Conditions (magazine)

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Conditions
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Conditions (full title: Conditions: a feminist magazine of writing by women with a particular emphasis on writing by lesbians) was a

feminist literary magazine that came out biannually from 1976 to 1980 and annually from 1980 until 1990, and included poetry, prose, essays, book reviews, and interviews.[1] It was founded in Brooklyn, New York, by Elly Bulkin, Jan Clausen, Irena Klepfisz and Rima Shore.[2]

Publishing collective

Conditions was a magazine that emphasized the lives and writings of lesbians, and, throughout its history, maintained an all-lesbian collective.

The Black Women's Issue

The journal's fifth issue, published in November 1979, was edited by

Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (1983), one of the first books released by Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press.[5] Conditions 5: The Black Women's Issue was hugely popular, and set a record in feminist publishing by selling 3,000 copies in the first three weeks it was available.[6]

Publication ceases

Conditions ceased publication in 1990.[3][7] It ended because the existing collective members were focusing on other projects and they were unable to find new members.[1]

Editors

Selected contributors

See also

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 110217804
    . Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. ^ , p. ix.
  3. ^ , p. 225n.
  4. ^ a b Allison, Clarke, Schaubman editorial. Conditions 11/12, p. 3.
  5. JSTOR 2904298
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  6. ^ Smith, Barbara. Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1983, p. 1.
  7. , p. 240.
  8. ^ "English.asu.edu" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.