{"product_id":"the-gilda-stories-jewelle-gomez-9780872866744","title":"The Gilda Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Recommended by Reese Witherspoon's Book Club!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Voted One of \u003c\/i\u003eBook Riot's\u003ci\u003e Most Influential Queer Books \u0026amp; Horror Novels of All Time!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore \u003ci\u003eBuffy\u003c\/i\u003e, before \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e, before Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eFledgling\u003c\/i\u003e, there was \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Jewelle Gomez's sexy vampire novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories \u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\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.\"\u003cb\u003e--Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jewelle Gomez sees right into the heart. This is a book to give to those you want most to find their own strength.\"--\u003cb\u003eDorothy Allison, author of \u003ci\u003eBastard Out Of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJewelle Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, activist, and the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eForty-Three Septembers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDon't Explain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lipstick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlamingoes and Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOral Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories \u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Pauline Gumbs\u003c\/b\u003e was named one of \u003ci\u003eUTNE Reader\u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewelle Gomez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872866742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872866744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016","brand":"Jewelle Gomez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055564484863,"sku":"9780872866744","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c8d59d4-dfb6-4b31-8f8e-6226128d04eb.jpg?v=1685036513","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gilda-stories-jewelle-gomez-9780872866744","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}