Lesbian Travels : A Literary Companion Book

Lesbian writers reveal stories of their travels in these twenty literary pieces set around the world. West Africa, Kathmandu, Russia, Israel, Chile, and many other fascinating destinations form the backdrop to a rich variety of women's true adventures. Whether dealing with partnership, self-discovery, foreign political issues, or love and sex, these stories capture some illuminating facet of what it means to travel as a lesbian woman.

Audre Lorde experiences a wakening in Mexico where she finds a women's community and a love affair. "It was in Mexico that I stopped feeling invisible. In the streets, in the buses, in the markets, in the Plaza, in the particular attention within Eudora's eyes." In "Beds" Judith Barrington humorously handles the Question in hotels in France with her partner: a room with two single beds or a double? Susan Fox Rogers explores how travel can open up the traveler as she voyages to Alaska with her father and converses in ways not possible at home.

Regardless of their destination, lesbian travelers can find in this volume the perfect traveling companion.

Table of Contents

Lucy Jane Bledsoe "Preface"
Rebecca Brown "Foreword"
Europe Barbara Wilson "Invisible"
Alaska Susan Fox Rogers "Traveling with Desire and Family"
Mexico Sarah Van Arsdale "Mexico"
Greece Becky Shine "What I Will Never Be"
Russia Sonja Franeta "Amazon Sisters on the Trans-Siberian Railroad"
Kathmandu Gerry Gomez Pearlberg "Driving for the Fast and Faithful"
Japan Marianne Dresser "A Queer Night in Tokyo"
Mexico Audre Lorde "Zami"
France Carole Maso "The American Woman in aChinese Hat"
Paraguay Sarah Grossman "Adios Paraguay"
America Terri de la Pena "Beyond El Camino Real"
France/Spain Judith Barrington "Beds"
Guine Donna Allegra "Dancing Home a Stranger"
Grenada Margaret Erhart "Marriage"
America Linda Smuckler "Untitled"
Egypt Evelyn White "Body and Soul"
Gaza Sarah Jacobus "Some New Ideas"
Mexico Nisa Donnelly "Dear Diary: We Should've Stayed Home"
Chile Marianna Romo-Carmona "On Writing and Going South"