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Sometimes love gets short shrift. Between news of war, and marriage (and war on marriage), love gets battered and bruised and tossed in a corner in favor of more newsworthy [...]

In 1976, following the first Women in Print conference, Carol Seajay began co-editing a newsletter for women's bookstores. The newsletter later became the Feminist Bookstore News (FBN) a thick publication [...]

Daniel Alexander Jones Editor's note: 'the book of daniel' is an excerpt from the forthcoming 'Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity' (eds. G. Winston James and Lisa C. [...]

Witness to the League of Blond Hip-Hop Dancers By Donna Allegra Alyson Publications ISBN 1555835503 Pb $12.95, 248 pp. The author of the most recent addition to black lesbian fiction [...]

Black Girl in Paris Shay Youngblood Riverhead Books Shay Youngblood's new book, Black Girl in Paris, is a wonderfully evocative and lyrically written novel describing a young woman's search for [...]

Cassandra at the Wedding By Dorothy Baker New York Review of Books ISBN 1-59017-112-8 PB, $12.95, 241 pp. Cassandra at the Wedding, a classic lesbian novel, first published in 1962, [...]

Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928 By Martha Vicinus University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-85563-5 HB, $35.00, 314 pp. Martha Vicinus' new book, Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, [...]

Lisa C. Moore: Gladstone's Games to Go is your new book, just published by Quirk Books. Why a book of games? Is this a book you've always wanted to do, [...]

In the historic Central West End of St. Louis, Missouri, lies Left Bank Books, the last full-service, full-line independently owned bookstore in that city. Co-owned by Kris Kleindienst, Barry Leibman [...]

Temple University Press publishes an average of two to three books connected to gay and lesbian studies per year--but don't equate the small number with slim content. 'We're more concerned [...]

In 1999, Haworth Press introduced a new player in the field of lesbian publishing by starting its imprint, Alice Street Editions, as well as a journal titled Harrington Lesbian Fiction [...]

I met with Carla Trujillo recently in Oakland to talk about Chicana lesbian fiction writing. Trujillo, a writer and an administrator at the University of California-Berkeley, is the author of [...]

Cleis Press, known for their collections of erotica and cutting-edge queer literature, was co-founded by Felice Newman and Frederique Delacoste in 1980. They had both worked on the East Coast [...]

Alyson Publications is the leading, largest--and oldest--publisher devoted to books by, for about lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people. Their audience is comprised of all ages, from children to [...]

Katherine Hovis and Sharon Silvas, life and business partners for over twelve years, just knew they had the publishing biz down pat. They had published the Colorado Woman News since [...]

The University of Wisconsin Press' 'Living Out Gay and Lesbian Autobiography' series, which publishes most of their gay literature, is 'dedicated to the gay autobiography in all its varieties...the series [...]

As I sit here writing, I look over at my six-foot pine bookcase crammed with gay and lesbian literature. Less than one shelf contains black writing. I want that shelf [...]

I am going away for a little while. It's been on my mind for quite some time: this need to get away, to not be surrounded by words, to contemplate, [...]

I spoke with Len Barot, president of Bold Strokes Books, about how and why she started her new lesbian press. (See page 6 for more information on Bold Strokes author [...]

Tis the time of year when it is traditional to give thanks. And now--post-election, post-hurricane season--there are, still, reasons to be thankful. Certainly, there are basic things I'm thankful for: [...]

A small publisher expanding in these times is news. That's what I thought after seeing a noticeable increase in the amount of Suspect Thoughts titles arriving at Lambda Book Report. [...]

When thinking of Canada (in light of current events), the words 'same-sex marriage' may pop into your brain. Yet the subject didn't come up during my conversation with Vancouver's Little [...]

It has been said that Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, each distinct and flavorful. With names such as Bronzeville, Edgewater, Hyde Park, Wicker Park and Grant Crossing, one could [...]

Alexis De Veaux is associate professor of women's studies and chair of its department at the University of Buffalo; she has taught there for twelve years. She wears other titles: [...]

A friend told me recently she spent all day Saturday in Lambda Rising bookstore. 'It's the perfect place to go: you can buy books, and you can hook up,' she [...]

Welcome to the December 2003/January 2004 Lambda Book Report. After a lot of hard work on our parts, we're almost back to being current; you should receive the February issue [...]

Duke University Press publishes a little over 100 books a year (making it one of the twenty largest university presses in the United States); of that, about 10 percent of [...]

Matais Pouncil may be a relative newcomer to the field of bookselling, but he's quite clear about his mission: to support and promote the literary works of black gay and [...]

Graywolf Press is in its 29th year of publishing quality books, mostly poetry, memoir, essays, novels and short stories. Some of its pick of the pack of writers are gay [...]

Since coordinating the Fire & Ink black GLBT writers conference, I've been lamenting the fact that I missed the panel I most eagerly wanted to attend: The one on Caribbean [...]

It's interesting that in Bush country, land of Texas conservatism and the death penalty, the consistent winner of the 'Best Specialty Bookstore in Austin' award would be the only women's [...]

Interviews lesbian author Michelle Tea about her personal life and works. Favorite essays in the book "Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache"; Need for diversions from writing; College education. INSET: Paying Rent.

Interviews Linda Bryant, owner of the women's bookstore Charis Books based in Atlanta, Georgia, about the store and the celebration of its thirtieth anniversary. Store background; Difference between Charis Books and the nonprofit organization Charis Circle; Competition among local chain stores.

Interviews bookseller Richard Labonte. Background on his career in bookselling and syndicated book reviewing; Reason for joining the Internet newsletter "Books to Watch Out For"; Goals for the newsletter.

Interviews Carla Trujillo, a Chicana lesbian fiction writer about her works. Information on her book "What Night Brings"; Search for a publisher; Opinion on writing fiction; Genres in which Trujillo writes; Books read.

Interviews University of Wisconsin Press editor Raphael Kadushin. Origin of the 'Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiography,' book series; Priorities of the university press; Budget for the series.

Features Graywolf Press which publishes quality books, mostly poetry, memoir, essays, novels and short stories of writers who are gay and on literary must-have lists. Mission of Graywolf Press; Its origin; Titles published by Graywolf.

Looks at several gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Caribbean writers. Inspiration for Caribbean writers; Reflection on the idea of Caribbeanness; Sample of Caribbean writers.