Leslie Cohen Knihy

Shortlisted for Lesbian Memoir/Biography Lammy AwardRendered in bronze, covered in white lacquer, two women sit together on a park bench in Greenwich Village. One of the women touches the thigh of her partner as they gaze into each other’s eyes. The two women are part of George Segal’s iconic sculpture “Gay Liberation,” but these powerful symbols were modeled on real Leslie Cohen and her partner (now wife) Beth Suskin.  In this evocative memoir, Cohen tells the story of a love that has lasted for over fifty years. Transporting the reader to the pivotal time when brave gay women and men carved out spaces where they could live and love freely, she recounts both her personal struggles and the accomplishments she achieved as part of New York’s gay and feminist communities. Foremost among these was her 1976 cofounding of the groundbreaking women’s nightclub Sahara, which played host to such luminaries as Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Pat Benatar, Ntozake Shange, Rita Mae Brown, Adrienne Rich, Patti Smith, Bella Abzug, and Jane Fonda.  The Audacity of a Kiss  is a moving and inspiring tale of how love, art, and solidarity can overcome oppression.

A timely and hilarious millennial women's fiction novel about two friends who decide to give up their search for a perfect man and devote their lives to each other-but their careful plan soon begins to unravel with unexpected consequences. But when their romantic lives implode at the same time, they decide enough is enough.

Das klassische Szenario: Mann trifft Frau … Frau geht mit einem anderen nach Hause. So beginnt die Geschichte von der quirligen Eve und dem realistischen Ben. Ein halbes Jahrzehnt lang lieben sie aneinander vorbei und verlieren sich dennoch nie aus den Augen. Doch plötzlich scheint ihre gemeinsame Zeit gekommen zu sein. Nach einer überraschenden Liebesnacht entsteht zwischen ihnen etwas Neues. Wird diese zarte, zerbrechliche Verbindung halten - vielleicht sogar für immer? »Eine junge Nora Ephron.« David Duchovny