Jeanette Winterson
Novelist and essayist Jeanette Winterson frequently explores gender issues and sexual identity in her writing. Her books include Sexing the Cherry and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
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- Stories 16
- Followers 64
- Reads 240
- Books 7
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All I Know About Gertrude Stein
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Granta | June 2011
In 1907 a woman from San Francisco named Alice B. Toklas arrived in Paris. She was going to meet a fellow American living there already. She was excited because she’d heard a lot about Gertrude Stein.
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The Kids Are All Right Makes Gay the New Normal
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The Times | September 2010
The surprise film success of the year is about gay mums. Have we finally arrived at a time when lesbians are no longer weird.
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Shafts of Sunlight
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The Guardian | November 2008
Poetry is not merely a luxury for the middle classes — it offers a tough language for those with hard lives. As a TS Eliot festival opens in London, Jeanette Winterson remembers how his poems helped her through her troubled teenage years.
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