Title: The Persistent Desire
First published: June 1992
Description: Surveys a decade of the attempt to reconstruct and understand the meaning and value of butch-femme relations for the contemporary lesbian, drawing on oral history, fiction, poetry, and fantasy
Subjects: Lesbians' writings, American, Sexual behavior, Lesbians, Literary collections, Poetry, Sexuality, Personal narratives, Butch and femme (Lesbianism), Identity, LGBTQ essays, LGBTQ short stories, LGBTQ poetry, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Sex role, Fiction, lgbtq+, lesbian, Lesbians' writings, Butch and femme (Lesbian culture), LGBTQ anthropology