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Cover of Nightwood

Book: Nightwood

By Djuna Barnes | Narrated by Gemma Dawson

Nightwood, Djuna Barnes’ strange and sinuous tour de force, “belongs to that small class of books that somehow reflect a time or an epoch” (Times Literary Supplement). That time is the period between the two World Wars, and Barnes’ novel…

Cover of Ladies Almanack

Book: Ladies Almanack

By Djuna Barnes

…most audacious lesbian text of its time. While the book pokes fun at the wealthy expatriates who were Barnes’ literary contemporaries and remains controversial today, it seems to have delighted its cast of characters, which was also the first audience….

Cover of Paris Was a Woman

Book: Paris was a Woman

By Andrea Weiss

…illustrations, this “scrapbook” of their work along with Andrea Weiss’ lively commentary highlights the political, social, and artistic lives of the renowned lesbian and bisexual Modernists, including Colette, Djuna Barnes, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Sylvia Beach, and many more….