Jill johnston
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Jill Johnston is an American feminist author and critic. She began her professional writing career in 1959 as a dance columnist for Village Voice.
[edit] Biographical Details
Member of 1971 New York City panel produced by Shirley Broughton as part of the "Theater for Ideas" series. The event was a vigorous debate on feminism with Norman Mailer, author; Germaine Greer, author; Diana Trilling, literary critic; and Jacqueline Ceballos, National Organization for Women president. The event was a showdown of intellect and personality. While Johnston read a poem culminating in on-stage lesbian sex (simulated and fully dressed) followed by a quick exit, Greer and Mailer continued to exchange verbal blows with each other and the audience for the rest of the 3½ hour event.
[edit] Bibliography
- Marmalade Me (1971; revised 1998) - an anthology of short pieces on dance reprinted from Village Voice
- Lesbian Nation: the feminist solution (1973)
- Gullibles Travels (1974)
- Mother Bound (1983) - autobiographical
- Paper Daughter (1985) - autobiographical
- Secret Lives in Art (1994) - selected essays on literature, visual and performing arts
- Jasper Johns (1996) - critical biography of the artist
- Admission Accomplished: the Lesbian Nation years (1970-75) (1998) - anthology of earlier writing
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