Incidents Involving Mirth

by Anna Livia

Incidents involving Mirth marks the first American publication of British writer Anna Livia's remarkable fiction. This exciting new collection displays the author's full range and depth - there are contemporary lesbian stories, lyrical science fiction fantasies, suspenseful dramas, fables and tall tales. They all bear the Anna Livia trademark - a glittering grace of language, a playful wit, and an ever fresh grappling with such serious concerns as the nature of love and friendship between women and the commonplace and daily violence against women. Like the best of friends, they can easily reduce you to helpless laughter as provoke you to furious debate.

Genres: Short Stories

190 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Anna Livia was a lesbian feminist writer and linguistic theorist. Born in Ireland, she grew up in London, England and Swaziland. As a professor, she taught at the University of Illinois and the University of California, Berkeley.