Spring Fire

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Title

Spring Fire

Subject

The two different endings of the lesbian pulp novel Spring Fire and the role of censorship in its publication history.

Description

Spring Fire is a lesbian pulp novel written by Marijane Meaker. Originally published in 1952, and then republished in 2004. It functions as the main object in the repository, serving the purpose of being the connecting book to the other supporting objects.

Creator

Marijane Meaker
pseudonym “Vin Packer”

Source

Spring Fire

Publisher

Gold Medal Books
Cleis Press

Date

1952
2004

Contributor

No contributors

Rights

Copyright © 2004 Marijane Meaker

Format

Print Book / Ebook

Language

English (en)

Type

Print Book / eBook

Identifier

978-1-936456-12-3

Coverage

North American Publishing Companies

Collection Items

Spring Fire Cover First Edition
Image of first edition cover art forSpring Fire

This magazine article is an interview with the authors ofSpring FireandThree Women.The authors talk about their lived experiences that inspired the novels, as well as the homophobic censorship they faced when originally publishing in the 1950's.

Three Women
Three Women is a lesbian pulp novel written by Sally M Singer, under the pseudonym 'March Hastings'. It was originally published in 1958, and then republished in 1989 with a happy ending.

The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
The logo of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice

Magazine article discussing Marijane Meaker's influence on lesbian literature.
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