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Queer books of the 1980s
Novelist and comedian VG Lee on a decade in which queer novels began to celebrate and normalise lesbian identity.
Books selected:
The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Caf茅 by Fannie Flagg
Outlander, a collection of short stories by Jane Rule
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