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"In an outstanding novella and (with a couple of exceptions) rich and satisfying stories, Bledsoe shows herself to be a smart and savvy writer. All of these stories are about lesbians, and many are about sports. In the sweet 'State of Grace' the narrator recalls her youthful first love, a softball teammate, and compares falling in love to making a great play. A woman takes a 'Solo' trip and mourns her often cantankerous and now dead mountaineering partner; and, in the title story, a high-school gym teacher contemplates taking a college job to please her more money-conscious lover and plays a late-night game of one-on-one with a student. The excellent novella, 'The Place Before Language,' follows a woman who has just been dumped by her girlfriend of 10 years for another woman and is working as a park ranger for the summer. In this tender work, Bledsoe perfectly evokes the healing power of the outdoors and the fishbowl atmosphere of such a workplace. Occasionally, Bledsoe loses her footing, as when an older lesbian enlightens 'two adorable young things' who disparage her generation in 'Sex Is an Ancient Practice,' or when a lesbian includes her corporate boss in a kiss-out in 'The Rescue.' Both of these are brief and seem more like settings for a few funny lines and obvious points than for telling stories. They are, however, the exceptions in this fine collection." --PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY.
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Sweat: stories and a novella
1995, Seal Press, Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West
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1878067648 9781878067647
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