num_pages: 192
description: Join the process of self-discovery as lesbian writers redefine their roles in love, family, work, and society!“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?” asked the poet Muriel Rukeyser. ”The whole world would split open.” The women represented in Lesbian The Embodiment of Experience tell the truth about their lives, using many forms and levels of discourse. They split the world open with their powerful words and ideas about being a woman, a lesbian, a writer, a person of color, a child, a mother. These identities come vigorously alive in these pages, offering the reader new models humanity. The contributors celebrate the writerly “act” of creating a sense of self through finding one's own voice and creating community for others. Through political and literary analysis, they also provide ideas toward building a queer aesthetic.Ranging from elegant expositions of critical theory to comfortable discussions of individual lives, the essays in Lesbian The Embodiment of Experience represent some of the finest writers working today, including Kate Millett, Karla Jay, Mary Meigs, Jane Rule, and Maya Chowdhry. The authors’unsparing honesty and wise compassion break through the silence to celebrate individual empowerment and to share coping and survival strategies to help all women.In Lesbian The Embodiment of Experience, the particular interests, needs, and concerns of lesbian writers illuminate the common concerns of all women's lives, such 
language: English
title: Lesbian Self-Writing: The Embodiment of Experience
titlecomplete: Lesbian Self-Writing: The Embodiment of Experience
publisher: Routledge