Lesbian Self-Writing

Ranging from elegant expositions of critical theory to comfortable discussions of individual lives, the essays in Lesbian Self-Writing: The Embodiment of Experience represent some of the finest writers working today, including Kate Millett, Karla Jay, Mary Meigs, Jane Rule, and Maya Chowdhry. Using the particular interests, needs, and concerns of lesbian writers to illuminate the common concerns of all women's lives, the authors celebrate individual empowerment and share coping and survival strategies. Through political and literary analysis, they also provide ideas toward building a queer aesthetic. In turns hilarious, moving, and painful, this anthology stands with the very best of writing about writing.