The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader by Joan Nestle

The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader

Joan Nestle

503 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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Surveys a decade of the attempt to reconstruct and understand the meaning and value of butch-femme relations for the contemporary lesbian, drawing on oral history, fiction, poetry, and fantasy

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Moods

informative 92%
reflective 71%
inspiring 64%
emotional 50%
hopeful 35%
challenging 14%
sad 14%
funny 7%
lighthearted 7%

Pace

medium 73%
slow 26%

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4.4

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