A letter to Harvey Milk : short stories /
"This collection of stories offers a perspective on current issues of homosexuality and anti-Semitism and lends a voice to those experiencing growing pains and self-discovery. Newman's readers accompany her quirky Jewish characters through all kinds of experiences, from an initial lesbian...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books,
[2004]
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| Series: | Library of American fiction.
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| Summary: | "This collection of stories offers a perspective on current issues of homosexuality and anti-Semitism and lends a voice to those experiencing growing pains and self-discovery. Newman's readers accompany her quirky Jewish characters through all kinds of experiences, from an initial lesbian sexual encounter to being sequestered in a college apartment after paranoid Holocaust flashbacks. In these stories, characters anxiously discover their lesbian identities while beginning to understand, and finally to embrace, their Jewish heritage."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | Includes a new preface to this reprint ed. |
| Physical Description: | 173 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0299205746 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780299205744 (pbk. : alk. paper) |