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Here in this room is where I do most of my living. Here I write and make love and read. Here I watch my sports and answer mail and long for my love to return from her home in Melbourne, Australia. What follows are the covers of my books, all of which became real in this room. I want to draw your attention to my newest collection of writings, A Fragile Union (Cleis Press) because I was not able to travel the country speaking about it and I would like you to read it.

Published Works

Click on a book’s cover if you’d like to buy a book or learn more about it at Amazon.com. Unless noted otherwise, these books are available in paperback.

These books are offered in association with Amazon.com — but please, support queer-friendly independent publishers and bookdealers whenever possible! If you live in the New York area, I especially urge you to support Bluestockings Women’s Bookstore and Oscar Wilde Bookshop.

Most Recent Publications

	GENDERqUEER: Voices from Beyond the Binary. Co-edited with Clare Howell and Riki Wilchins. Los Angeles: Alyson Publications:, 2002.
	“How a ‘Liberationist’ Fem Understands Being a Queer Jew, or How Taking Advice from a Prophet, Even a Jewish One, is (un)Transformative,” in Queer Jews, edd. David Shneer and Caryn Aviv. NY: Routledge, 2002, pp 23-26. Available in hardcover and paperback.
	“Conversation with Martin Duberman and Joan Nestle” in NYCSex: How NYC Transformed Sex in America, ed. Grady T. Turner. London: Scala Publications, 2002. Publication of the Museum of Sex, NYC.

Books I've Written

	A Fragile Union: New and Collected Writings Cleis Press, 1998 (1999 Finalist for the American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Book Award for Nonfiction 1998 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Studies) Pieces from this book now online: Introduction, “On Rereading ‘Esther’s Story’” and The Uses of Strength.
	A Restricted Country Firebrand Books (R.I.P.) Officially out-of-print as of January 1, 2001 — but unofficially, you may still be able to buy copies. Will be reissued in 2003 by Cleis Press! (1988 Finalist for the American Library Association Gay Book Award) Read the Preface. Reprints: River Oram Press, 1998 Pandora Press Press, 1996. Read the Introduction. Sheba Press: London, 1989

Books I've Edited or Co-edited

	Best Lesbian Erotica 2000 Co-edited with Tristan Taormino Cleis Press, 1999
	The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction Co-edited with Naomi Holoch Vintage Books, 1999 (2000 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian & Gay Anthology-Fiction)
	Women on Women 3: An Anthology of Lesbian Short Fiction Co-edited with Naomi Holoch Plume Books/New American Library, 1996 (1997 Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay & Lesbian Anthology-Fiction) Out of print, but used copies are still available.
	Sister and Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Write about Their Lives Together Co-edited with John Preston HarperSanFrancisco, 1994 (1995 Finalist for the American Library Association Gay & Lesbian Book Award for Nonfiction 1994 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian and Gay Anthology-Nonfiction) Out-of-print, but used copies can sometimes be found in hardcover and paperback.
	Women on Women 2: An Anthology of Lesbian Short Fiction Co-edited with Naomi Holoch Plume Books/New American Library, 1993 Out of print, but used copies are still available.
	The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader Alyson Publications, 1992 (1992 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Anthology) Out of print, limited availability of used copies.
	Women on Women 1: An Anthology of Lesbian Short Fiction Co-edited with Naomi Holoch Plume Books/New American Library, 1990 (1990 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Anthology) Out of print, but used copies are still available.

Anthologized Essays, Short Stories and Poems (Selected)

	Coming Out of Cancer: Writings from the Lesbian Cancer Epidemic Edited by Victoria A. Brownworth Seal Press, 2000 Seal Press’s proceeds from this book go to The Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer.
	Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Edited by Peggy Munson Haworth Press, 2000
	Hot and Bothered 2: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire Edited by Karen X. Tulchinsky Arsenal Pulp Press, 2000
	The Oy of Sex: Jewish Women Write Erotica Edited by Marcy Sheiner Cleis Press, 1999 Out of print, limited availability.
	Friday the Rabbi Wore Lace: Jewish Lesbian Erotica Edited by Karen X. Tulchinsky Cleis Press, 1998
	Hot & Bothered: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire Edited by Karen X. Tulchinsky Arsenal Pulp Press, 1998
	Femme: Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls Co-edited by Laura Harris and Elizabeth Crocker Routledge, 1997 The hardcover edition is out of print, but some used copies are available. The paperback is still in print.
	Queer Representations: Reading Lives, Reading Cultures Edited by Martin Duberman Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York in conjunction with New York University Press, 1997 The hardcover edition is now out of print and scarce, but the paperback is readily available.
	Off the Rag: Lesbians Writing on Menopause Edited by Lee Lynch and Akia Woods New Victoria Publishers, 1996 My contribution to this anthology is now online: Desire Perfected: Sex After Forty
	Tangled Sheets: Stories & Poems of Lesbian Lust Co-edited by Rosamund Elwin & Karen X. Tulchinsky Women's Press, 1995 This paperback is out of print, but a limited number of used copies are still available.
	Heatwave: Women in Love and Lust: Lesbian Short Fiction Edited by Lucy Jane Bledsoe Alyson Publications, 1995. Out of print; used copies still available.
	Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition Edited by Barbara Sang, Joyce Warshow and Adrienne J. Smith Spinsters Book Company, 1991 My contribution to this anthology is now online: Desire Perfected: Sex After Forty
	The Lesbian Periodicals Index By Clare Potter Naiad Press, 1986. Out of print; some used copies are still available.

Publications in Magazines and Journals (Selected)

“‘You’re So Full On’: A Portrait of Australian Playwright, Poet and Novelist Dorothy Hewett,” in The Women’s Review of Books, vol. xvll, May 2000: 6-7.

“Taking Rita Hayworth in My Mouth” ...An explicit sexual story where sex meets myth. Published in Best Lesbian Erotica of 2000 (Cleis Press, 1999) and Best of Best Lesbian Erotica (Cleis Press, 2000).

“Our Gift of Touch,” Trans. Into Yiddish by Hinde Burstin, Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends, vol 8, Spring 2000: 142-145.

Portraits of and Interviews with Me (Selected)

	“On the pulse of herstory with Joan Nestle” Interview by Loann Halden. The Miami Weekly, October 10, 2002.
	“Joan Nestle, Sixty and Sexy” Interview by Angeline Acain and Susan Eisenberg in the January-April 2001 issue of Ripe magazine: Gay, Lesbian, & Transgender Midlife and Older (No longer online or being published.)
	Outstanding Lives: Profiles of Lesbians and Gay Men By Michael Bronski (consulting editor) et al. Visible Ink Press, 1997. Out of print; used copies still available.
	Particular Voices: Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Writers By Robert Giard MIT Press, 1997 The hardcover edition is out of print but used copies can be found. Or get it new in paperback.

Film/Video Appearances

	Hand on the Pulse. Dir. Joyce Warshow, 2002. 52 min. Available in VHS and DVD formats from Frameline.org.
	Dyke TV Arts: Hand on the Pulse - Joan Nestle [Requires the RealPlayer.] Broadcast in 2002.
	Dyke TV Eyewitness: Joan Nestle [Requires the RealPlayer.] Broadcast in 1994.
	Stolen Moments Directed by Margaret Wescott National Film Board of Canada, 1988 Available in NTSC format only

Awards are listed on next page.

See my fridge, in the Dining Room/Kitchen, for notices/links about
Upcoming Readings & Public Appearances
and What My Friends Are Doing