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Christina wrote: "Ok, recommendation: I am reading "Beyond the Pale" by Elana Dykewomon for my Lesbian Literature class and it's basically the greatest thing ever. The book is this intense combination of midwifery, ..."

Thanks, I'll definitely check it out.

Ok, recommendation: I am reading "Beyond the Pale" by Elana Dykewomon for my Lesbian Literature class and it's basically the greatest thing ever. The book is this intense combination of midwifery, yiddishkeit, and immigration to America within this larger and super feminist emphasis on the relationships between the women (i.e. mother/daughter, midwife/teacher). Anyway, I am amazed that this book is not more well known (although I am not surprised that it isn't since anything "lesbian" gets marginalized in literature), and I think you'd really, really like it.