How Lesbians Saved Poetry
Format:Paperback
Publisher:State University of New York Press
Publishing:1st Nov '26
£22.50
This title is due to be published on 1st November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A conversational, nerdy, funny, and sexy contribution to the history of feminist and lesbian movements and the practice and criticism of poetry.
Conversational, nerdy, funny, and sexy, How Lesbians Saved Poetry asks: "Why are so many of our great feminist and queer studies icons poets?" Incorporating personal narrative, literary analysis, craft essays, poems, graphics, and interviews, Lisa L. Moore describes the significance of lesbian poets in the formation of contemporary poetry as well as feminist and queer studies and activism. In a multimethod style that is conversational, wry, and candid, the book explores notable debates such as the feminist sex wars, the politics of the sonnet, and poetic traditions of critiquing racist violence. The book also includes priceless interviews with poets Samiya Bashir, Chrystos, Cheryl Clarke, Judy Grahn, Minnie Bruce Pratt, and Eileen Myles. How Lesbians Saved Poetry is a timeless and necessary contribution to the history of feminist and lesbian movements and the practice and criticism of poetry.
"Incorporating interviews, poetry, and literary analysis, How Lesbians Saved Poetry reveals the centrality of lesbian poetry and lesbian poets to the history of queer activism. Although its title claims that lesbians saved poetry, the book also suggests that poetry saved lesbians—or maybe even women!—by serving as an occasion to gather and speak across differences, as a mode of social analysis and as a tool for producing mantras, rallying cries, and songs of pleasure." — Sarah Dowling, author of Entering Sappho
ISBN: 9798855810356
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272 pages