international music scene, Melissa Etheridge has released seven albums that have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, garnering not only public adoration for her uncompromising honesty but numerous critical awards, including two Grammys and the prestigious... (learn more about this book)

Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice

by Janet Malcolm

"How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?” Janet Malcolm asks at the beginning of this extraordinary work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair, of course, is Gertrude Stein, the modernist master “whose charm was as conspicuous as her fatness” and... (learn more about this book)

The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir

by Staceyann Chin

No one knew Staceyann's mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother's house in Lottery, Jamaica, on Christmas Day. Staceyann's mother did not want her, and her father was not present. No one, except her grandmother, thought Staceyann would... (learn more about this book)