Conditions (magazine)
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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.Cheryl L. Clarke.[1]
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
- Barbara Smith
- Lorraine Bethel
- Dorothy Allison
- Cheryl L. Clarke
- Jewelle Gomez
- Nancy Clarke Otter
- Debbi Schaubman
- Elly Bulkin
- Jan Clausen
- Irena Klepfisz
- Rima Shore
- Melinda Goodman
- Paula Martinac
- N. Mirtha Quintanales
- Randye Lordon
Selected contributors
- Wilmette Brown
- Joy Harjo
- Cherríe Moraga
- Joan Nestle
- Amber Hollibaugh
- Donna Allegra
- Becky Birtha
- Audre Lorde
- Ann Allen Shockley
- Beverly Smith
- Gloria Anzaldúa
- Joan Larkin
- Paula Gunn Allen
- Jacqueline Lapidus
- Adrienne Rich
- Michelle Cliff
- Hattie Gossett
- Chrystos
- Marilyn Hacker
- Mitsuye Yamada
- Jo Carillo
- Toi Derricotte
- Minnie Bruce Pratt
- Bonnie Zimmerman
- Elly Bulkin
- Cheryl Clarke
- Dorothy Allison
- Irena Klepfisz
- Jewelle Gomez
- Honor Moore
- Luzma Umpierre
- Linda Smukler (Samuel Ace)
- Ramina Mays
- Barbara Banks
- Mab Segrest
- Sapphire[8]
See also
References
- ^ S2CID 110217804. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 0-8135-2761-9, p. ix.
- ^ ISBN 0-415-07336-7, p. 225n.
- ^ a b Allison, Clarke, Schaubman editorial. Conditions 11/12, p. 3.
- JSTOR 2904298.
- ^ Smith, Barbara. Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1983, p. 1.
- ISBN 0-89608-193-1, p. 240.
- ^ "English.asu.edu" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.