Telling
Moments
Autobiographical Lesbian
Short Stories
Edited by Lynda Hall
Terrace Books
Real truths in the fictional telling
of contemporary lesbian lives
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.
"Telling Memories is a wonderfully written collection
of lesbian fiction and nonfiction, with a clever 'gimmick' going
for it"—Echo, January 2004, Phoenix, AZ
"This feature and a certain freshness
throughout lend immediacy and authenticity that are all too rare
in short-format autobiographical fiction."
—
Whitney Scott, booklist,
November 1, 2003 Chicago, IL
Lynda 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.
Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)
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October 2003
LC: 2003008905 HQ
272 pp. 6 x 9
24 b/w author photos
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