{"product_id":"the-gilda-stories-expanded-25th-anniversary-edition-by-jewelle-gomez-forward-by-alexis-pauline-gumbs","title":"The Gilda Stories: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition by Jewelle Gomez, Forward by Alexis Pauline Gumbs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e*Chosen one of the 250 Most Influential Books in U.S. History by the Brooklyn Public Library!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e*Recommended by Reese Witherspoon's Book Club!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e*Voted One of \u003c\/span\u003eBook Riot's\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Most Influential Queer Books \u0026amp; Horror Novels of All Time!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBefore\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBuffy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ebefore \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTwilight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ebefore Octavia Butler’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFledgling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e there was\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e Jewelle Gomez’s sexy vampire novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis remarkable novel begins in 1850s Louisiana, where Gilda escapes slavery and learns about freedom while working in a brothel. After being initiated into eternal life as one who \"shares the blood\" by two women there, Gilda spends the next two hundred years searching for a place to call home. An instant lesbian classic when it was first published in 1991, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Gilda Stories \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas endured as an auspiciously prescient book in its explorations of blackness, radical ecology, re-definitions of family, and yes, the erotic potential of the vampire story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is groundbreaking not just for the wild lives it portrays, but for how it portrays them--communally, unapologetically, roaming fiercely over space and time.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eEmma Donoghue, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRoom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Jewelle Gomez sees right into the heart. This is a book to give to those you want most to find their own strength.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDorothy Allison, author of\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBastard Out Of Carolina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJewelle Gomez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a writer, activist, and the author of many books including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eForty-Three Septembers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDon't Explain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lipstick Papers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFlamingoes and Bears\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOral Tradition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Gilda Stories \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas the recipient of two Lambda Literary Awards, and was adapted for the stage by the Urban Bush Women theater company in thirteen United States cities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAlexis Pauline Gumbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was named one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUTNE Reader\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's 50 Visionaries Transforming the World, a Reproductive Reality Check Shero, a Black Woman Rising nominee, and was awarded one of the first-ever \"Too Sexy for 501c3\" trophies. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Speculative Fiction Special","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44582649757784,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4146\/8760\/files\/9780872866744.jpg?v=1786551317","url":"https:\/\/crownebooks.com\/products\/the-gilda-stories-expanded-25th-anniversary-edition-by-jewelle-gomez-forward-by-alexis-pauline-gumbs","provider":"Crowne Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}