Lesbian Friendships: For Ourselves and Each Other (Cutting Edge)

Lesbian Friendships explores the particular kinds of friendships lesbians have with one another and with their nonlesbian friends. It looks at the continuum of relationships as friends, lovers, the gray area between the two, and as former-lovers-but-still-good-friends.

In response to their call for submissions, Jacqueline Weinstock and Esther Rothblum received essays, letters, anecdotes, poems, and photos from published and first-time writers. Teri de la Pena's essay recalls the sweetness of her friendship with Elisa, the first other Latina lesbian writer she'd ever met. Anndee Hochman writes about sharing a house with her best friend Rachael, and Rachael's male lover, John, despite the raised eyebrows of some disapproving anti-male lesbians. These essays both celebrate the joys and acknowledge the complications of lesbian friendships.