"JAY 'ALLACE'S 'LOCUST-YEARS' WAS A SIMPLY LOVELY STORY (IN YOUR CHRISTMAS ISSUE). SHE HAS CERTAINLY CAUGHT THE TYPE OF FEELINGS WHICH SURGE THROUGH A GAY WOMAN PAST THE AGE OF 35, WHO'S NOT NECESSARILY A 'GRANNY,' BUT IS AMONG THOSE WHO'VE ONLY DISCOVERED THEIR MOST IMPORTANT LEANINGS AFTER MARRIAGE.

"JAY HAS ALSO EXPRESSED MOST ACCURATELY, THROUGH CONNIE IN THIS STORY, THE TRUE INSIGNIFICANCE OF AGE, OR DIFFERENCE IN AGES, IN THE LESBIAN LIFE SOMETHING A PERSON NEW IN THIS KIND OF LIFE DOES NOT REALIZE AT FIRST AND CAN BECOME QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT UNNECESSARILY.

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"I'D ENJOY MORE SHORT STORIES IN THIS VEIN AND CAN'T HELP FEELING THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE AMONG YOUR READERS WHO WOULD. JAY WALLACE IS TO BE COMENDED FOR A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF FICTION SO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRUE FEELINGS IN REAL LIFE."

T. <., LOUISIANA

"NO SINGLE ISSUE OF THE LADDER HAS BEEN AS REWARDING TO ME PERSONALLY AS THIS VERY WONDERFUL JANUARY ISSUE.

"I AM SO VERY SORRY TO READ OF THE DEATH OF DR. Baker. SHE WAS INDEED A BLESSED SOUL. ·E HAVE LOST SO GOOD AN ARBITER AND FRIEND. THERE ARE NO WORDS ADEQUATE...

"YOUR EDITORIAL EXPRESSES MY VIEWS ENTIRELY, AND I WROTE TO ONE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO THAT EFFECT.

"THE ARTICLE BY VALERIE TAYLOR IS MAGNIFICENT. I WOULD ENJOY SECING MORE OF HER THOUGHTS IN PRINT."

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B. G., KANSAS

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