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A conversational, nerdy, funny, and sexy contribution to the history of feminist and lesbian movements and the practice and criticism of poetry.
Conversational, nerdy, funny, and sexy, How Lesbians Saved Poetry asks: "Why are so many of our great feminist and queer studies icons poets?" Incorporating personal narrative, literary analysis, craft essays, poems, graphics, and interviews, Lisa L. Moore describes the significance of lesbian poets in the formation of contemporary poetry as well as feminist and queer studies and activism. In a multimethod style that is conversational, wry, and candid, the book explores notable debates such as the feminist sex wars, the politics of the sonnet, and poetic traditons of critiquing racist violence. The book also includes priceless interviews with poets Samiya Bashir, Chrystos, Cheryl Clarke, Judy Grahn, Minnie Bruce Pratt, and Eileen Myles. How Lesbians Saved Poetry is a timeless and necessary contribution to the history of feminist and lesbian movements and the practice and criticism of poetry.
"Incorporating interviews, poetry, and literary analysis, How Lesbians Saved Poetry reveals the centrality of lesbian poetry and lesbian poets to the history of queer activism. Although its title claims that lesbians saved poetry, the book also suggests that poetry saved lesbians—or maybe even women!—by serving as an occasion to gather and speak across differences, as a mode of social analysis and as a tool for producing mantras, rallying cries, and songs of pleasure." — Sarah Dowling, author of Entering Sappho
Lisa L. Moore is Archibald A. Hill Professor of American and English Literature and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes, which won the Lambda Literary Award, and the poetry chapbook 24 Hours of Men.