ABOUT THIS BOOK Telling Moments collects contemporary short stories by a diverse group of twenty-four lesbian writers. Engaging themes of life and death, aging, motherhood, race, love, work, and travel, the writers offer brief glimpses into lesbian lives.
The stories are by well-known contemporary writers—Gloria Anzaldúa, Mary Cappello, Emma Donoghue, Jewelle Gomez, Karla Jay, Anna Livia, Valerie Miner, Lesléa Newman, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Ruthann Robson, Sarah Schulman, and Jess Wells—and exciting newer voices, such as Donna Allegra and Marion Douglas. There are also stories from performance artists Carmelita Tropicana, Peggy Shaw, and Maya Chowdhry. Anna Livia’s protagonist appreciates her mother’s artful garden creation. Ruthann Robson tells of a survivor of the health care system. In Marion Douglas’s story a teenager dances with an alluring classmate. Donna Allegra’s strong construction worker copes with the death of her mother. And Karla Jay sets her character forth to swim with sharks. Most of the stories are accompanied by an author photo, biographical sketch, and—a most significant feature—a commentary from the author on her writing process and the autobiographical nature of her story, illustrating the truth behind the fiction.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHYLynda Hall teaches in the Department of English at the University of Calgary. She is the editor of Lesbian Self-Writing and editor of and contributor to Converging Terrains: Gender, Environment, Technology, and the Body. Her work has also been published in various journals, including a/b: Auto/Biographical Studies and Journal of Lesbian Studies.
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Acknowledgments 000
Introduction Re-Membering Her: A-Mazing Space of Lesbian Writings
Lynda Hall 000
Our Loves
Flight of the Firefly / luzecita de luciérnaga
Gloria Anzaldúa 000
Tenderness
Marie-Claire Blais 000
Dance Hall Road
Marion Douglas 000
Choose
Jewelle Gomez 000
Swimming with Sharks
Karla Jay 000
Private Lessons
Lesléa Newman 000
Farewell to Concubines
Vivien Ng 000
Love Quartet
Sima Rabinowitz 000
Our Mothers
The Dead Mothers Club
Donna Allegra 000
Dostoyevsky Would Have Liked That
Anna Livia 000
Violin Lessons
Janet Mason 000
Swimming at Midnight
Jess Wells 000
Our Children
Someone's Deciding
Nancy Abrams 000
Easter Weekend
Minnie Bruce Pratt 000
Our Lives: Bodies, Work, Travel, et al
Gone Fishing
Mary Cappello 000
Rooms
Maya Chowdhry 000
Précis
Rini Das 000
The Sanctuary of Hands
Emma Donoghue 000
The House with Nobody in It
Valerie Miner 000
Mad Dog in Chelsea
Bryce Morris 000
Leaving Her
Ruthann Robson 000
My First Wedding
Sarah Schulman 000
Gosh Dirt
Peggy Shaw 000
Out Takes in Cuba
Carmelita Tropicana 000
Bionotes 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Lesbians Biography, Lesbians' writings, Autobiographies
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