the feminist press at cuny

Stranger on Lesbos

A neglected 1950's housewife discovers the delights and degradations of a forbidden love?and is f...

What Flowers Say

Roses plead to go out to dance; an old oak tree offers advice; paintings of gods and goddesses co...

Testo Junkie

This visionary book on gender and sexuality weaves together high theory and intimate memoir, with...

Queer Then and Now

An essential anthology of leading academics, activists, and artists on the state of queer studies...

The Echoing Ida Collection

Babygate

Moms-to-be get tons of advice on strollers, sleep training, and post-baby workouts. What they don...

August

Traveling home to rural Patagonia, a young woman grapples with herself as she makes the journey t...

Walking the Dog

A 'brilliant and layered' novel about a prodigy turned convict turned dog walker in her 40s from ...

Hey, Shorty!

At every stage of education, sexual harassment is common, and often considered a rite of passage ...

SLUT

The basis of the forthcoming NETFLIX series Grand Army.

Return to Lesbos

This treasure from the golden age of lesbian pulp fiction picks up where Stranger on Lesbos left ...

Bye Bye Blondie

In a wrecked modern version of a romance novel, acclaimed French writer Virginie Despentes pokes ...