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Alarcón, Norma, Ana Castillo and Cherríe Moraga, Eds. The Sexuality of Latinas. Berkeley, CA: Third Woman Press, 1988.
A bilingual anthology covering all aspects of Latina female sexuality.

Anzaldúa, Gloria E. Interviews/Entervista. Ed. Analouise Keating. New York, NY: Routledge, 2000.
A collection of conversations, sort of a memoir, of the queer Chicana feminist author.

Berman, Sabina. Lunas. Mexico, DF: Editorial Katón, 1988.
Poetry from a lesbian perspective.

Calderón, Sara Levi. Dos Mujeres. Mexico, DF: Diana, 1991.

---. The Two Mujeres. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Press, 1992.
This novel is sort of a coming out story of a woman in Mexico City.

Castillo, Ana. So Far From God. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1993.
A novel on the relationships of women with some commentary on AIDS.

---. The Mixquiahuala Letters. Tempe, AR: Bilingual Press, 1986.
Castillo’s first novel about the relationship of two women.

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1984, 1989. Reprint New York: Random House/Vintage 1991.

---. Woman Hollering Creek, and Other Stories. New York, NY: Random House, 1991.
Both books are collections of the stories of various women, with varying sexualities.

Cordova, Jeanne. Faults. Boston, MA: Alyson Press, 1999.
A novel with some lesbian content.

---. Margins. Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 1992.
Dual language novel about a young lesbian.

de la Peña, Terri. Latin Satins. Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 1994.
A novel about a Chicana lesbian singing group in Santa Monica.

Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. Sor Juana's Second Dream. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1999.
The story of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a 17th century Mexican lesbian author.

Gaspar de Alba, Alicia, María Herrera-Sobek and Demetria Martínez. Three Times a Woman: Chicana Poetry. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 1989.
Dual language book of poetry.

Gil-Gomez, Ellen M. Performing La Mestiza: Textual Representations of Lesbians of Color and the Negotiation of Identities. (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory: The Interaction of Text and Society). New York, NY: Garland Press, 2000.

Gomez, Alma, Cherríe Moraga, and Mariana Romo-Carmona, Eds. Cuentos: Stories by Latinas. New York, NY: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1983.
Bilingual anthology of stories, some from lesbian authors.

Gomez-Vega, Ibis. Send My Roots Rain. San Francisco, CA: Aunt Lute Foundation, 1991.
A novel about a lesbian artist dealing with her sexuality.

Martínez, Elena M. Lesbian Voices from Latin America. Hamden, CT: Garland Publishers. 1996.

Moraga, Cherrie. Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca Paso Por Sus Labios. Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983.
A collection of poetry and essays, sort of a memoir, from queer author Moraga.

---. The Last Generation: Prose and Poetry. Boston, MA: South End Press, 1993.
Another collection of essays and poetry. Moraga has several other books out as well.

Obejas, Achy. Memory Mambo. Pittsburgh, PA: Cleis Press, 1996.
Obejas is a Cuban lesbian. This is her first novel, a story about a Latina lesbian and her struggles with family, identity and work.

---. We Came All The Way From Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? Stories. Pittsburgh, PA: Cleis Press, 1994.
Stories about Latino immigrants, lesbians, gays, addicts, and other people facing life challenges.

---. Days of Awe. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2001.
This novel is less about sexuality and more about racial identity.

Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth and Margarita Fernéndez Olmos. El Placer de la Palabra: Erótica Femenina de América Latina. Mexico, DF: Editorial Planeta, 1991.

---. Pleasure in the Word: Erotic Writing by Latin American Women. White Pine, 1991.
An anthology of erotic writing from 20th century Latin American writers, some of whom are lesbians.

Peri Rossi, Cristina. Evohe. Washington, DC: Azul Editions, 1994.
A collection of erotic lesbian poetry. Peri Rossi has numerous other books out. This particular one was banned by the military.

Rodriguez, Aleida. Garden of Exile: Poems. Louisville, KY: Sarabande, 1999.
A collection of poems from a Cuban-American lesbian poet.

Romo-Carmona, Mariana. Living at Night. Duluth, MN: Spinsters Ink, 1997.
The main character of this novel is a working-class Puerto Rican lesbian.

Silvera, Makeda, ed. Piece of My Heart: A Lesbian of Colour Anthology. Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1991.
An anthology of stories from lesbians of color, including some Latinas.

Troyano, Alina, et al. I, Carmelita Tropicana: Performing Between Culture. Boston, MA: Bluestreak/Beacon, 2000.
Troyano is a Cuban lesbian feminist performance artist. This is a collection of her prose and plays.

Trujillo, Carla, ed. Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About. Berkeley, CA: Third Woman Press, 1991.
An anthology of poetry, art, essays, letters and interviews of Chicana lesbians.

Umpierre-Herrera, Luz María. The Margarita Poems. Berkeley, CA: Third Woman Press.
A collection of poems from this lesbian poet.
 
 

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