[LGBTQ pulp] Clark, Dorene Different. New York: Beacon Books, 1960. First edition mass-market paperback pulp. 160 pages. Measures 4.25" x 7". Dark blue moody cover art by famed pulp artist Bruce Minney features a woman with a towel draped over her shoulder, and another woman sitting down in the center.....
Mid-20th century American lesbian pulp novel archive documents representations of same-sex female desire and bisexual identity within mass-market publishing between 1950 and 1967, when homosexuality was widely stigmatized and regulated in law and popular discourse. Produced during a period shaped by censorship and moral scrutiny, these works circulated as some.....
Lesbian pulp novels, 1960 to 1967, document the emergence of commercially distributed queer narratives within mid twentieth century American paperback publishing and provide direct evidence of how same sex desire was coded, marketed, and contested during a period of widespread censorship and social stigma. Produced during the Cold War era.....
Craigin, Elisabeth. Either is Love. Marsden, Martha. Intimate. Clark, Dorene. Different. Morell, Lee. Nurses’ Quarters. Thomas, Loretta Haig. No Man’s Land. These early 1960s lesbian pulp novels, all authored by women, document the articulation of same-sex relationships and identity within a commercial paperback market largely shaped by male pseudonymous writers.....
