New Books

Jailbait Random House, 2005 It's September 7, 1971, the first day of tenth grade for fifteen year old Andi Kaplan. Teased by the school bully because of her appearance, and largely ignored by her depressed mother and workaholic father, Andi spends most of her time alone until she meets Frank, a man more than twice her age. Because she is "jailbait," Frank forbids Andi to tell anyone about their relationship.
As he turns from being loving and attentive to controlling and abusive, Andi finds herself more and more alone. How will she find the strength to save herself before it's too late?

	A Letter to Harvey Milk published by University of Wisconsin Press, 2004 This compilation of nine short stories is a sensitive and revealing journey into the experience of being a Jew and a lesbian. Mother/daughter relationships, issues between Jewish and Gentile lovers, anti- semitism, the Holocaust, and a Shabbos dinner dyke style, complete with miso matzo ball soup--nu, what more could a reader want?
The title story, "A Letter to Harvey Milk" was the Second Place Finalist in the 1987 Raymond Carver Short Story Competition. This brand new edition includes a new foreword by the author.

Write from the Heart Ten Speed Press, May 2003 Write from the Heart: Inspiration and Exercises for Women Who Want to Write (originally published in 1993 and formally titled Writing from the Heart) is a book that contains hundreds of writing exercises to get your pen moving. The elements of fiction are broken down into chapters that include, "Place: Where It's At," "Action: What's Happening," "Dialogue: Let's Talk About It," "Characters: Who's Who," and "The Elusive Plot."
What's new about this new edition? There is a brand new section on writing poetry, complete with exercises, examples and recommended reading. The chapter on publishing ("After Words: The Pleasures Of Publishing") has been completely revised and updated, as has the lists of resources for writers, including writers' magazines and journals, books on writing and women's poetry and fiction anthologies.

	Best Short Stories of Lesléa Newman Alyson Publications, 2003 Best Short Stories of Lesléa Newman span the years 1988-2002, during which time she wrote six volumes of short stories: A Letter to Harvey Milk, Secrets, Every Woman's Dream, Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear, Girls Will Be Girls, and She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not.
The stories cover a dazzling array of themes pertaining to contemporary lesbian life including long term relationships, one night stands, family of origin angst, motherhood, friendships with gay men, AIDS, breast cancer, bisexuality, aging, and loss. Many of these stories explore Jewish identity as well.

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not Alyson Publications, April 2002 She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not is a collection of Lesléa Newman's fiction at its finest. In "A Stone's Throw," two butch buddies become more than buddies, though neither of them will admit it. In "Mothers of Invention" a couple in which one woman wants a child and the other doesn't, learn the true meaning of commitment and compromise.
In "Private Lessons," an older college student who has never been with a woman before lets herself be seduced by her female English professor. And a straight woman-at least she thinks she's straight-discovers a shocking fact about her "boyfriend" in "Girls Will be Boys." She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not explores love, gender, sexual attraction, bodies and boundaries with humor, insight and heart.

Just Like a Woman, An Audiobook - Fluid Words, October 2001, $ 18.00
Lesléa in the recording studio Photo © 2001 Geoff Schackert	As soon as Lesléa Newman began giving public readings of her work in 1985, people started asking her when she was going to record an audiobook. And so, here it is at last: Just Like a Woman, a collection of Lesléa Newman's finest short stories, read by the author herself. This compilation, which spans fifteen years of work, features the artist's signature pieces.

 

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