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future thoughts?

Some items for future consideration...
Torchlight to Valhalla, a 1938 novel by American author Gale Wilhelm - considered a classic of lesbian fiction, and published only 10 years later than The Well of Loneliness, but (quite rare for lesbian fiction in this time) the ending is actually satisfactory for the lesbian characters. It was also reissued in 1953 by Lion Publishers, but titled The Strange Path. It was re-issued once more in 1985 by Naiad Press under its original title.
The Group is a classic from American author Mary McCarthy. Sounds like this 1962 novel is the reason for all those rumours about Vassar!
This one is exciting - lesbian fiction from a young Muslim woman from Indonesia. Herlina Tien Suhesti's novel Garis Tepi Seorang Lesbian (The Margin of a Lesbian) was a massive (and unexpected) bestseller in Indonesia. Does anyone know if it's available in English?
Yo-Yo Boing! by Giannina Braschi looks fascinating, although apparently it is written in English, Spanish and Spanglish(!) so I'm not sure it's right for the book club cuz I'm not sure how many of us read/speak Spanish, but I'm excited to take a look at it.

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Anonymous said…
Yo-Yo Boing! is now available in English. Try Amazon.com
Anonymous said…
AmazonCrossing just came out with the English editon of Yo-Yo Boing! Go to amazon.com. You'll find a purple cover with a yellow dot --and the book has the same title in english.
Anonymous said…
Tess O'Dwyer came up with an English version by the same title this year.