A review by caseythecanadianlesbrarian
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme by Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman

4.0

Edited by the impressive team of Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman—an adorable married couple (see photo below)—the collection Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme (2011) certainly does live up to its name. It’s refreshing to see an anthology reflect a remarkable diversity of perspectives on these two loaded concepts and identities. It’s exactly what you’d expect from the Vancouver-based Ivan—a storyteller and writer—and Zena—a radical government bureaucrat and gender researcher, and from the fantastic queer-friendliest publisher Arsenal Pulp Press.

See the rest of my review at my blog: http://caseythecanadianlesbrarian.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/239/