Russ Joanna - On Strike Against God - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A lost feminist masterwork by feminist and speculative fiction icon Joanna Russ about a lesbian's coming - to - consciousness during the social upheaval of the 1970s. When Esther an English professor living in 1970s small - town New York has her first lesbian love affair the fallout brings her everyday miseries into focus and sends her spiraling. Confronted with the homophobia of straight feminists and the misogyny of gay men Esther is left to forge a language for her feminism and her burgeoning lesbian desire. A darkly comedic story of feminist love hope and reckoning On Strike Against God's call to readers Let's be reasonable. Let's demand the impossible rings urgently true today. Originally published in 1980, On Strike Against God is the only realist novel by feminist science fiction icon Joanna Russ. This new critical edition includes previously unpublished alternate endings to the novel letters between Joanna Russ and acclaimed poet Marilyn Hacker and additional essays by Russ. Contemporary authors Jeanne Thornton and Mary Anne Mohanraj discuss Russ's continued impact and an interview with science fiction luminary Samuel R. Delany reflects on Delany's decades - long friendship with Russ.
Title: On Strike Against God
Author(s): Russ Joanna, Alec Pollak
Publisher: Feminist Press At The City University Of New York
Barcode: 9781558613140
Pages: 208 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 7/23/2024
Category: Lesbian Studies