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Terry Castle

Sapphic Salon: 5 New Books by Queer Women You Should Read Now

Sex and Sexuality post by Natalie Stein on March 5, 2010 - 1:00pm; tagged Barbara Hammer, books, Joan Schenkar, Michelle Cliff, Sapphic Salon, Terri Griffith, Terry Castle.

In a time when Sarah Palin's memoir is a best seller, it can be hard to locate books by out women at major bookstores. But even if you have to use the internet or (even better) support your local feminist/queer shop, there are quality books being published that are way more worth your time.

Terry Castle — The Professor
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Writings from the Stanford prof on her fascination with World War I, taking her mother on a trip to Santa Fe and her disastrous love affair with a professor while in grad school. It's incredibly well-written, funny, poignant, queer and self-deprecating in a way that makes you nod your head in agreement.

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