"LIKING TO READ THINGS AND THOUGHTS I AM FAMILIAR WITH, I NATURALLY ENJOY GOOD NOVELS ABOUT THIS KIND OF LIFE. 'LESBIANA' HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL ALONG THIS LINE. MY ONLY WISH IN THIS INSTANCE IS THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THE ADDRESS AND THE NAME OF THE PUBLISHER IN ALL CASES. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THESE BOOKS IN MOST BOOK STORES, AND IF ONE DOES FIND A COPY ONE IS AFRAID TO BUY IT FOR FEAR SOMEONE YOU KNOW MIGHT SEE YOU MAKING THE PURCHASE.

"I HAVE FULLY ENJOYED THE SHORT STORIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH THE HAPPY ENDING. WE ALL KNOW FULL WELL THAT LIFE IS NOT A BOWL. OF CHERRIES AND THAT ALL RELATIONSHIPS, NORMAL AND OTHERWISE, DO NOT AL "AYS END UP HAPPILY. BUT WHY NOT HAVE STORIES END THAT WAY. THEY GIVE A PERSON HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, FOR A LIFE, FOR HAPPINESS."

"NIKI", MINNESOTA

"THIS IS AN ANSWER TO M.G. OF CALIFORNIA. IN THE ARTICLE OF MINE WHICH YOU CITED STATED HAD READ OVER 300 NOVELS ON MALE HOMOSEXUALITY. AT THE TIME I ORIGINALLY WROTE THAT ARTICLE THIS WAS TRUE. HOWEVER I HAVE NOW READ OVER 450 BOOKS (NOVELS, DRAMAS, POETRY) ON MALE HOMOSEXUALITY AND I HAVE RECORDS OF THE EXISTENCE OF ABOUT 700 TITLES IN ENGLISH ALONE, NOT COUNTING THE MANY FRENCH, GERMAN AND ITALIAN TITLES YET UNTRANSLATED. AN EXCELLENT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MALE HOMOSEXUALITY LISTING OVER 600 SUCH TITLES NOT INCLUDING ANY TECHNICAL OR SCIENTIFIC WORKS AT ALL IS OBTAINABLE FOR 1.75. THIS IS ENTITLED THE HOMOSEXUAL IN LITERATURE BY NOEL 1. GARDE, VILLAGE PRESS, 1959. IT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE VILLAGE THEATER CENTER, 116 CHRISTOPHER ST., NEW YORK 14.

NOW, ON LESBIANISM THERE ARE IN EXISTENCE ABOUT 500 TITLES IN ENGLISH AND PERHAPS 200 OR MORE IN OTHER LANGUAGES NOT YET TRANSLATED. I OWN UPWARDS OF 400 AND I HAVE READ OTHERS | HAVE NOT PURCHASED. THE AUTHORITATIVE WORK ON LESBIAN LITERATURE IS SEX VARIANT KOMEN IN LITE TURE BY JEANNETTE H. FOSTER. (DOB WILL HAVE AUTOGRAPHED COPIES OF THIS FINE WORK AVAILABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WATCH THE LADDER FOR DETAILS. ED.)

THE EDITORIAL NOTE WHICH FOLLOWS YOUR LETTER IN THE DECEMBER LADDER LISTS MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S CHECKLIST OF LESBIAN LITERATURE. HER ADDRESS, HOWEVER, IS NOW Box 158, ROCHESTER, TEXAS.

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