Sinister Wisdom Mission Statement
Sinister Wisdom is a multicultural lesbian literary & art journal founded in 1976. Sinister Wisdom works to create multi-class, multicultural, multi-gender, multi-racial, world-wide intergenerational queer and lesbian spaces. Through publishing quarterly issues, a Sapphic Classics book series, and offering educational programs, Sinister Wisdom nurtures lesbian communities.Sinister Wisdom is a living archive that celebrates the multiplicity of lesbian identities across races, classes, genders, abilities, and lived experiences. Sinister Wisdom recognizes the power of language and art to create radical, empowering, resilient, and joyous sanctuaries that build and sustain vibrant lesbian futures.
About Sinister Wisdom the Organization
Sinister Wisdom, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Sinister Wisdom publishes lesbian and queer literature, including four issues of the journal every year; a vital community newsletter twice a month; the Wild Shrew Literary Review of queer and lesbian books; a lesbian art calendar; and the Sapphic Classics series, reissuing beloved, out of print titles by iconic lesbian writers including Minnie Bruce Pratt, Cheryl Clarke, Beth Brant, Tatiana de la tierra, Joan Nestle, and Pat Parker. Sinister Wisdom also hosts lively, dynamic events throughout the year online and in-person, including book clubs, issue launches, discussions with authors, and more. Sinister Wisdom provides free subscriptions to women in prison and mental institutions and offers reduced price subscriptions for lesbians/queer women with limited or fixed incomes. Subscribe today, and join our brilliant lesbian and queer galaxy!

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Sinister Wisdom's Sapphic Classics are distributed to the book trade by IPG.

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