Books Reviewed In

BTWOF: The Lesbian Edition

August slipped past Labor Day 2004
Volume 1 Number 8

Sponsor's Featured
 Lucky Stiff: A Lillian Byrd Crime Story, Elizabeth Sims, $14.95, Alyson Publications

Find(s) of the Month
A Seahorse Year, Stacey D’Erasmo, $24.00, Houghton Mifflin
I had brain surgery, what’s your excuse? an illustrated memoir, Suzy Becker, $19.95, Workman

Friday Night Reads
Woman in the Mirror, Jackie Calhoun, $12.95, Bella
Above All, Honor, Radclyffe, $17.50, BookEnds Press
Honor Bound, Radclyffe, $16.95, Yellow Rose Books
Love & Honor, Radclyffe, $17.99, BookEnds Press
The Vinland Sheep, Helen Shacklady, $14.99, published by London’s Onlywomen Press, distributed to booksellers in the U.S. by Alamo Square
Finest Kind of Love, Diane Tremain Braund, $12.95, Bella

Memoir
Diary of a Country Therapist, Marcia Hill, $19.95, Haworth Press
As I Lay Frying: A Rehoboth Beach Memoir, Fay Jacob, $15, A&M Books

Science Fiction
Forever Pearl, Claudia McKay, $12.95, New Victoria
The Changeling of Finnistauth, Kate Horsley, $22.95, Shambhala

Our Lives & Our History
All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930, Andrea Barnet, $16.95, Algonquin/Workman
Colette, Julia Kristeva, $35, Columbia University Press
The Lavender Scare: the Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government, David Johnson, $30, University of Chicago Press

Bit Parts
Pushing Time Away: My Grandfather and the Tragedy of Jewish Vienna, Peter Singer, $13.95, Ecco/HarperCollins
Learning from Dogs Without Collars, Lauralee Summers, $13, Simon & Schuster
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady Of DNA, Brenda Maddox, $15.95, HarperPerennial

Books To Watch Out For
Alice Walker: A Life, Evelyn C. White, $29.95, Norton

What They're Reading in Provincetown
Tea, Stacey D’Erasmo, $13.95, Washington Square Press
Alma Mater, Rita Mae Brown $13.95, Ballantine
The Seahorse Year, Stacey D’Erasmo, $24, Houghton Mifflin
Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters, $13.95, Riverhead
Affinity, Sarah Waters, $14, Riverhead
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters, $15, Riverhead
Inexpressible State of Grace, Cameron Abbott, $17.95, Haworth
To The Edge, Cameron Abbott, $17.95, Haworth
P-Town Summer, Lisa Stocker, $14, Kensington
Woman in the Mirror, Jackie Calhoun, $12.95, Bella
The Finest Kind of Love, Diana Tremain Braund, $12.95, Bella
Hancock Park, Katherine V. Forrest, $25.95, Penguin
The Wombat Strategy, Claire McNab, $13.95, Alyson
Best Lesbian Erotica 2004, Tristan Taormino, $14.95, Cleis
Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004, Angela Brown, $14.95, Alyson Press
Long Life, Mary Oliver, $22, Da Capo/Perseus
Blue Iris: Poems and Essays, Mary Oliver, $22, Beacon
Why I Wake Early, Mary Oliver, $22, Beacon
Lea’s Book of Rules for the World, Lea Delaria, $14, Random House
Don’t Get Me Started, Kate Clinton, $15, Dell
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living, Pema Chodron, $12.95, Shambhala
Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, Pema Chodron, $12.95, Shambhala

The Crime Scene

The Burning of Her Sin, Patty G. Henderson, $12.95, Bella Books
Tangled and Dark, Patty G. Henderson, $12.95, Bella Books
Trace, Patricia Cornwell, $26.95, Putnam
Monday Mourning, Kathy Reichs, $25, Scribner
Deja Dead, Kathy Reichs, $7.99, Pocket
Bare Bones, Kathy Reichs, $7.99, Pocket
Indelible, Karin Slaughter, $24.95, William Morrow
Blindsighted, Karin Slaughter, $7.50, Harper
Kisscut, Karin Slaughter, $7.99, Harper
A Faint Cold Fear, Karin Slaughter, $7.99, Harper
Bone Harvest, Mary Logue, $23.95, Ballantine
Thrones, Dominations, Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, $6.50, St. Martin's Press
A Presumption of Death, Jill Paton Walsh, $6.99, St. Martin's
Gaudy Night, Dorothy L. Sayers, $6.99, Harper
A Moment on the Edge, Elizabeth George, $24.95, Harper Collins
Shades of Black, Eleanor Taylor Bland, $23.95, Berkley Prime Crime
Wild Crimes, Dana Stabenow, $6.99, Signet
A Taint in the Blood, Dana Stabenow, $24.95, St. Martin's
A Grave Denied, Dana Stabenow, $6.99, St. Martin
Lucky Stiff, Elizabeth Sims, $13.95, Alyson
Holy Hell, Elizabeth Sims, $13.95, Alyson
Damn Straight, Elizabeth Sims, $13.95, Alyson
The Patron Saint of Red Chevys, Kay Sloan, $21.95, Permanent Press

Now in Paper
Blacklist, Sara Paretsky, $7.99, Signet
Fortunes of the Dead, Lynn Hightower, $6.99, Pocket

Caught Reading—Michigan
The Seduction of Water, Carol Goodman
The Lake of Dead Languages, Carol Goodman
Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Writing: Science Fiction, Nicola Griffith
The Blue Place, Nicola Griffith
Women's History of the World, Rosalind Miles
Gyn/Ecology, Mary Daly
The Scum Manifesto, Valerie Solanis
The Bitter Queen Chaser Project, Animal Prufrock, $10
Stiff, Mary Roach
Heavier than Heaven, Charles Cross
You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes, Laura Love
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich
Dude, Where’s My Country?, Michael Moore
Hancock Park, Katherine V. Forrest
Clean Break, Val McDermid
Girls With Hammers, Cynn Chadwick
Spiral Dance, Starhawk
Truth and Beauty, Ann Patchett
I Love Everybody (And Other Atrocious Lies), Laurie Notaro
Witchfire, Lauren Maddison
Crescent City Rhapsody, Kathleen Ann Goonan
Queen City Jazz, Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd

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Books to Watch Out For publishes monthly e-letters celebrating books on various topics. Each issue includes new book announcements, brief reviews, commentary, news and, yes, good book gossip.

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