A Letter to Harvey Milk - Short Stories (Paperback, New edition)

This poignant and humorous collection of stories offers a fresh perspective on current issues such as homosexuality and anti-Semitism and lends a unique voice to those experiencing growing pains and self-discovery. Newman's readers accompany her quirky Jewish characters through all types of experiences from an initial lesbian sexual encounter to being sequestered in a college apartment after paranoid Holocaust flashbacks. In these stories characters anxiously discover their lesbian identities while beginning to understand, and finally to embrace, their Jewish heritage. The title story, "A Letter to Harvey Milk," was the second place finalist in the Raymond Carver Short Story Competition.

General

Imprint:	University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Library of American Fiction
Release date:	August 2004
First published:	August 2004
Authors:	Lesl ea Newman
Dimensions:	223 x 139 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-299-20574-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	0-299-20574-6
Barcode:	9780299205744

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