Sinister Wisdom

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Sinister Wisdom is a multicultural, lesbian literary & art journal by and for lesbians. The magazine is the oldest surviving lesbian literary journal; now more than 30 years in print. SW is published quarterly in Berkeley, California and provides free subscriptions to incarcerated and institutionalized women as well as reduced-price subscriptions for lesbians with limited/fixed incomes.

Contents 1 History & Mandate 2 Selection of Contributors 3 Former editors and publishers 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History & Mandate

Founded in 1976 by Harriet Ellenberger (Desmoines) and Catherine Nicholson in Charlotte, North Carolina^[1], Sinister Wisdom features only lesbians' work, and is particularly interested in writing, art or photography that reflects diversity of experiences: lesbians of color, ethnic Lesbians, Jewish, Arab, old, young, working-class, poverty class, disabled, and fat lesbians. Author Caryatis Cardea referred to the magazine as a work of "political honor...a commitment to acknowledge the power of language and the privilege of being published...the recognition of multiple struggles, and the accordance of mutual respect among a cultural diversity of lesbians^[2] This magazine is now edited in Sebastopol, California by Fran Day.

[edit] Selection of Contributors

• Audre Lorde
• Gloria Anzaldúa
• Chrystos
• Adrienne Rich
• Andrea Dworkin
• Joan Nestle
• Tee Corinne
• Susan Griffin
• Carolyn Gage
• Marilyn Frye
• Pat Parker
• Minnie Bruce Pratt
• Joanna Russ
• Barbara Smith
• Joy Harjo
• Julia Penelope
• Ann Allen Shockley
• Paula Gunn Allen
• Judith K. Witherow

[edit] Former editors and publishers

• Harriet Ellenberger (aka Desmoines) and Catherine Nicholson (1976-1981)
• Michelle Cliff and Adrienne Rich (1981-1983)
• Michaele Uccella (1983-1984)
• Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz (1983-1987)
• Elana Dykewomon (1987-1994)
• Caryatis Cardea (1991 -1994)
• Akiba Onada-Sikwoia (1995-1997)
• Margo Mercedes Rivera-Weiss (1997-2000)
• Fran Day (2000 to present)

[edit] See also

• Lesbian feminism
• Lesbian literature
• Lesbian organizations
• List of Lesbian Periodicals, Journals and Magazines, Past and Present

[edit] References

• Ellenberger, Harriet, 'Sinister Wisdom' 43/44 15th Anniversary Retrospective, 1991, pg. 8
• Cardea, Caryatis, 'Sinister Wisdom' 43/44 15th Anniversary Retrospective, 1991, pg. 7

[edit] External links

• Sinister Wisdom

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