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Downloadable Press Releases: Cleis News & Events
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Lesbian Pulp Fiction Special Event at the San Francisco Public Library, Wednesday, August 17, 6:30pm, dated 07/13/05 (180 KB)

Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 Contributors Reading at A Different Light Bookstore in San Francisco, Thursday, Februrary 24, 7pm, dated 01/14/05 (168 KB)

Bay Area Poets Panel Discussion of Queer Beats at the San Francisco Public Library, Sunday, Februrary 6, 2pm, dated 01/13/05 (160 KB)

Foreign Affairs Contributor Reading at Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore: Wednesday, December 8th, 7:30pm, dated 10/27/04 (185 KB)

Cleis Press Wins Two Lambda Literary Awards, dated 06/07/04 (168 KB)

Censorship of Cleis Press Authors—in 2004?!?: Tristan Taormino, Violet Blue Singled Out, dated 04/12/04 (156 KB)


Downloadable Press Releases: Recent Books
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Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950-1965, dated 05/27/05 (172K)

I Once Had a Master, by John Preston, dated 03/31/05 (176 KB)

Wicked: Sexy Tales of Legendary Lovers, by Mitzi Szereto, dated 03/31/05 (180 KB)

Best Black Gay Erotica, edited by Darieck Scott, dated 12/17/04 (172 KB)

Best Women's Erotica 2005, edited by Marcy Sheiner, dated 12/10/04 (172 KB)

Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 and Best Gay Erotica 2005: Cleis Press Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Best-selling Lesbian and Gay Erotica Series in America, dated 10/07/04 (168 KB)

The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater, edited by Claude J. Summers, dated 11/11/04 (186 KB)

Arts and Letters, by Edmund White, dated 10/05/04 (192 KB)

The Ultimate Guide to Sexual Fantasy, by Violet Blue, dated 09/13/04 (164 KB)

Foreign Affairs, edited by Mitzi Szereto, dated 09/07/04 (184 KB)

Mr. Benson, by John Preston, dated 09/07/04 (184 KB)

Three-Way, edited by Alison Tyler, dated 09/07/04 (164 KB)

Queer Beats: How the Beats Turned America On to Sex, edited by Regina Marler, dated 08/16/04 (168 KB)

The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts, edited by Claude J. Summers, dated 06/11/04 (188 KB)

I Am My Own Wife: The True Story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, by Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, dated 06/01/04 (196 KB)

Spring Fire, by Vin Packer, dated 05/17/04 (172 KB)


Press Kits

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book, Second Edition, by Felice Newman (8.1 MB StuffIt Archive)
Includes press release, book cover art, author photo, sample interview questions, list of media coverage, and review clippings.


Publicity Contact

Publicity inquiries should be directed to Kara Wuest, Assistant to the Publishers.

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