She Was a Booklegger: Remembering Celeste West

Memoires and reflections inspired by Celeste West (1942-2008), a feminist librarian, lesbian, author, publisher, and activist. Contents: Recollections and Influence -- Living With Celeste West / Tina M. Perricone Unbossed and Unbought: Booklegger Press, the First Women-Owned American Library Publisher / Toni Samek Remembering Celeste / Elizabeth Katz Revolting Librarians: The Sensuous Librarian Chapter / Sue Ann West Johnson Celeste / Janet Freedman Direct Action / Joanne Genet Remembering Celeste / Peg Cruikshank Word of Celeste: Remembering Sue Critchfield, 1978-1985 / Terry McClain Seeing Change / Christine Varnam Remember: Viva the Library Revolution! Viva Revolting Librarians! / Moyra L. Lang Obituary: Celeste West, 1942-2008 In Memoriam: Celeste West, 1942-2008 / Julia Allen San Francisco Zen Center February 23, 2008 / Sue Ann West Johnson II. Photos III. Selected Writings by Celeste West From Synergy Review of Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits (August/September 1969). The Creative Alternative: An Introduction (August/September 1969) Harvest (October/November 1969) Naked Lunch (October/November 1969) The Media Machine Is Here! (October/November 1969) The Women's Liberation Movement: A New Revolution Against the Oldest Oppression (December 1969) Ecology: The Last Fad? (March/April 1970) No Spare-Time Radicalism (July/August 1970) Le Medecin Malagre Lui (July/August 1970) `One' Where the Medium Is the Message (September/October 1970) The Body Politic (September/October 1970) Slow Down You're Movin' Too Fast (November/December 1970) Librarians (January/February 1971) Kept Women (January/February 1971) Adventures of a Purple Thumb (Spring 1971) These Are Book Reviews (Spring 1971) People (Suimmer 1971) Stop! The Print Is Killing Me! (Summer 1971) Decision Making: A Seminar in Public Library Management [review] (Summer 1971) Revolting Librarians (Autumn 1971) The San Francisco Fault (Spring 1972) Ain't Gonna Pay For War No More (Winter 1972) Head Comix (Summer 1972) Sharp Points and Magic Circles (Summer 1972) Comix (Winter 1973) The Devil and Dr. Noxin [review] (Winter 1973) Make a Wide Open Entry for Booklegger Magazine (Winter 1973) From Booklegger The Collective Unconscious (1974) Roll Your Own: Self-Publishing Tools (1974) The Collective Unconscious (1974) Introduction: Working Loose (1974) The Library Free Press (1974) ALA? We Shall Overcome (1975) Librarians in San Francisco: We Become New (1975) Revolting Librarians Rides Again (July/August 1975) SHARE Directory Entry, 1978 Foreword: The Actualization of Desire (from Lesbian Polyfidelity, 1996) Introduction: Revolting Librarians Rides Again (from Revolting Librarians Redux, 2003).