Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past is a landmark anthology edited by Martin B. Duberman, Martha Vicinus, and George Chauncey that brought together, for the first time, vital new scholarly work lifting the veil from the gay and lesbian past. Spanning thirty essays by leading researchers including John Boswell, Jeffrey Weeks, and John D'Emilio, the collection illuminates same-sex life across an extraordinary range of cultures and eras—from Plato's Athens and Renaissance Italy to Jazz Age Harlem, Revolutionary Russia, Nazi Germany, and post-World War II San Francisco—and across peoples as diverse as South African black miners, American Indians, Chinese courtiers, Japanese samurai, English schoolchildren, and urban working women. By demonstrating that definitions of 'normal' sexuality have varied widely across time and place, the anthology established the scholarly legitimacy of gay and lesbian history and set the agenda for decades of subsequent research.

Thirty groundbreaking essays reveal how profoundly the meaning of sexuality has differed across cultures and centuries—restoring the hidden history of gay and lesbian lives.

A selected anthology of Gertrude Stein's poetry, fiction, and drama, compiled and introduced by poet and activist Judy Grahn. Organized in three sections, each prefaced by one of Grahn's essays, the book serves as a practical primer for readers who find Stein's work daunting. Grahn offers concrete reading strategies — reading aloud, suspending judgment — and draws on lesser-known Stein pieces, including 'Marguerite, or A Novel of High Life,' to illuminate how Stein distinguished between identity and essence. The approach is personal and intuitive rather than academic, making this an accessible entry point for newcomers to Stein's modernist world.

"By suspending judgment and agreeing with myself to keep reading even when I can't find a way to recognize myself, I have begun to muddle into the landscape of her mind." — from Judy Grahn's introductory essay