The Lavender Herring: Lesbian Essays from the Ladder

Bys: Barbara Grier and Coletta Reid

Book Overview

From the back cover: Before the closet door got kicked open, The Ladder represented the sole means of communication and expression available in the beleaguered and hidden world of Lesbians. For... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884470148
• ISBN13: 9780884470144
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Diana Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Terrific anthology

Highly enjoyable essays written between 1968 and 1972 include the writers Barbara Grier, Lee Lynch, Rita Mae Brown and many others. The essays are grouped in the folowing subjects - Early pioneers Lesbian Lifestyle Call to Feminism Sexual Underpinning Lesbians and the Times Lesbian Image in Art Includes 33 photographs. Don't miss the two introductions. Barbara Grier's provides the background of the book and it's contents. Coletta Reid's illuminates the writers. This collection is a Keeper!