Cherry is the award-winning story of a woman leaving the straight world forever through her sexual adventures in queer community. It depicts the early days of a culture war between progressive and conservative queers, overlooked by a supporting cast of old guard dykes and scenesters.
Originally published in 2002, Cherry is a postmodern novel written in an East London working class vernacular that depicts a world now lost. It is sociological smut influenced by queer theory, lesbian pulp, feminist sex writing, experimental dyke memoir, New Narrative and AIDS literatures of transgression as well as classic literary pornography.
In 2002 Cherry was seized by Canadian authorities who considered it obscene. It was subsequently released after an outcry.
This brand new edition includes the shocking account of the book’s seizure, with bonus commentary:
- How obscenity laws hurt queers
- Class and gender politics in the publishing world
- How misogyny impacts queer sex literature
- Call to action for radical queer sex writing
“You have the distinction of having written a fist-fucking scene that even Customs had to say had artistic merit.”
Mark MacDonald, Little Sister’s, Vancouver BC
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Digital eBook edition, 2021
ePUB
Price: £4.49
Publisher: 33editions
ISBN: 978-0-9935320-8-5