Title: The hot-eyed moderate : essays /
Authors: Rule, Jane.
Publisher: Naiad Press,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Lesbians Fiction
Abstract: "How does sexuality evolve among lesbians and gay men? What is the underlying nature of homosexual attitutdes toward aging? Is censorship ever appropriate? Homosexuals telling their parents--when and how? Jane Rule's frank opinions on these issues and many other realities and fallacies of homosexual life..."--Publisher's description.
Contents: Part 1. On writing. The practice of writing ; The Canadian climate ; Before and after Sexual politics ; Seventh waves ; Inside the Easter egg ; Notes on autobiography ; Morailty in literature ; Lesbian and writer ; For "writer/publisher relationships: feminist and traditional" ; For the critic of what isn't there ; Staking out the territory -- Part 2. Writing for the gay press. Why I write for the Body Politic ; Extended care ; Hindsight ; Free to live ; Waling canes ; The last to know ; Border crossings ; The socially handicapped ; The myth of genital jealousy ; The question of children ; Integration ; Drag ; Asking for the moon ; Home and mother ; Lesbian leadership ; The affirmative action novel ; Straights, come out ; An act of God ; Censorship ; Sexual infancy ; On a moral education ; Rule making -- Part 3. Profiles and recollections. This gathering ; Judith Lodge, a profile ; Takao Tanabe ; Preview ; John Korner ; Elizabeth Hopkins ; A profile ; The 4th of July, 1954 ; "Silly like us," a recollection -- Part 4. Reflections. The cutting of pages ; Funny people ; Ashes, ashes ; You cannot judge a pumpkin's happiness by the smile upon its face ; The harvest, the kill.