The highest apple: Sappho and the Lesbian poetic tradition Book

"Lesbian culture may be seen as 'marginal' by heterosexual culture and heterosexual definition. 'Marginal' is a word that implies, like the story of Columbus, that there is one world and it is flat. Fortunately at the heart of these [marginal] groups, one finds an entirely different schema, a map virtually unrelated to the 'flat world' folks. Surely, Lesbian culture is central to Lesbians. Moreover, the work that comes from Lesbian culture, the special perspective, can be central to society as a whole." --from the Introduction Here, in a poetic examination is the "map" of a round world, of the special perspective of: Sappho Emily Dickinson Amy Lowell H.D. Gertrude Stein Adrienne Rich Paula Gunn Allen Audre Lorde Olga Broumas and Judy Grahn