Sister Spit

"Michelle Tea is the literary purveyor of fucking bring-it."--SF Weekly "To walk away from Sister Spit is to discover a constellation of roughly-hewn stars ..."--Los Angeles Review of Books "This book is a queer anthem. It flashes bright neon lights and blows out plumes of dirty glitter."--Autostraddle "This riotous collage edited by a Sister Spit cofounder celebrates the acclaimed underground lesbian-feminist roadshow. Poetry, art, stories and snippets of self-reflection from the collective's rotating membership honor this cultural institution in its signature provocative fashion."--Ms. Magazine "Sister Spit: Writings, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road is a genuine, honest and funny collection of stories. It captures the provocative, brazen and high-energy nature of Sister Spit, though it reads like a personal journal."--Art Animal "Raw, real, and riotous ... Critical and demanding, [Sister Spit] asks us to imagine a better world and then do whatever it takes to make our fantasies real." --AlterNet "The immediacy of the road is brought home ... and the lightning-fast pace of the selections will engage its target audience of younger dyke readers"--Curve Magazine "This anthology is a page-turner, and although many of the stories deal with difficult topics like alienation, homophobia and substance abuse, a strong current of self-deprecating humour also runs through the collection."--Cult Magazine "Edited by award-winning writer and co-founder of Sister Spit, Michelle Tea is the most appropriate editor of a compilation of writing and artwork by "the irreverent, flagrantly queer, hilariously feminist, tough-talking, genre-busting ruffians" who have joined the band on tour."--SF Weekly

Editor and Sister Spit co-founder Michelle Tea is an award-winning author, poet, and literary arts organizer. She is the author of Valencia, Rent Girl, and the co-editor of LA Times bestseller Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache, among other works.

Table of Contents STAR / Samuel Topiary MY LIFE IN INK / Cooper Lee Bombardier SISTER SPIT 2011 TOUR DIARY / Blake Nelson FEBRUARY 13TH, 1982 / Eileen Myles from CHA-CHING! / Ali Liebegott REAL PAPER LETTER / Tamara Llosa-Sandor WHO KNOWS THE SECRET TO THE PLEASURE OF A WOMAN? / Tara Jepsen TRAINING FOR GODDESSES / Kat Marie Yoas SISTER SPIT 2010 TOUR DIARY / Nicole J. Georges THE HONG MOON LESBIANS OF THE SACRED HEART / Elisha Lim THE FOREST OF THE DESPOT / Anna Joy Springer MEMORY: PRIVATE SCHOOL JEZEBEL / Lenelle Moise FRENCH DRAG QUEENS, MY NEW BEST FRIENDS / Ben McCoy POEM `BOUT MIKE (BUT REALLY FOR JOE) / Miguel Gutierrez YOKOHAMA THREEWAY / Beth Lisick I'M NOT LOST I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUCK I AM. / Rhiannon Argo MAMA BIRD / Myriam Gurba HIGH FIVE FOR RAM DASS / Harriet `Harry' Dodge BELLE / Kirk Read SISTER SPIT TOUR DIARY 2011 / MariNaomi WHERE IS MY SOUL? / Cristy C. Road