For 16 years, On Our Backs has published the lesbian community’s sexiest and most controversial erotic fiction. Now, for the first time, the best stories from this groundbreaking magazine are collected in one volume. The talents of writers as varied as Dorothy Allison, Fetish Diva Midori, Jewelle Gomez, Pat Califia, Peggy Munson, Joan Nestle, and Sarah Schulman come together to provide stories of erotic intensity while also exploring many of the political and social issues surrounding lesbian sex. On Our Backs: The Best Erotic Fiction will stimulate a new generation of women-intellectually and otherwise. Lindsay McClune is a former associate editor of On Our Backs. A freelance editor, she makes her home in Portland, Oregon .