[LGBTQ] [Lesbian Pulp] Lesbian pulp novels published between 1960 and 1965, a crucial phase in the emergence of lesbian literature in American pulp publishing. These authors wrote about queer experience at a time when lesbian representation was largely dominated by heterosexual male writers and constrained by censorship that required publishers.....
[LGBTQ] Highsmith, Patricia, writing under the pen name Claire Morgan, The Price of Salt stands as one of the most influential early works of LGBTQ literature and lesbian pulp fiction, introducing a same sex love story that concluded without the moral punishment or tragic ending that dominated earlier depictions of.....
[LGBTQ] Highsmith, Patricia. Pen name "Claire Morgan." The Price of Salt. New York: Bantam Books, 1953. Very early lesbian pulp. First edition mass market paperback. 250 pages, 4.5" x 7." Illustrated front wrapper by cover artist Barye Phillips depicts a pensive woman reclining on a settee, while another woman touches.....
Mid-century lesbian pulp paperback collection, 1961–1966, documents the circulation of same-sex desire within commercial publishing at a time when lesbian identity remained largely excluded from mainstream literary production and public discourse. These works were issued as mass-market paperbacks and distributed widely, presenting narratives of desire, secrecy, and social constraint through.....
Mid-20th century American lesbian pulp novel archive documents the circulation of same-sex female desire within commercial paperback publishing during the late 1950s and mid-1960s, a period defined by legal censorship, psychiatric classification of homosexuality, and expanding underground readerships. Issued between 1959 and 1965, these titles trace narrative patterns through which.....
Bannon, Ann and Weirauch, Anna Elisabet archive documents lesbian identity and authorship in mid-20th century mass-market publishing, produced between 1957 and 1959 during a period when most lesbian pulp fiction was written by men under pseudonyms. These works, authored by women who identified as lesbian or bisexual, present narratives grounded.....
Mid-century lesbian pulp paperback collection, 1955–1965, documents the early formation of lesbian representation within mass-market publishing, when same-sex desire circulated primarily through inexpensive paperback fiction distributed outside mainstream literary institutions. These works provided one of the few accessible formats through which lesbian identity appeared in print, often framed through melodrama.....
Mid-century lesbian pulp paperback collection, 1960–1966, documents the circulation of same-sex desire within mass-market fiction at a time when lesbian identity was largely excluded from mainstream literary and cultural institutions. These works functioned as one of the few widely accessible forms of lesbian representation, presenting narratives shaped by noir conventions.....
Mid-century lesbian pulp paperback collection, 1960–1967, documents the expansion of queer-themed narratives within mass-market publishing during a period when LGBTQ+ identities circulated primarily through coded, sensational, and commercially driven formats. These works were produced for wide distribution and often framed same-sex relationships through melodrama, conflict, and transgression, while nonetheless providing.....
Mid-century lesbian pulp paperback collection, 1963–1967, documents the circulation of queer identity through mass-market fiction at a time when lesbian experience remained largely excluded from mainstream publishing and public discourse. These works provided readers with some of the only widely available narratives of same-sex desire, presenting stories framed through melodrama.....
Christian, Paula. The Other Side of Desire. Gardner, Miriam. Twilight Lovers. Frame, Marguerite. All the Gay Girls. Johnson, Kay. Her Raging Needs. Salem, Randy. Sex in the Shadows. These mid-twentieth century paperback novels document the circulation of lesbian identity, desire, and social relationships within a mass-market publishing environment shaped by.....
Eagan, Alberta. They Call it Sin. Scott, Les. Twilight Women. Devlin, Barry. Forbidden Pleasures. Tryon, Mark. The Fire That Burns. Dean, Ralph. One Kind of Woman. These early mass-market paperback novels document the emergence of lesbian-themed narratives in commercial publishing prior to the broader expansion of the genre in the.....
Taylor, Valerie. Whisper Their Love. Weirauch, Anna Elisabet. Of Love Forbidden. Salem, Randy. Chris. Michaels, Rea. Cloak of Evil. These mid-twentieth century lesbian pulp novels document women-authored representations of same-sex relationships within a commercial publishing field largely dominated by male writers using pseudonyms. Issued between 1957 and 1968, these works.....
Aldrich, Ann, Françoise Mallet, and Rea Michaels, archive of three novels dating from 1952 to 1965, documents lesbian themed pulp fiction written by women during a period when most commercial representations of same sex relationships were produced under restrictive editorial and social constraints. These works contribute to the study of.....
Mid-20th century American lesbian pulp and nonfiction archive documents early instances of openly gay women writing for mass-market audiences during the 1950s and early 1960s, when homosexuality was widely censored and pathologized. Produced between 1957 and 1963, these works by Marijane Meaker (writing as Ann Aldrich), Pat Perdue (writing as.....
Bannon, Ann. I Am a Woman. Gardner, Miriam. The Strange Women. Sinclair, Marianne. The Corruption of Innocence. Henry, Joan. Women in Prison. Smith, Artemis. The Third Sex. These mid-twentieth century paperback novels document women-authored representations of same-sex relationships and queer social life within a publishing field largely dominated by male.....
Weirauch, Anna Elisabet. Of Love Forbidden. Smith, Artemis. The Third Sex. Clay, Ann Brady. We Two. Stevens, Toni. Carla. These mid-twentieth century lesbian pulp novels document the emergence of female-authored queer narrative within a publishing field largely dominated by male pseudonymous writers, offering direct evidence of women shaping lesbian representation.....
Lesbian pulp novels, 1958 to 1964, document the commercial circulation of queer narratives in mid twentieth century American paperback publishing and provide direct evidence of how same sex desire was framed through sensationalism, censorship, and coded language during a period of legal and social restriction. Produced within a market shaped.....
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.....
Modell, Merriam. My Sister, My Bride. Christian, Paula. Another Kind of Love. Gardner, Miriam. My Sister, My Love. Michaels, Rea. The Twisted Year. Gilbert, Norma. Counterfeit Venus. These mid-twentieth century paperback novels document women-authored representations of same-sex relationships, gender nonconformity, and social marginalization within a commercial publishing field largely dominated.....
Mid-20th century American lesbian pulp novel archive documents same-sex female desire as written by lesbian authors during the 1950s and early 1960s, when most pulp fiction in the genre was produced by men under pseudonyms. Issued between 1955 and 1964, these works by Ann Bannon (Ann Weldy), Pat Perdue, Gale.....
Wilhelm, Gale. The Strange Path. Whitmore, Linda. The Golden Nymph. Ellis, Joan. Three of a Kind. Price, Marjorie. A Lesson in Love. Clubb, Stacey. Trap of Lesbos. These 1960s lesbian pulp novels document the circulation of same-sex relationships, domestic arrangements, and sexual identity within a mass-market paperback industry shaped by.....
[LGBTQ] [Literature] [Gender and Sexuality] Various authors. Lesbian pulp paperback archive, 1963 to 1967 documents the circulation of queer representation within mid twentieth century American mass market publishing and provides direct evidence of how lesbian and bisexual identities were depicted in commercially produced fiction during a period of cultural restriction.....
Flora, Fletcher. Strange Sisters. Castro, Joe. The Lowest Sins. Lee, Marjorie. The Lion House. Hamilton, Greg. Another Kind of Love. Roget, A. L. Girl After Girl. Lord, Sheldon. The Hours of Rapture. These mid-twentieth century paperback novels document representations of same-sex relationships within a commercial publishing environment shaped by censorship.....
Mid-century lesbian pulp paperback collection, 1962–1968, documents the circulation of same-sex desire, identity formation, and social marginalization within mass-market fiction at a time when lesbian life remained largely excluded from mainstream literary and public discourse. These novels provided widely accessible narratives through which readers encountered representations of queer relationships, often.....
