by Bonnie J. Morris (Author)
Feminist scholar Hannah Stern finds herself working at the Library of Congress, assigned to catalogue a donation of rare lesbian books. But it's more than a one-year job in Washington: it's a mission handed to her by Sappho, The Overhead Herself. When a series of desperate, haunted phone calls from the ghosts of lesbian writers directs her to rescue even more at-risk books, Hannah begins a journey into the love affair between banned writers and newly-out readers. Will hearing others' fond memories of lesbian books from the 1920s and 1970s help Hannah save their legacy for future generations? Or will Isabel, Hannah's partner and the mystical proprietor of Sappho's Bar and Grill, have to summon her magic to save the entire bar membership?
Author Biography
BONNIE J. MORRIS is a women's studies lecturer and professor at the University of California Berkeley, Georgetown and George Washington University. She is the author of 16 books, including three Lambda Literary Finalists, two national first-prize chapbooks, and the critical feminist texts Women's History for Beginners and The Disappearing L. Her newest book, The Feminist Revolution: The Struggle for Women's Liberation, was chosen by Oprah.com as a Best Book to Read March 2018.