Heat!
Posted by Jennifer Harris | Filed under Columns, Poetry
It’s the 28th consecutive day over 80 degrees in Chicago. The most in 140 years. Everyone is hot, hot, hot. It’s funny to watch the reactions: those who are grouchy and worn down, sweat stains, the bits of sweat on the forehead, the constant glare. I feel exhilarated. I am a lizard. I love to [...]
Tags: husbands, identity, wife, wives
To: Direction Toward A Point
Posted by Jennifer Harris | Filed under Columns, Poetry
It’s July and I am contemplating forgiveness. I am contemplating anger and rage and all the things I never want to feel. I am contemplating the fact of suffering. What that means. I am wondering why it is that language makes so much more sense written down. Words spoken are too illusive. Slip through the [...]
Tags: emotions, forgiveness, language, meaning, Poetry, words
GCLS and Gay Days – perfection in the sunshine
Posted by Fay Jacobs | Filed under Columns, Featured, News
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Here’s a tip for a year from now. If possible you will want to take a two week vacation in Florida next June. Now I know that destination cries out for a winter visit, especially if you live in a cold clime, but ladies, June in Orlando is heaven for lesbian [...]
Tags: awards ceremonies, GCLS, lesbian-fiction
Rehoboth Revisited
Posted by Fay Jacobs | Filed under Columns, Featured
If They Asked Me, I Could Write A Book — Fay Jacobs. Flashback, September 2003 “You want to do what? I thought I heard my friend Anyda Marchant, lesbian publishing icon and novelist say she wanted to publish my columns in a book. Clearly this was a mistake. After all, 92 year old Anyda, known [...]
Tags: a&m books, anyda merchant, fay jacobs, lesbian-fiction, naiad press, sarah aldridge, stefani deoul
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