Close Calls: New Lesbian Fiction

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Summary: Eclectic reading
Review: I have to say that I was greatly impressed by the diverse content of this anthology. I bought Close Calls six months ago, and have read it several times since. In many of the stories, I find things in the main character's personality, life, or problems that I can relate to. I would recommend it firsthand for a good read - lesbian, straight, or otherwise - as it offers glimpses into aspects of our lives that even some of us would not think of.

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Summary: Evocative and poetic.
Review: The reviewers have said it well: "Rogers's criterion for selection was unpublished stories that kept her glued to her seat -- in this case, an appropriate description for a collection that is without exception well written, original, and compelling."(Library Journal)"'. . .[T]he stories in this collection encompass all the possibilities of the form in general, yielding some delightful results.... With very few exceptions, the tales here are of high literary quality."'(Publisher's Weekly). . ."Close Calls provides a revealing survey of lesbian lives -- young and old; black, white, and Asian -- and deserves to find an audience of both lesbian and mainstream readers." (Booklist)