Lesléa Newman
Leslea Newman ( born 1955 in Brooklyn, New York ) is an American author.
Newman has been written over 40 books. She lives openly lesbian and is a representative of feminism. One of the themes of her books are her life as a Jew, the topics, body image and eating disorders, lesbian life, Rainbow families and their gender roles as a femme.
She received a literary award the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship in Poetry and the James Baldwin price. Four of her books were finalists for the Lambda Literary Award.
Works (selection)
- Heather Has Two Mommies
- Every Woman 's Dream. ISBN 0-934678-62-6
- The Femme Mystique. ISBN 1-55583-255-5
- Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear
- My Lover is a Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems
- Pillow Talk. ISBN 1-55583-419-1
- " Hachiko Waits ".