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90 Years on ‘Olivia’ Remains a Classic of Lesbian Literature
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90 Years on ‘Olivia’ Remains a Classic of Lesbian Literature

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 / 30 June 2020

It's good that we have our happy LGBTQ stories today, but it's also important to appreciate and understand the daunting depths of feeling that a love repressed can produce. In Dorothy Strachey's case, it produced the masterful Olivia.

Claude McKay’s ‘Romance in Marseille’ Is Ahead of Its Time
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Claude McKay’s ‘Romance in Marseille’ Is Ahead of Its Time

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 / 27 May 2020

Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille -- only recently published -- pushes boundaries on sexuality, disability, identity -- all in gorgeous poetic prose.