Clit Notes: A Sapphic Sampler

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.com Review ----------- You never know how writing for the stage will translate to the page, but the five performance pieces in "Clit Notes" make the move remarkably well. Perhaps because Holly Hughes is a brilliant writer, which you will discover when you read this incredible collection. The hysterically funny "The Well of Horniness",; which my girlfriend remembers almost having to walk out of because she was laughing so hard she was afraid she would pee in her pants, is almost as dangerous when read alone. What might qualify Hughes for genius stature, though, is how she hooks that humor to the most savage truth, as she does in the latter three pieces in the collection about, among other things, her mother, her her, and growing up "middle everything" in America. If any work outlasts our present era, this may be among it.Clit Notes is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Drama. Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) From Library Journal -------------------- Known to most readers as one of the central figures of recent NEA grant controversy, Obie Award winner Holly Hughes has collected her performance texts in this volume. Her early pieces, such as The Well of Horniness, were originally ed at the small audiences of the WOW Cafe, an experimental lesbian theater that was poorly funded but open to new ideas back in 1983. Witty, sarcastic, and a little bit bitter, the author gave women the rtunity to be silly away from the male gaze. It is doubtful that these plays will appeal to everyone, but they share some creative traits also found in the writings of Alfred Jarry and William Burroughs. Other lesbian writers will probably be more enduring, but few are as popular at the moment. Good for large collections with a strong emphasis on gay/lesbian studies or contemporary art.?Susan Olcott, Columbus Metropolitan Lib., Ohio Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) See all Editorial Reviews ( /dp/product-description/0802133339/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&isInIframe=0 )