Poetry

Poetry Catalogue as of November 2014

Poetry has been listed in alphabetical order of author’s last name. Details are in the following order:
Catalogue number
Author
Title
Description
Date published
Number of tapes
Reader’s name

166
Aspen
Aspen’s Poems and Stories
This collection of published and unpublished works brings you lesbian living at its most tender, funny, painful, loving and strange. Includes everyday lesbian issues such as falling in love, break-ups, friendship, politics, childhood, disability, sex, mental health and recovery. Aspen’s warm and accessible writing also includes alternative folk tales, science fiction and experimental writing written by a lesbian who loves being a lesbian. Read by the author.
Published 1996
6 tapes
Read by Aspen

033N
Dykestein, Val
Hollow Seed
Poetry, written and read by the author published unknown
1 tape
Read by Author

032N
Hacker, Marilyn
Love, Death and the Changing of the Seasons
Poetry. This is a recovered book, the quality not high.
Published 1987
2 tapes
Read by Pat

026N
Harris, Ruth
Love by Proxy
My poetry is not for the fainthearted, yet, it will give strength to those who feel weak and at a loss for words”
Published 1992
1 tape
Read by Ruth Harris

021N
Jin, Meiling
Gifts from My Grandmother
Poems by a Chinese woman from Guyana, living in England. Story of migration to England, where she grows up and learns to survive. Poignant evocation of ancestral voices. Angry, bitter, also wry humour, love.
Published 1985
1 tape
Read by Meiling Jin

192
Klepfisz, Irena
Different Enclosures: Poetry of Irena Klepfisz
Endurance, repression, survival, exclusion, absurdity and work are the themes which drive this relentless poetry. Irena says, “I write as much out of a Jewish consciousness as I do out of a lesbian feminist consciousness.”
Published 1985
1 tape
Read by Chris

018N
Namjoshi, Suniti; Hanscombe, Gillian
Flesh and Paper
A public reading of poetry at Virago Bookshop, London, June 1986, followed by discussion. An exploration of the effect of audience and context on lesbian verse. Low recording level – very quiet.
Published 1986
2 tapes
Read by Authors

018N
Namjoshi, Suniti; Hanscombe, Gillian
Flesh and Paper
Publication of Lesbian verse and letters exchanged between Suniti and Gillian over the years. Simultaneous tape production also – first in a series from newly launched Jezebel Books and Tapes.
Published 1986
1 tape
Read by Authors

022N
Nicholls, Grace
The Fat Black Woman’s Poems
A collection of poetry by a British based Black woman born in Guyana.
Published 1984
1 tape
Read by Juliet Garricks

019N
Parker, Pat
Movement in Black: The Collected Poetry of Pat Barker 1961-1978
Works by Black lesbian feminist poet who continues tradition of American Black literature and revives militant feminist writing. Re-founded partially-submerged tradition of lesbian poetry dating from 600 BCE.
Published 1978
2 tapes
Read by Carmen Tunde

025N
Twins, Vera – Sue, Berta and Eve
Various poetry
Read at the Second Feminist Tape-away
An assortment of poetry about women in general, lesbians in particular. Reading 1986, Unpublished, London
1 tape
Read by Sue, Berta and Eve

024N
Zara, J; Margoles, M; Wandor, M; Freistadt, Bertha; Joseph, T
Jewish Women Poets: Public reading, London 30/4/85
Contents: Josephine Zara – poems; Miriam Margoles – Everybody’s Autobiography, Blood on the dining room floor; Michelene Wandor – From the Gardens of Eden; Tessa Joseph – Poems
Published 1985
2 tapes
Read by Various

020N
Zara, Joesphine; Dykestein, Val
Jewish Lesbian Evening of Poetry, Plays and Wine; 24th June 1986
Jo – two stories: The Development and My Grandson, and poems. Val – Poems from ‘Hollow Seeds’ collection, stories include Treats, Why I Can’t Show My Grandmother Anything I Write and song Paula’s Lament
Published 1986, Unpublished
2 tapes
Read by Jo Zara and Val Dykestein