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Elsa Gidlow

Born

in Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

December 29, 1898

Died

June 08, 1986

Genre

Poetry, Lesbian

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Elsa Gidlow (29 December 1898 – 8 June 1986) was a poet, who in 1923 published the first volume of openly lesbian love poetry in the United States, On a Grey Thread. She promoted alternative spiritualities including Buddhism and Goddess Worship. In the 1940s she founded a rural retreat center, the Druid Heights Artists Retreat, in Marin County, California. She lived there until her death in 1986. Other residents at Druid Heights have included well-known figures such as her close friend Alan Watts and feminist theorist Catharine MacKinnon. ...more

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	Female Erasure: What You Need to Know About Gender Politics' War on Women, the Female Sex and Human Rights by Ruth Barrett (Editor), Germaine Greer (Foreword), Lane Anderson 4.07 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On a Grey Thread 4.31 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1923 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elsa: I Come With My Songs 4.57 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sapphic Songs: Eighteen to Eighty 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sapphic songs: Seventeen to Seventy 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	At the Top of the World (in Short Poetry Collection 169 ) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You say I am mysterious.
Let me explain myself:
In a land of oranges
I am faithful to apples.”
― Elsa Gidlow

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“Day draws towards twilight:
I dream idly,
Heavy with longings.”
― Elsa Gidlow, Sapphic Songs: Eighteen to Eighty

tags: dreaming, longing, twilight

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“Woman, so gentle in my arms
Loving, you have opened to me
Fierce, my own dark heart
And found therein and to me reflected
My source of light.”
― Elsa Gidlow

tags: lesbian-love, love, wlw

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