Stone Butch BluesStone Butch Blues is an autobiographical novel by Leslie Feinberg. Written from the perspective of stone butch lesbian Jess Goldberg, it intimately details her life in the last half of the 20th century in New York. (Wikipedia)
"Stone Butch Blues was originally published by Firebrand Books in 1993, and by Alyson Books in 2003. After Alyson Books filed for bankruptcy, Feinberg embarked on a protracted, expensive court battle to recover hir rights to the novel, eventually winning them in 2012. Feinberg, whose last words were “remember me as a revolutionary communist,” decided not to sign any new commercial contracts for the work, to ban all film adaptations, and to “give [Stone Butch Blues] back to the workers and oppressed of the world” through hir website as a free PDF or an at-cost print edition. This arrangement means that Stone Butch Blues is available for free to anyone with internet access, but it can be difficult for libraries and bookstores to procure copies."
- Hal Schrieve, New York Public Library