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Northhampton, MA  01061

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Humor

• Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear (1997)

• The Little Butch Book (1998) with Yohah Ralph (Illustrator)

Nonfiction

• Writing from the Heart: Inspiration and Exercises for Women Who Want to Write (1993)

• SomeBody to Love: A Guide to Loving the Body You Have (1992)

• Write from the Heart: Inspiration & Exercises for Women Who Want to Write (2003)

Novels

• Good Enough to Eat: A Novel (1986)

• In Every Laugh a Tear: A Novel (1992)

Poetry

• Just Looking for My Shoes (1980)

• Love Me Like You Mean It (1987)

• Sweet Dark Places (1991)

• Still Life With Buddy: A Novel Told in Fifty Poems (1997)

• Signs of Love (2000)

Short Stories

• A Letter to Harvey Milk: Short Stories (1988)

• Secrets: Short Stories (1990)

• Every Woman's Dream: Short Fiction (1994)

• Girls Will Be Girls (2000)

• Just Like a Woman: Stories by Leslea Newman (Audio Cassette - October 2001)

• She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Romantic Fiction by Leslea Newman (2002) -- Finalist, 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Romance

• The Best Short Stories of Leslea Newman (2003)

Books for Kids and Teens

Picture Books

• Belinda's Bouquet (1991) with Michael Willhoite, Illustrator

• Gloria Goes to Gay Pride (1991) with Russell Crocker, Illustrator

• Saturday Is Patty Day (1993) with Annette Hegel, Illustrator

• Too Far Away to Touch (1995) with Catherine Stock, Illustrator

• Remember That (1996) with Karen Ritz, Illustrator

• Matzo Ball Moon (1998) with Elaine Greenstein, Illustrator

• Heather Has Two Mommies (1999) with Diana Souza, Illustrator

• Cats, Cats, Cats! (2001) with Erika Oller, Illustrator

• Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! (2002) with Erika Oller, Illustrator

• Felicia's Favorite Story (2002) with Adriana Romo, Illustrator - Finalist, 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Children/Young Adult

• Runaway Dreidel! (2002) with Kyrsten Brooker, Illustrator

• Pigs, Pigs, Pigs! (2003), Erika Oller, Illustrator

• The Best Cat in the World (2004) with Ronald Himler, Illustrator
  Victor and his mom and their cat Charlie are a family.  When Charlie dies, Victor is too sad to think about getting another cat.  Time passes and a kitten named Shelley enters Victor's life.  At first Victor is disappointed that Shelley acts differently than Charlie, but as he grows to love her for who she is, Victor realizes that every cat is the best cat in the world.  A must-read for cat-lovers of all ages.

• A Fire Engine for Ruthie (2004)

• The Boy Who Cried Fabulous (2004) with Peter Ferguson, Illustrator

• Where Is Bear? (2004)

• Daddy's Song (Future Release)

Middle Grade Level

• Fat Chance (1994)

• Hachiko Waits (2004) with Machiyo Kodaira

Teen Books

• Still Life With Buddy: A Novel Told in Fifty Poems (1997)

• Write from the Heart: Inspiration & Exercises for Women Who Want to Write (2003)

• Jailbait (Future Release)

Books edited by Lesléa Newman

• Eating Our Hearts Out: Personal Accounts of Women's Relationship to Food (1993)

• A Loving Testimony: Remembering Loved Ones Lost to AIDS (1995)

• The Femme Mystique (1995)

• Pillow Talk: Lesbian Stories Between the Covers (1998)

• My Lover Is a Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems (1999)

• Bedroom Eyes: Stories of Lesbians in the Boudoir (2002) - Finalist, 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica

• Pillow Talk II: More Lesbian Stories Between the Covers (2002)

• Will Work For Peace: New Political Poems (Date?) with Brett Axel (Editor) and Alix Olson, Amy Ouzoonian, Bill Zavatsky, Bob Holman, Carolyn Kizer, Charles Fishman, Charles Potts, Cid Corman, Colette Inez, Cristin Aptowicz, Daniela Gioseffi, David Ray, Dean Blehert, Diane di Prima, Donald Hall, Edwin Torres, Elaine Equi, Ellen Bass, Francis Driscoll, Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Janet Hamill, Lamont Steptoe, Leslea Newman, Lyn Lifshin, Marge Piercy, Marilyn Chin, Martin Espada, Maude Meehan, Maxine Chernoff, Michael Cadnum, Nicole Blackman, Peter Viereck, Regie Cabico, Roger Bonair-Agard, Sarah Jones, Sherman Alexie, Susan Griffin, Taylor Mali, Thaddeaus Rutkowski, and W. D. Snodgrass