Lai, Larissa. When Fox is a Thousand. 1995. The first novel by Astraea foundation award-winning writer Larissa Lai, about second-generation Chinese-Canadian lesbians. One of the main characters is Artemis Wong, the daughter of Chinese immigrants to Canada who put her up for adoption by a Euro-Canadian couple. Another one of the main characters is the fox, which according to Chinese mythology can transform itself into women at 50, and become immortal at 1,000.
Lee, Sky. Bellydancer Stories. Vancouver:Press Gang Publishers. 1994. Bellydancing was originally performed at the bedside of women in labour, as an erotic dance of creation. In these provocative stories "bellydancer" is an archetypal survivor, a dancer through trance and dream and a powerful metaphor of resistance against patriarchy. * Lee, Sky. Disappearing Moon Cafe. Vancouver:Douglas and McIntyre. 1988. This first novel was a finalist for the 1990 Governor General's Literary Award here in Canada. Moving back and forth between past and present, between Canada and China, Sky Lee weaves fiction and historical fact into a memorable and moving picture of a people's struggle for identity - and a woman's attempt to understand and end a legacy of silence. * Lim-Hing, Sharon, ed. The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1994.
Min, Anchee. Red Azalea. New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. A Chinese lesbian's experiences coming of age during the Cultural Revolution and her relationship with a woman while she was working on a collective farm.
Mootoo, Shani. Out on Main Street and Other Stories. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1993. Stories by an Indo-Trinidadian-Canadian lesbian.
Moraga, Cherrie, and Gloria Anzaldua, eds. This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Watertown, MA: Persephone, 1981.
Namjoshi, Suniti. Flesh and Paper. New York: Women Make Movies, 1990. Lesbian poet Namjoshi and others discuss her life and work between readings of her poetry.
Robertson, Jennifer Ellen. Butch and Femme on and off the Takaruka Stage: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Organization in Japan. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 1989. Lesbianism in Japan.
Rodriguez, Nice. Throw It to the River. Toronto: Women's Press, 1993. Fiction about lesbians in the Philippines and Canada.
Santos, Aida and Villar, Giney. Woman to Woman. Poetry, essays, and fiction.
Silvera, Makeda (ed.) Piece of My Heart: A Lesbian of Colour Anthology. Toronto: Sister Vision Press,1992. 185-192.
Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia. Tahuri: Short Stories. Auckland, New Zealand: New Women's Press, 1989. Stories by a Maori lesbian.
Tsukiyama, Gail. Women of Silk. Takes place in China in the 1920's and the main character has a relationship with a woman.
Thanks goes to the following people for helping me compile this list.
