Lesléa Newman

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Lesléa Newman (born 1955, Brooklyn, New York) is an author and editor of over 40 books. She is Jewish, a feminist and identifies as a femme lesbian.

She has written and edited over fifty books and anthologies. She has written about such topics as being a Jew, body image and eating disorders, lesbianism, gay parenting, and her gender role as a femme. Her best-known work is the controversial Heather Has Two Mommies. In 1990, many gay and lesbian couples and their children found the first reflections of their families in this picture book. ^[1]

Her literary awards include a Massachusetts Artists Fellowship in poetry and the James Baldwin award for Cultural Achievement. Four of her books have been Lambda Literary Award finalists.

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• Heather Has Two Mommies (ISBN 978-1555835439)
• Gloria Goes to Gay Pride (ISBN 978-1555831851)
• Matzo Ball Moon (ISBN 978-0618604814)
• Every Woman's Dream (ISBN 0934678626)
• The Femme Mystique (Editor) (ISBN 1555832555)
• Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear
• My Lover is a Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems
• Pillow Talk (Editor) (ISBN 1555834191)
• Hachiko Waits (ISBN 0805073361)

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[edit] External links

• Lesléa Newman
• Reading by Lesléa Newman from the Stonecoast MFA program's Winter 2008 residency