Close Calls: New Lesbian Fiction

By: Rogers, Susan Fox

Book Overview

New Lesbian Fiction An original and compelling anthology of lesbian stories that highlights some of the most interesting writing currently being produced. 'A collection that is without exception... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312168020
• ISBN13: 9780312168025
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Eclectic reading

I have to say that I was greatly impressed by the diverse content of this anthology. I bought Close Calls six months ago, and have read it several times since. In many of the stories, I find things in the main character's personality, life, or problems that I can relate to. I would recommend it firsthand for a good read - lesbian, straight, or otherwise - as it offers glimpses into aspects of our lives that even some of us would not think of.

Evocative and poetic.

The reviewers have said it well: "Rogers's criterion for selection was unpublished stories that kept her glued to her seat -- in this case, an appropriate description for a collection that is without exception well written, original, and compelling."(Library Journal)"'. . .[T]he stories in this collection encompass all the possibilities of the form in general, yielding some delightful results.... With very few exceptions, the tales here are of high literary quality."'(Publisher's Weekly). . ."Close Calls provides a revealing survey of lesbian lives -- young and old; black, white, and Asian -- and deserves to find an audience of both lesbian and mainstream readers." (Booklist)