Girlfriend Number One Lesbian Life in the 90s by Stevens, Robin -Ed - 1994

Pittsburgh, PA U. S. A.: Cleis Press. New 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Marfree, acidfree Fine illus 1stEd Gift Qual; no names, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours.; 0.5 x 9.5 x 7 Inches; 158 pages; From Booklist: The former editor of Out/Look amasses an anthology that is as crisp and sharp as diamonds cutting glass. It revives the word fresh, for among its 14 pieces are no coming out stories, no appeals for an academic imprimatur, no sloshings through the swamps of porn or sex therapy. Instead, here are angry, funny, "generation X" lesbians, urban daughters of the baby boomers, contributing everything from cartoons and writings-on-bathroom-walls to performance pieces. Satire and humor form the collection's bedrock, most of it slanted toward a lesbian audience but quite often striking chords that will resound for all women and all lovers of women. Achy Obejas' "Wrecks" and editor Stevens' "Vengeance," for instance, put gritty, wry spins on postbreakup behavior. Kris Kovick's "Miracle at the Men's Magazine Rack" and Elissa Perry's "Good Customer Service" take us into the heads behind everyday faces. Established writers Mary Wings, Mabel Maney, and Carla Tomaso appear in new guises, while Martha Baer spoofs academia and Penny Perkins posits answers to the elusive question, "What Is a Lesbian Date?" Bittersweet as the laughter of clowns, the book's a class act, full of talent and brains. Marie Kuda .