A Writers Inspiration

Last Exit to Brooklyn

By Hubert Selby

The decadence and violence of the urban streets is graphically portrayed in this novel set in a post-WWII Brooklyn slum.

Valley of the Dolls

By Jacqueline Susann

Three women seek escape as they learn about the bitterness, corruption, and falsehoods of the show-business world.

Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.

Rubyfruit Jungle

By Rita Mae Brown

Classic modern American novel orig. pub. 1973. Celebrates lesbian sexuality.

A Writers Inspiration

Last Exit to Brooklyn

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Valley of the Dolls

Giovanni's Room

Rubyfruit Jungle