Lesbian Love Story - A Queer History of Sapphic Romance Book

Lesbian Love Story - A Queer History of Sapphic Romance Book

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RELEASE DATE - 22 JUNE 2023

A TIME MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023

'INTIMATE AND SEXY' 
Nina LaCour | 'PERSONAL, PALPABLE AND CONTAGIOUS' Michelle Tea | 'OUTSTANDING' Stephen McCauley | 'A DELIGHTFUL DEBUT' Shannon Carlin

Lesbian Love Story is a genre-defying history of sapphic romance like no other. On her quest to discover lesbian role models overlooked by history, Amelia Possanza uncovers seven incredible love stories in the archives. Expertly blending her subjects' own words with richly imagined and vigorously researched moments from their lives to tell their stories in an intimate, vivid and immediate way, Possanza weaves these narratives together with her own memories of uncovering the past, yearning and longing alongside her subjects and of growing into her queerness.

This is a celebration of sapphics - of women who love women - but also of people who have always existed outside of traditional definitions of gender and bravely lived beyond the confines of heteronormativity. Each of the lesbians in this collection moved through the world in their own way and helped the world:

  • Sappho, one of the ever first recorded lesbians, gave sapphics their name.
  • Mary Casal published one of the first memoirs of lesbian love in the 1930s.
  • Mabel Hampton was a Black dancer and activist whose love embraced a whole community at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance.
  • Babe Didrikson opened up new worlds of professional athletics to women through her achievements in professional golf in the 1950s.
  • Terry Brown lived an openly gender non-conforming life from the 1950s to the 1970s.
  • Gloria Anzaldúa was a Chicana feminist poet and intersectional activist writing in the 1970s and 1980s.

Amy Hoffman stepped in as the primary caregiver for her friend, Mark Riegle, through his struggles with the Aids epidemic in the 1980s.

Their stories illuminate a forgotten history, as well as showing us all a new way to understand what love means when there is nothing material to be gained.

"Amelia Possanza celebrates the greatest lesbian love stories never told in her delightful debut that has her taking a deep dive into the queer archives searching for role models for her own love life. What the Brooklyn book publicist-turned-author finds is Bushwick drag kings and activists in Harlem who prove there is no one way to love-and there never has been."
Shannon Carlin, Time Magazine 'The 23 Most Anticipated Books of 2023'

"Intimate and sexyvoraciously researched and vibrantly imagined, Amelia Possanza has given us the romantic history all lesbians deserve."
Nina LaCour, author of 'Yerba Buena'

"Lesbian Love Story has all the vivid detail of a great novel and all the intelligence of a great study ... I was continually fascinated, frequently moved, and completely in awe of Possanza's wit, intelligence, and empathy. I can't wait to reread this outstanding, unforgettable book."
Stephen McCauley, author of 'My Ex-Life'

"Lesbian Love Story cracks open a vault of queer lives that were so meaningful to dig into - sporty girls, masc forbears, illicit loves. These juicy stories are filled with pathos and inspiration, and Ameila Possanza's thrill at excavating them is personal, palpable and contagious."
Michelle Tea, author of 'Knocking Myself Up'

    Author Amelia Possanza
    Format Paperback
    Pages 240
    ISBN 9781529910872

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