| A STYLE THAT IS TRULY ORIGINAL AND REFRESHING! THE VINTAGE REPRINTS Reflecting the consciousness of the world thru lesbian eyes. These remarkable books, written in the 1970's, chronicle the years from 1960-1980. Created in the author's inimitable style, they are raunchy, philosophical, full of dialogue and sleazy adventures. Unlike the author's more recent works, these books do not contain much explicit sex (with the notable exceptions of BARS ACROSS HEAVEN and HO STROLL); instead, they present the life of the street, written in the slang of the street, through the eyes of the characters. VIN-1 : BARS ACROSS HEAVEN : An Afro-American sistuh and her quest for lesbian love. Her days hustling up spare change to survive, and how she is helped by a woman's therapy group in a clinic. You'll find this book intriguing; the theme of sex workers and women paying them for sex is one that should be explored. VIN-2 : HOW'S MARS? : Three white sisters in Greenwich Village party from gay bar to gay bar -- while fleeing from the Mafia. Gay life snapshots. Fights. Drama. The author's ear for dialogue is terrific! THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG DIKE VIN-3 : THE GREAT HEART BANK ROBBERY : The story of a sixteen-year-old lesbian discovering Gay Life in New York's Greenwich Village. How she lives. Meetings with other dikes. Personal insights and street scenes. Gay teens in love. A glimpse of gay street life, 'when love was courageous and gay' -- in the early 1960's Before Stonewall. Poetic. VIN-4 : HO STROLL : Hookers work the MacArthur-San Pablo strip in Oakland, California. A lonely gay sistuh begins dating these working women. If you enjoyed Bars Across Heaven, you'll like this longer novel. Black street dikes in the 1970's. Feminist outlook. Sex. Introspection. VIN-5 : STORIES FROM THE DANCE OF LIFE : (VOL. I - V, EACH, $10) : 5-VOLUME SET, Several of these stories have been extensively quoted and anthologized; many have been reprinted several times, such as the popular Suzie Q. and the world famous essay Nobody's People. Featured is the essay Confessions of a Not-So- Ex-Alcoholic, in which the author reveals her own alcohol problem, her journeys into faith and spirituality, and her triumph over drinking. Other dike stories, include People Who Have Lost Their Places, The Hurt, The Investigator, Dikes of the Road, The Christian Missionary of the Bars, Hot Sauce, Alexander D'Oro, The Gray Prisoner, Whiter Then Black, Julie. HUMOR! ACTION! DIALOGUE! VIN-6 : FLASH! ON THE HUSTLER : Meet again Alexander D'Oro. Gay brother with a Continental air is caught up in a drug deal by burnt-out dope fiends. A multi- layered psychological thriller! VIN-7 : IN THE STRANGE EMBRACE OF A PRODIGAL : Tale of a super-sensitive street woman who discerns the soul through the facades of life. Her political views. Her encounters with the hard shells of people in San Francisco during the era of the VietNam war. VIN-8 : THE BIG CHANGE : A transsexual's story: a fifteen-year-old boy turns $2 tricks to find happiness -- as a woman. Set in the late 1950's, it is a journey from poverty as 'he' to her realized dream: She. VIN-9 : WHERE THE WORD IS NO : A glimpse of a bisexual hustler's life, and his relationship with Miss La De Da, a fabulous, insightful Drag Queen. Some changes they go through one evening. VIN-10 : JAILHOUSE STUD : Inside a woman's prison, a dike hero finds love, education -- and a twist of fate. Sections of this classic have been published in several anthologies. VIN-11 : FISHERPEOPLE : Old straight man, who must go fishing in order to eat, lives alone in El Barrio with all his cats, visited only by his daughter and his memories of the past. VIN-12 : VENGEANCE! : Meet Miz LaRue and her jolly gang of cutthroats. A struggle of good vs. evil as the innocent heroine crosses the path of a Black drug-seller queen. VIN-13 : BARRIO BLUES : Young Latina dike grows up in El Barrio. Her ambitions, her life struggle, her personal growth, the women she takes to bed and her subsequent adventures. Hot! Hot! VIN-14 : LADIES' AUXILIARY OF THE LEFT/CHAMPAGNE, FIRECRACKERS, & THE SMOKE FROM THE DEATH FACTORY : Two diary-like pieces from the author's youthful starving years, dwelling in a condemned building in the City of Saint Francis. |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Has been writing since age 13. Poet. Storyteller. Made a living as Newspaper Deliverer, Office Clerk, Factory Laborer, Telemarketer, Karate Teacher, Post Office Worker, Nurses' Aide, Cashier, Cook, Janitor, Housecleaner. Currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Appears in the documentary BEFORE STONEWALL. Has been published in many anthologies, including DAUGHTERS OF AFRICA, and in publications such as SINISTER WISDOM, COMMON LIVES/LESBIAN LIVES, and the lesbian erotic/sex magazine ON OUR BACKS. c. 1994 Red Jordan Press |
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