Hitching To Nirvana a novel by Janet Mason -- excerpts:

OZ --That evening she sets out in search of the jazz that was born in bordellos and played in the mournful and jubilant processions
Art -- Adrianne watches as the thick stream of smoke dissipates in the general dinginess of the bathroom, into the dreariness of their lives without Art.
Salt and Water -- I was once a perfect rise of sea. Salt water consumed me.
To the Ocean -- Voices whispered: do it, do it, do it.
The Sirens -- She was forty-five years old. Where had the years gone?

 

 

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Toni Brown -- 11/4/08 - 4/19/08 -- in memoriam -- new poems, audio
Portrait of a friendship: in memoriam Toni P. Brown, 11/4/52 to 4/17/08
links to Toni's poetry and audio clips of Toni reading her own work

Maralyn Lois Polak...Alexandra Grilikhes....more featured writers....

Preview Janet Mason's video of NYC Dyke March -- click here

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Tea Leaves: a memoir of mothers and daughters
I took my mother's death extremely hard. All the strength that I had when I was taking care of her drained out of me. In the first months, and even through the first year, I became ill frequently and was often so tired that I had to take a nap in the afternoons. I dreaded talking to casual acquaintances because when they asked what was new I would have to tell them...click here.

 

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Three Sapphics
a woman alone is touch...she hears herself in wind...
read more about a woman alone (Janet Mason) traveling in Athens, Crete, and Lesvos...
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