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 Award
winning author Leslea Newman will be reading selections
from her recent works in the Administration Building Auditorium
at Landmark College in Putney, Vermont on November
11 at 7pm.
The program is free and open to the public. Ms. Newman's
reading will be followed by a reception
and refreshments.
Lesléa
Newman is the author of over 40 books including Heather Has Two Mommies, A Letter To Harvey Milk, Writing From The Heart, In
Every Laugh a Tear, The Femme Mystique, Still Life with Buddy, Fat
Chance and Out of the
Closet and Nothing to Wear.
She has received many literary awards including Poetry Fellowships from
the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation and the National Endowment
for the Arts, the Highlights for Children Fiction Writing Award, the
James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, and two Pushcart Prize
Nominations. Nine of her books have been Lambda Literary Award finalists.
Ms. Newman wrote Heather Has Two Mommies, the first
children's book to portray lesbian families in a positive
way, and is also the author of many books for adults
that deal with lesbian identity,
Jewish identity and the intersection and collision
between the two. Other topics Ms. Newman explores include
AIDS, eating disorders, butch/femme
relationships and sexual abuse. Her award-winning short
story, A Letter To Harvey Milk has been made into a
film and adapted for the stage
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