Bi Social Book Donations Project

Donating Books to the Public Library:
At the January 2000 meeting of the Bi Social, members became interested in making a donation of specific books to the Ames Public Library. A search of the Ames Library catalog revealed that they had several books on bisexuality, but there were some titles mis sing (see list below). Shortly after the February get-together, the Ames Library expressed an interest in either having the books donated, or acquiring them directly, possibly at a substantial discount (with the Bi Social subsidizing the purchase).

In early April, the final cost of book acquisition was $55; the Ames Library was able to get several of the books at a substantial discount.

In June, we made arrangements with the Ames Public Library staff to make a presentation at the July Library Board meeting (rescheduled from May).

Please feel free to share any comments or thoughts you might have.

This book was listed as being in at the library, but a search in stacks did not turn it up:

Bi Any Other Name
Bisexual People Speak Out
Edited by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka'ahumanu
Paperback ISBN 1-55583-174-5
The first major anthology of bisexual writing by bisexual people. Often referred to as "The Book" among bisexuals, as in "have you read The Book yet?" - this is the one they are probably referring to.

In addition to Bi Any Other Name

Bisexual Resource Guide
edited by Robyn Ochs
It contains:

The indispensible guide for all things bisexual.

The Bisexual Option
(second edition)
By Fritz Klein
Paperback ISBN 1560230339
Hardcover ISBN 1560243805
From Book News, Inc., February 1, 1994
Psychiatrist Klein, founder of the Bisexual Forum in San Diego, explains the concept and the variables of sexual orientation and where bisexuality fits.

Bisexual Politics
Theories, Queries & Visions
Edited by Naomi Tucker
Paperback ISBN 1560238690
Hardcover ISBN 1560249501
``This brilliant new anthology is sure to become a classic text, since it contains so much of value. It includes the beginnings of a history of the bisexual movement and communities, a plethora of challenges to "identity politics," presentations of the case for coalition building as well as arguments in favor of a separate bi movement, and visionary voices from the many diverse elements of the bisexual spectrum. Readers of all sexual orientations will find much within these pages to spark debate, recogniton, and radicalization. The issues raised by these passionate voices have implications far beyond more limited concerns like whether or not to include "bisexual" in the title of an organization or an event. This is the next generation. Ignore them at your peril!''
-- Pat Califia, author "Public Sex The Cultural of Radical Sex."

``This anthology is crucial reading for anyone trying to make sense of shifting definitions of sexuality and politics in a postmodern age...The authors, a collection of some of the most influential bisexual activists, historians, and theorists of our time, simultaneously contextualize and deconstruct (often blurring) current notions of gender, sexual orientation, and identity politics. Historically grounded, the essays collectively inform, liberate, enlighten, excite, challenge -- some even shock and upset.''
-- Warren J. Blumenfeld, Editor "Homophobia How We All Pay The Price"; co-author "Looking at Gay and Lesbian Life."

Bisexual Characters in Film
From Anais to Zee
By Wayne Bryant
Paperback ISBN 1560238941
Hardback ISBN 078900142X
Great book on bisexual characters in film; the product of several years of painstaking research.

Bisexuality The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority
Edited by Beth A. Firestein
Paperback ISBN 0803972741
Hardcover ISBN 0803972733
Researchers, activists, educators, theorists, and clinicians offer insights into bisexuality, demonstrating the emergence of bisexuality as a phenomenon requiring a paradigm shift in sexual orientation studies and discussing the implications of this shift. For professionals and students in gender studies, sociology, family studies, and human sexuality, and for practitioners in social work, psychology, and counseling.

Bisexual Horizons Politics, Histories, Lives
Edited by Sharon Rose, Cris Stevens, et al.
Paperback ISBN 0853158312
This wide-ranging anthology offers a multifaceted and multicultural survey of bisexuality and of the growing bisexual movement in Britain and around the world. The book is divided into four sections:

Joseph Bristow writes in the foreword "Rarely do collections of this kind succeed like this one in revealing why it remains impossible to separate issues of sexuality from class, (dis)ability, ethnicity, gender and generation."

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