Chasing the American Dyke Dream

by Rogers, Susan Fox

• ISBN13: 9781573440363
• ISBN10: 1573440361
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Cleis Pr

Summary

Introducing the new "American Dyke Dream" series--anthologies celebrating the simple things in lesbian life. In this collection, 23 lesbian writers--including Terry Wolverton, Robin Becker, Valerie Miner, Louise Rafkin, Linda Smukler, and Elaine Beale--celebrate their personal search for home.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
MARY HUSSMANN
Horizon	1	(15)
TERRY WOLVERTON
A Community of the Imagination	16	(17)
M. PAZ GALUPO
Between Two Tongues	33	(4)
LINDA SMUKLER
The Color of Home	37	(6)
KATIA HOPE NOYES
As the Roots of the Trees	43	(10)
MARGARET VANDENBURG
Home-Phobia	53	(12)
ROBIN BECKER
Beloved Places	65	(12)
MERRIL MUSHROOM
Home Is Where My Children Think We're Rich	77	(11)
LIZ GALST
Dating the Goyim	88	(30)
LOUISE RAFKIN
After the Fall	118	(9)
RACHEL WEAVER
An Ode to Billy Inmon	127	(12)
JUDITH NICHOLS
A Lesbian Homebody	139	(11)
MONALESIA EARLE
The Black Bead	150	(14)
ELAINE BEALE
Homesick	164	(13)
VALERIE MINER
Holding On to the Day	177	(11)
TZIVIA GOVER
These Walls	188	(11)
ELIZABETH HOWELL
Writing from the Center	199	(13)
L.K. BARNETT
Callaloo	212	(6)
VICKI REITENAUER
Home Movies	218	(13)
TATIANA DE LA TIERRA
The Home That Is a Shadow in My Soul	231	(9)
LAUREN CRUX
The Swimming Lesson	240	(5)
D.KILLIAN
This Is America	245