The Audacity of a Kiss
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The Audacity of a Kiss

Love, Art, and Liberation

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The Audacity of a Kiss

Love, Art, and Liberation

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Shortlisted for Lesbian Memoir/Biography Lammy Award Rendered in bronze, covered in white lacquer, two women sit together on a park bench in Greenwich Village. One of the women touches the thigh of her partner as they gaze into each other's eyes. The two women are part of George Segal's iconic sculpture "Gay Liberation, " but these powerful symbols were modeled on real people: Leslie Cohen and her partner (now wife) Beth Suskin.In this evocative memoir, Cohen tells the story of a love that has lasted for over fifty years. Transporting the reader to the pivotal time when brave gay women and men carved out spaces where they could live and love freely, she recounts both her personal struggles and the accomplishments she achieved as part of New York's gay and feminist communities. Foremost among these was her 1976 cofounding of the groundbreaking women's nightclub Sahara, which played host to such luminaries as Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Pat Benatar, Ntozake Shange, Rita Mae Brown, Adrienne Rich, Patti Smith, Bella Abzug, and Jane Fonda. The Audacity of a Kiss is a moving and inspiring tale of how love, art, and solidarity can overcome oppression.

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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781978825130
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Frontispiece
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Epigraph
  8. Contents
  9. List of Illustrations
  10. Author’s Note
  11. Prologue
  12. Part I: Youth
  13. Part II: Freedom Calling
  14. Part III: A Posse of Outsiders
  15. Postscript
  16. Endpiece
  17. Gay Liberation Timeline
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Notes
  20. About the Author