"The uneasy feeling (for me) of pieces falling into place, recollections demanding in some way to be dealt with. (p43)"

"Isolation. I had nobody to tell, and no language for it anyhow. (p28)"

"It was easy, a few years ago, to think that lesbian poetry didn't exist. It had, of course, always been there-dusty i…"

"Lesbian Poetry must be seen as a the tip of an iceberg. The presence in it, for example, of Jean Mollison, a 63-year-…"

"...I did what I had always done. I held tight to my rational side, going on with business as usual, seeking in reason…"

"I'm beginning to understand how my sense of identification with other women is making possible my own writing and rec…"

"My childhood had sealed off whole rooms where I couldn't look. I’d learned well to brick up how I felt... (p49)"

"Writing pushes me, not to answers, but to questions, criticisms, problems, and possible strategies. It intersects wit…"

"How much easier it is for someone to say simply that she is oppressed-as a woman, a Black, a lesbian, a low-income wo…"

"Whatever our differences, efforts to address them directly should always be seen as attempts to break down divisions …"