Category: Literature

From Duke University comes this page on lesbian-oriented pulp novels from the 1950s. There are several titles and descriptions and a few scanned cover pictures, but more fun is also available from the links at the bottom of the page. I’ve never read Beebo Brinker but I do hope to!

Here is a fun slideshow of gay-themed pulp novel covers, from 1971′s “Some Are That Way” to 1952′s “Warped Desire.” If you like this collection, check out Jaye Zimet’s book Strange Sisters on the same subject, and see also PulpCards.com.

While at a bookstore today, I found a neat book in the gay and lesbian section. Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity is a collection of works edited by Chlöe Brushwood Rose and Anna Camilleri. Intended as an in-your-face rebuttal of the concept of femme invisibility, the book features fiction, photographs, poetry, and essays. This is a [...]

It’s a call for materials – writing and photographs – relating to the butch-femme subculture.

Queerthology is seeking essays from young people ages 13-23 about what it’s like to grow up queer or be a queer young adult today.

Their archives are all available dating back to 1997, and there is information about books written by the authors who have participated in BHQ writings.

The 1920s book painted “inverts” (lesbians) as oppressed and misunderstood, and it wasn’t published until 1949 after having been smuggled from Britain to France.

Therese Szymanski is looking for hot stories that creep her out, or are too fun to turn down – but they must also be hot and deal with the supernatural.