Sparkling Rain: And Other Fiction from Japan of Women Who Love Women
Japanese women writers and activists blaze trails in this remarkable collection of lesbian and gender queer narratives on life, love, and loss. Sparkling Rain poignantly brings to light how women who love women carve out personal fulfillment as well as queer creative expression in the midst of overwhelming patriarchal and heteronormative pressures in Japan. --Amy Sueyoshi - Ph.D., Director, Ethnic Studies Program, Assistant Professor in Ethnic Studies and Human Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University/College of Ethnic Studies