Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century reflects the brave new world of bisexual women's lives through an eclectic collection of articles that typifies an ongoing feminist process of theory grounded in life experience. The book's broad scope addresses a world created in response to lesbian-feminism, homophobia within the mainstream women's movement, and sexism within the gay rights movement. The book includes Carol Queen's memoirs of the swinging lesbian scene in the 1970s, a critical examination of Alice Walker's novel The Temple of My Familiar, and a look back at the controversy surrounding bisexual inclusion in the Northampton Lesbian and Gay Pride March in Massachusetts in the early 90s. Previous groundbreaking work on bisexuality had to focus on breaking the silence around bisexual invisibility. This collection works from that foundation to explore the complexities and histories of bisexual women's lives.

Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century examines:

* tensions between lesbians and bisexual women

* the shifting place of bisexual women in society

* the use of skin color as a charged metaphor

* the inclusion of bisexuality into queer theory

* groundbreaking new work on bisexual youth

* the creative use of the sacred whore archetype

Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century is an essential source of social and political critique, and a vital resource for anyone interested in the complex dynamics of human sexuality, regardless of sexual orientation.

n his most daring act yet, E. Lynn Harris writes the memoir of his life--from his childhood in Arkansas as a closeted bisexual through his struggling days as a self-published author to his rise as a "New York Times" bestselling author.

E. Lynn Harris was one of the first contemporary writers to portray black men who are involved with women but also carry on sexual relationships on the "down low" - secretively - with men. Before his romance novels about black life, gay and straight, generated a cult of dedicated - and curious - fans, Harris, himself, was a mess. A gay man, Harris didn't like being part of a social group some people found "deplorable." He wasn't fulfilled working as a computer salesman in corporate America, and he drank heavily. After a string of bad relationships, afraid he'd never find true love, Harris tried to kill himself.

It is this life that Harris writes about in his ninth book, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir.

"With his first book, he really exposed not just the black community to the whole black gay-bisexual lifestyle but the community at large," said Kristin Vaughan, senior book producer for BET.com. "The readers don't necessarily share his experience, but through his masterful writing he exposed them to an entire new world," she said. In his most daring act yet, Harris writes the memoir of his life--from his childhood in Arkansas as a closeted gay boy to his rise as a "New York Times" bestselling author.