Lesbian Debut Fiction Archives

‘Vera’s Will’ by Shelley Ettinger

“Don’t go. Let me show

June 18, 2015 • 2 Comments

‘The Albino Album’ by Chavisa Woods

The Albino Album is, at its core, a novel of the human condition. It’s a political novel. It’s a love story and a coming-of-age story. It’s the story of a girl who rides an albino horse and has no patience for the niceties of cultural conditioning. Suffice to say, it’s multifaceted, in the best possible way.

April 14, 2013

‘The Twelve Tribes of Hattie’ by Ayana Mathis

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie does not feel like a debut novel. The quality of the writing, its quiet intensity, the certainty of the narrative voices speaks of a polish and talent that has been practicing for years.

February 17, 2013

‘Art on Fire’ by Hilary Sloin

Art on Fire is framed as a biography of Francesca deSilva, a reluctantly revolutionary artist. DeSilva is a character of Sloin’s own making, but under the author’s deft craftsmanship she is an uncannily realized creation.

December 23, 2012