Changes coming to Woman-Stirred!

Are you sprucing up for spring? Queering up the closets? Cleaning rugs? Sorting clothes? Order books? So are we!

In the next few months you’ll see some changes here at the Woman-Stirred blog. This blog will be transitioning to focus more on the fabulous Woman-Stirred Radio hosted each week by Merry Gangemi. Merry will be changing the look and feel of the blog and including links to weekly podcasts of the show.

Don’t worry though, the old entries will remain, and, while the other stalwart women of Woman-Stirred will be taking a back seat, we’re all still here in spirit and you can find us on the web elsewhere. If you haven’t already check out

Jan Steckel
Nicki Hastie
Kate Evans
Julie R. Enszer

We look forward to the new developments here at Woman-Stirred and hope you do too!

Handmade Love - book of poetry by Woman-Stirred member Julie R. Enszer

Julie R. Enszer is pleased to announce the publication of her first book of poetry, Handmade Love. More information is available below.

HANDMADE LOVE

by Julie R. Enszer



Body Language 05

ISBN-13: 978-0-9794208-5-6
ISBN-10: 0-9794208-5-7

Poetry/Lesbian Studies
64 pages/perfect bound
Pub Date: 1 April 2010

$11.95

I believe that there are two kinds of love in this world:

inherited and handmade. Yes, we inherit love
but my people, my people make love by hand.
—From “Handmade Love”


In her first collection, Julie R. Enszer offers poems that are as unabashedly erotic as they are unabashedly feminist.

Whether responding to queer cultural icons, fantasizing about sex, or mourning illness and loss, these poems are sweet and sultry, fierce and tender.

From demonstrations on the streets to bedroom romps, these smart and sexy poems interweave narrative and lyrical moments with the political and the sensuous.

Handmade Love renders a world that delights in the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and tells queer life stories sublimely and generously.


Julie R. Enszer has published poems in Room of One’s Own, Long Shot, Feminist Studies, Bridges, So to Speak, Suspect Thoughts, Windy City Times, and many other journals. She has a MFA in poetry from the University of Maryland.


Handmade Love is already available and shipping. You can order it directly from A Midsummer Night's Press with free shipping here:

http://amidsummernightspress.typepad.com/amsnp/2010/02/handmade-love.html

It will also ship from Amazon beginning April 1st. Here is the Amazon page (you can also leave comments/reviews on the book for Amazon readers and users):

http://www.amazon.com/Handmade-Love-Julie-R-Enszer/dp/0979420857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267904433&sr=8-1

If you prefer to support independent distributors, think about ordering it from Small Press Distribution here:

http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9780979420856/handmade-love.aspx

Finally, I have very snazzy postcards of the book cover. I'm happy to mail you one or many. Just drop me a line at JulieREnszer@gmail.com and let me know if you would like a few.