Artemissmith's Odd Girl Revisited

Rated: BUY THE BOOK by all advance reviewers Artemis Smith is a prominent strategist of the 1950-60's Rainbow civil rights coalition movements, author of the pulp fiction best sellers "Odd Girl,"" The Third Sex" and "This Bed We Made." The unexpurgated original version of "Odd Girl" in the Appendix, as well as the Memoir of the "autobiographical correlate" are indispensable additions to every Women's Studies, GLBT and 20th Century literary archive. The Author is an established professional Philosopher, Poet, Artist and Futurist. "Odd Girl" originally titled "Anne Loves Beth" has been cited since 1959 by nearly all the name reviewers of the genre and is a recognized classic in sustained demand by modern researchers. EXCERPT FROM A REVIEW by Mel Keegan of GLBT Bookshelf ODD GIRL REVISITED is a work of 'rare scholarship'-- so much so that it's not the "easy read" the mass market is looking for these days. It's a window on a world which is gone, and the savvy reader's brows will be popping up in many places, for many reasons ... as much an invaluable glimpse into its times as into the lives and hearts of gay/Gay girls who grew up in the decades before most of us were born.) The strength of the book is in its "realness." And I know that's not a word; but it's what I want to say. The people, places and events in this book are real. Fantastic as it seems (and the first 20pp, the backstory of the author's childhood, do seem more in keeping with a big-budget HBO Movie of the Week!) these events took place. As the Chinese curse goes, "May you live in interesting times." ... Recommended for the well-read; for the reader who isn't using the encyclopedia to prop up the DVD stand; for the writer researching the period'-- with or without any interest in gay culture of the twentieth century. Ideally suited to the American social and cultural studies, and of great interest as a window on the recent past. Also should catch the attention of executives at HBO, who might easily be captivated with the first 20pp, buy the movie rights and never even read the rest of the book! (One can see it now, starring Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill and Viggo Mortensen...) --BookWorld.editme.com GLBT Bookshelf, December 6, 2010 EXCERPT FROM A REVIEW BY Erin Schmidt of Rainbow Reviews ... Artemis Smith is a classic cult figure in the LGBT/Queer movement. She considers herself "unisex" or post-gender and doesn't fit neatly into pre-made queer categories.... She became an important voice in the gay rights, feminist and antiracism movement of the '50s.......The novel (Anne Loves Beth) has a wonderful slice-of-life sensibility, capturing the political and cultural atmosphere of the 1950's in an intimate way. It represents the days when LGBT gatherings were held deep underground for fear of police raids as well as homophobic street violence, but love still found a way to bloom under extremely difficult circumstances.