Nisa Donnelly

On a nondescript street somewhere in San Francisco sits Babe's bar, a legendary place where women who love women come to celebrate, to dry their tears, to spin dreams, and, every once in a while, to have their dreams come true. The Bar Stories presents a panoramic view of the lesbian nation, and celebrates lesbian survival in a world more often hostile than tolerant. These stories are about women whom life hasn't been able to beat and so, grudgingly, respects. "We're respectable," Babe Daniels says, "because we survived...and we survived because we knew how to kick ass."

A Novel After All

The Bar Stories

Judy Grahn

Manuela Soares

Using current and archival photographs as well as short essays, this collection looks at gender roles, erotic desires, and self-perceptions of lesbian life.

Butch/femme

Lesbians Write About The First Woman in Their Life Nearly thirty women, including some of the best-known lesbian writers, contributed to this remarkable ode to mothers with memoirs that are astonishing with their diversity and truth.

Nisa Donnelly

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