Tomorrow I’m going to the bookstore, to shop for some classics. You would think, I would like to get away from bookstores but, what can I say it’s a disease. I want to pick up Stone Butch Blues, I don’t understand how come I have never read it, puzzling. I’m also going to pick up,… Continue reading Gonna get me some classics
Of childhood, and the love of a good woman
The French writer, aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is quoted as saying, We are of our childhood, as we are of our nation. I read this recently in a column in a newspaper, it struck me, so true and so simple. I am a quote junkie, I collect them. I write them in a little black… Continue reading Of childhood, and the love of a good woman
Jane Austen, I love her.
Yes, I know Jane Austen is not a lesbian. I suppose also that she is not considered terribly butch. I like many authors who could be considered butch in both senses of the word (macho and queer), think Hemingway, London and Sarah Schulman. Deep inside of my romantic heart, I also have a yearning for… Continue reading Jane Austen, I love her.
Romance and the single butch
I could have called this post, sex and the single butch, or love and the single butch but, this single butch seeks romance, above else. Ah, romance, the courting and ultimate seduction of a woman, it’s what makes life worth living. The problem is I have not been very successful at it for years. When… Continue reading Romance and the single butch
The two kates of lesbian detective fiction
It is unseasonably hot in Montreal right now. I am an insomniac under the best of circumstances, but this heat is making me cranky and crazy. So what to do? Read, what else. I read mysteries, I love them. Yeah, I read a lot of things but, mysteries are a particular fascination of mine. Some… Continue reading The two kates of lesbian detective fiction
Top ten lesbian romances part 4
Love in the Balance by Marianne K Martin, is a beautiful love story. Connie is an accountant (not the sexiest of trades , but, Connie is) Kasey is a master carpenter. Connie is straight and Kasey is the dream butch, perfection. Kasey hires Connie’s firm to help with marketing etc, from the moment they meet… Continue reading Top ten lesbian romances part 4
Top Lesbian Romance novels part 3
As I look over my list, I’m struck by how many of them deal with loss and grief. Lisa Shapiro’s Endless Love deals with the death of a young woman’s lover and how she climbs out of the abyss of that grief. Andrea (I’m pretty sure it’s Andrea) in the first part of the book is… Continue reading Top Lesbian Romance novels part 3
On Being Butch
This morning, I have been thinking about being butch and what it means. I often experience strange reactions from people, mostly straight women, when I refer to myself as butch. It seems some of them think that I am putting myself down when I describe myself as butch, and try to tell me “You’re not… Continue reading On Being Butch
My top ten lesbian romances part 2
In the last post I talked about discovering Karin Kallmaker’s romance novels. What struck most about them is the humour—– Oh and the sex. That woman writes smoking sex scenes. Paperback Romance has an irresistible heroine, Carolyn. She is a hopeless romantic who writes romance novels. Carolyn has had nothing but bad luck with men. Try as she… Continue reading My top ten lesbian romances part 2
My top ten Lesbian romances
Here are my top ten romances. They all have romance in them, although, some are not strictly romance novels. They all have women loving women. 1-Wild Things by Karin Kallmaker 2-Curious Wine by Katherine V Forrest 3-Endless Love by Lisa Shapiro 4-Saving Grace by Jennifer Fulton 5-Landing by Emma Donoghue 6-Watermark by Karin Kallmaker 7-Paperback… Continue reading My top ten Lesbian romances