Paula Rabinowitz
Forfatter af American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street
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Paula Rabinowitz is professor of English at the University of Minnesota. She is author of Labor and Desire: Women's Revolutionary Fiction in Depression America and They Must Be Represented: The Politics of Documentary.
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Unfortunately (though this is by no means the author's fault since no one seems to know much about the very talented pulp fiction writer whose style was elegant, sincere and deeply heartfelt) there is no mention of Williams or her pseudonym. Sloane Britain's These Curious Pleasures and 1st Person Third Sex are must reads for lesbian pulp fiction fans.
Apparently a very private person, Elaine Williams worked as an editor for Midwood Tower Books in the 1960s. Her pulp fiction sometimes had rare happy endings, but towards the end of her young life her tales took a sadder, darker turn. I mention this because I wish more was known about her and wonder why she isn't as well known as, say, Ann Bannon.
Paula Rabinowitz excels in her research. The bibliography and references to titles I'd never heard of before really impressed me, but (yikes!) also added much to my Kindle TBR list. For anyone with a passion for vintage paperbacks (not just lesbian pulp) this is your book! :)… (mere)