A historical novel about Henry James's later life that quietly probes a writer's interiority and the repression of desire. Though historical in setting, its center is the loneliness of a person who cannot reach intimacy.

A novel of Henry James's silence and desire.

A biography of Audre Lorde that threads together family history, poetry, politics, and the experience of being a Black lesbian. It restores not only her public significance but also the complexity of the person behind the symbol.

Reading Audre Lorde's life and work in concrete detail rather than myth.