Odd Girl Out
In the 1950s, Ann Bannon broke through the shame and isolation typically portrayed in lesbian pulps, offering instead women characters who embraced their sexuality. With Odd Girl Out, Bannon introduces Laura Landon, whose love affair with her college roommate Beth launched the lesbian pulp...
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In the 1950s, Ann Bannon broke through the shame and isolation typically portrayed in lesbian pulps, offering instead women characters who embraced their sexuality. With Odd Girl Out, Bannon introduces Laura Landon, whose love affair with her college roommate Beth launched the lesbian pulp fiction genre.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781573441285 (1573441287)
ASIN: 1573441287
Publish date: August 14th 2001
Publisher: Cleis Press
Pages no: 212
Edition language: English
Series: Beebo Brinker (#1)
As a heterosexual male who has personally known any number of gay people and who was especially close to one lesbian couple and as a long time supporter of the gay liberation movement I have an interest in gay culture. This book was touted as an early lesbian novel in the synopsis and in the introdu...