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Lesléa Newman
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 Girls
Will Be Girls by Lesléa Newman
Thirteen women spring to life in this collection
of original fiction by Lesléa Newman, one of America's best and
most-respected lesbian writers. Her trademark of finding humor in
both the everyday and the heartbreaking is on display in these 13
stories, in which love, death, sex, aging, and other issues are
reflected in the very real, often hilarious reactions of the women
who experience them.
"The 11 short
stories and one novella in Girls Will Be Girls may satisfy,
for the moment, Leslea Newman's large, enthusiastic readership,
who will relish her arch humor in stories like "Eggs
McMenopause," in which a woman of a certain age decides that
the only way she can grasp the fact of her many shed eggs is by
buying several hundred chicken eggs at the grocery store, a few
dozen at a time, and distributing them around her small apartment.
In the titular novella, Newman turns her attention to infidelity,
hovering between the comic and the tragic as she describes the
breakdown of a long and stable (read: static and dull)
relationship between Gwen, a therapist, and her artist girlfriend,
Didi, who "couldn't have asked for a more considerate lover.
No, what she wanted was a less considerate lover.... A lover who
didn't care if her teeth were brushed or if she was going to rip
Didi's dress or ruin her brand new manicure." What happens
when Gwen's handsome new client gets a look at Didi comes as no
surprise, but Gwen's quirky revenge will keep the pages turning."
-- Regina Marler (Amazon.com)
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Biography
Lesléa Newman is an award-winning author and
editor who has published over 31 books including A Letter to
Harvey Milk, and In Every Laugh a Tear (fiction);
Still Life with Buddy, and Signs of Love (poetry); The
Little Butch Book and Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear
(humor); The Femme Mystique and My Lover is a Woman:
Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems (anthologies); and Heather
Has Two Mommies and Too Far Away to Touch (children's
books). Her literary awards include two Pushcart Prize
nominations, a Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial
Grant, and fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Foundation
and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her website address is: www.lesleanewman.com.
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Organizations & Institutions
 | Authors Guild and Authors League of America,
1988-2001 |
| Poets and Writers, Inc., 1980-2001 |
| Society of Children's Book Writers and
Illustrators, 1990-2001 |
| PEN American Center, 1994-2001 |
| Publishing Triangle, 1992-2001 |
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Fields of Study
| Primary: |
Poetry and Fiction |
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Secondary: |
Children's books
(picture books and teen novels) |
| Other
Interests: |
The Arts (theatre,
dance, music, etc) |
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Published Works
Novels
Good
Enough to Eat, Firebrand Books, Ithaca, NY 1986, and Sheba
Feminist Publishers, London, England, 1986
In
Every Laugh A Tear, New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT,
1992, new edition, 1998
Short Fiction
A
Letter to Harvey Milk, Firebrand Books, Ithaca, NY 1988
Secrets,
New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT 1990
Every
Women's Dream, New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT 1994
Girls
Will Be Girls, Alyson Publications, Los Angeles,
CA 2000
Where The Girls Are, Alyson Publications,
Los Angeles CA 2002
Poetry
Just Looking For My Shoes, Back
Door Press, Seattle, WA 1980
Love
Me Like You Mean It, HerBooks, Santa Cruz, CA
1987, and Pride & Imprints, Radnor, OH 1997
Sweet Dark Places , HerBooks, Santa Cruz, CA
1991, and Pride & Imprints, Radnor, OH 1997
Still
Life With Buddy, Pride Publications, Pride &
Imprints, Radnor, OH 1997
Signs
of Love, Windstorm Creative, Port Orchard, WA, 2000
Best of Lesléa Newman, Pudding House Publications,
Johnstown, OH 2001
Non-Fiction
SomeBody
To Love: A Guide To Loving The Body You Have, Third Side
Press,
Chicago, IL 1991
Writing
From The Heart: Inspiration & Exercises For Women Who Want To
Write, Crossing Press, Freedom, CA 1993
Humor
Out
of the Closet and Nothing to Wear, Alyson Publications,
Los Angeles, CA
1997
The
Little Butch Book, New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT,
1998
Young Adult Novels
Fat
Chance, Putnam, New York, NY 1994 (paperback, 1998), and
Women's Press, London, England, 1996
Children’s Books
Heather
Has Two Mommies, In Other Words Publishing,
Northampton, MA 1989, Alyson Publications, Boston, MA 1990, and
Special Ten-Year Anniversary Edition, Alyson Publications, 2000
Gloria
Goes To Gay Pride, Alyson Publications, Boston, MA 1991
Belinda's
Bouquet, Alyson Publications, Boston, MA 1991
Saturday
Is Pattyday, Women's Educational Press, Toronto, CANADA
and New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT, 1993
Too
Far Away To Touch, Clarion Books, New York, NY
1995 (paperback, 1998)
Remember
That, Clarion Books, New York, NY 1996
Matzo
Ball Moon, Clarion Books, New York, NY 1998
Cats
,Cats, Cats! Simon & Schuster, New York
NY 2001
Runaway
Dreidel,
Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY 2002
Dogs, Dogs,
Dogs! Simone & Schuster , New York, NY 2002
Felicia’s
Favorite Story, Two Lives Publishing, Ridley Park, PA 2002
A Fire Engine for Ruthie, Clarion Books, New York, NY
forthcoming
Daddy’s Song, Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY
forthcomiing
Anthologies
Bubbe
Meisehs By Shayneh Maidelehs: An Anthology of Poetry by
Jewish Granddaughters About Our Grandmothers, HerBooks,
Santa Cruz, CA 1989
Eating
Our Hearts Out: Personal Accounts of Women's Relationship to
Food ,
Crossing Press, Freedom, CA 1993
A
Loving Testimony: Remembering Loved Ones Lost To AIDS,
Crossing Press, Freedom, CA 1995
The
Femme Mystique, Alyson Publications, Boston, MA 1995
My
Lover Is A Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems,
Ballantine Books, New York, NY 1996, Paperback edition
forthcoming, Ballantine Books, New York, NY 1999
Pillow
Talk: Lesbian Stories between the Covers, Alyson
Publications, Los
Angeles, CA 1998
Pillow
Talk II: More Lesbian Stories between the Covers, Alyson
Publications,
Los Angeles, CA 2000
Bedroom Eyes, Alyson Publications, Los Angeles, CA 2002
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Films, Radio & Television
Film: "A Letter to Harvey Milk,"
produced and directed by Yariv Kohn, York
University, Canada, 1990.
Television: Spoken Word: "A Letter to Harvey Milk"
produced by Sleeping
Giants Productions, Canada, 1995
Radio: Jewish Stories from the Old World to the New, "A
Letter to Harvey
Milk." Read by Carl Reiner, produced by
KCRW FM, Santa Monica, CA, 1998.
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Plays
After All We've Been Through
Women in Performance, Durham, NC April, 1989
Portland Women's Theatre Co., Portland, OR
April, 1989
Between the Acts, Lexington, KY February,
1990
Rage
Gay Performances Company, New York, NY, 1991
A Letter To Harvey Milk
Bailiwick Repetory Theatre, Chicago, IL 1994
Jewish Theatre Festival, Los Angeles, CA 1996
Darkhorse Theatre, Nashville, TN 2000
Playwrights’s Circle, Palm Springs, CA 2001
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Awards and Honors
| Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian
Poetry Category, 2000, Signs
of Love |
| Grant Recipient, Money for Women/ Barbara
Deming Memorial Fund, Inc. 2000, awarded for the short story,
"Keeping a Breast" |
| Winner, Americus Review Poetry Contest, 2000,
"The Politics of Buddy" |
| Nomination, Pushcart Prize, 2000, Nominated
by the poet, Antler |
| First Place Winner, Vice Versa Awards
for Excellence in the Gay and Lesbian Press, Humor Category,
1999, "Cher Heaven" |
| Induction, Jericho High School Hall of Fame,
1999 |
| Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian
Poetry Category, 1998, The
Little Butch Book |
| Finalist, Small Press Book Awards, 1998, Out
of the Closet and Nothing to Wear |
| Nomination, Pushcart Prize, 1998.
Nominated by the poet, Antler, for poems from Still
Life With Buddy |
| Finalist, Iowa Teen Award, 1997-1998, Fat
Chance |
| Poetry Fellowship, National Endowment for the
Arts, 1997. Awarded on the basis of a selection from Still
Life With Buddy |
| Books for the Teen Age, 1996: A
Loving Testimony: Remembering Loved Ones Lost To AIDS.
Selected by: Office of Young Adult Services, The New
York Public Library |
| Community Services Award, 1995:
Presented by the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Political
Caucus |
| Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Anthology
Category, 1995: A
Loving Testimony: Remembering Loved Ones Lost To AIDS |
| Gemini Award, Best Short Drama 1995:
Spoken Word: "A Letter to Harvey Milk."
Presented by The Canadian Academy of Film and Television |
| Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Children's
Book Category, 1994: Saturday
Is Pattyday |
| Silver Award, The Parents' Choice Foundation,
1994: Fat
Chance |
| James Baldwin Award For Cultural Achievement,
1993. Awarded by The Greater Boston Area Lesbian/Gay
Political Alliance |
| Winner, Highlights For Children Fiction
Writing Contest, 1992: "Remember That" |
| Author of the Month: Highlights For Children,
December 1992: "Remember That" |
| Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Children's
Book Category, 1992: Gloria
Goes To Gay Pride |
| Winner, Best Narrative Film, Ann Arbor Film
Festival, 1990: "A Letter to Harvey Milk,"
Produced by Yariv Cohen |
| Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Children's
Book Category, 1990: Heather
Has Two Mommies |
| Poetry Fellowship, Massachusetts Artist
Foundation, 1989: Commendation, National Poetry
Competition, 1988. Sponsored by the Chester H.
Jones Foundation: “What Good” |
| Second Place Finalist, 1987 Raymond Carver
Short Story Competition, 1987: “Something to Pass the
Time” |
| Honorable Mention, Urban Arts in Transit
Competition 1987: “Songs for Ten Scallops” |
| Runner Up, American Poetry Association Love
Poem Competition, 1987: “Love after love after love
after love and finally" |
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Current Projects
A short story collection:
| Where the Girls Are (forthcoming,
Alyson Publications, Spring 2002) |
Children's books:
| A Fire Engine for Ruthie (forthcoming
from Clarion Books) |
| Felicia's Favorite Story (forthcoming
Spring 2002 from Two Lives Publishing) |
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Lesléa Newman is also featured in the Legacy of Names
section of queertheory.com, an Index commemorating those who have
contributed to the development of queer culture and history.
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