Women on the Verge

Women on the Verge
Lesbian Tales of Power and Play

Edited by Susan Fox Rogers

Women on the Verge is a lively, eclectic collection of essays that explores the "ecstatic moment" in lesbian life -- those clarifying and defining experiences that often bring life into sharp focus. Including work from Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Marcia Munson, Karla Jay, and Linnea Due, among many others, this collection covers a range of subjects - from "being" Superman as a kid to getting arrested for political activism to the overwhelming and complicated urge to procreate.

Seeking to represent the unexplored territory in modern lesbian life, these personal essays and memoirs, with their sharp insights and complexly rendered moments, pairing humor with serious political thought, make up a wholly original and utterly compelling anthology.

Contents

Editor's Introduction
P. F. Witte
Because I Was Born in America
Linnea Due
Ship of Fools
BK Loren
Eye of the Storm
Eileen Myles
The Big Island
Judith Nichols
Naming and Other Tricks of Learning
Meredith Maran
Throw Like a Girl
Robin Bernstein
Trick: An Absolutely True Story with Complete Details
Donna Steiner
Connect the Dots
Su Penn
Air, Gravity, Earth
Gretchen Legler
Lake One, Lake Two, Lake Three, Lake Four

Mary Beth Cashetta
The Rest of the Party
Andrea Cohen
A Pool Supreme
tatiana de la tierra
Jail Time for Beginners
Mary Hussman
North
Karla Jay
The Cave of the Flying Vagina
Germaine W. Shames
World's Highest Bungee Jump
Theresa Carilli
Aftershocks
Susan Fox Rogers
Traverses
Marcia Munson
Burger King Baby
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
On Being At Sea
Kelly Barth
Step-side-together
Franci McMahon
The Wind in My Mane

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