Jane DeLynn
Author of Don Juan in the Village
About the Author
Jane DeLynn is the author of the widely acclaimed novels Leash, In Thrall, Real Estate, and Some Do. Her work has appeared in Paris Review, Mademoiselle, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, New York Times, New York Observer, and Tikkun, and she lived in Saudi Arabia as a correspondent for Mirabella and show more Rolling Stone during the Gulf War. She shares time between Long Island and St. Louis show less
Works by Jane DeLynn
Sex {short story} 1 copy
Associated Works
A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories (1999) — Contributor — 245 copies, 3 reviews
Tasting Life Twice: Literary Lesbian Fiction by New American Writers (1995) — Contributor — 123 copies
Fiction, Volume 1, Number 1 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1946-07-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
journalist
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1989. In this novel people in New York are stuck in their apartments with few options except jumping into new relationships to get into their lovers' apartments. Loraine and David have a beautiful Upper West Side apartment they've sunk a ton of money into, but the contractors screwed them over and everything is broken. David is cheating so he moves in with his lover for a while. Loraine's lover Jack, an artist, moves in.
The most interesting thing about the book to me in Jack's struggle to paint. For a while he mugs people as performance art, after he is mugged in Tompkins Square Park. The gallery scene and art critics are skewered.
David ends up a homeless drug addict, squatting in the apartment building across the street from Loraine.
Loraine has her own clothing company and reads Women's Wear Daily. She also has an adolescent daughter and a dog and cat who feature prominently. And a great view of the Hudson.
It was pretty awesome.… (more)
The most interesting thing about the book to me in Jack's struggle to paint. For a while he mugs people as performance art, after he is mugged in Tompkins Square Park. The gallery scene and art critics are skewered.
David ends up a homeless drug addict, squatting in the apartment building across the street from Loraine.
Loraine has her own clothing company and reads Women's Wear Daily. She also has an adolescent daughter and a dog and cat who feature prominently. And a great view of the Hudson.
It was pretty awesome.… (more)
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kylekatz | Mar 3, 2019 |
kylekatz | Mar 3, 2019 | 
I couldn't relate to this novel's feminists and radicals of '60s-'70s Berkeley.
some beautiful and arousing tales here, especially when she goe sto the BDSM club and her nagging worry as she submits to a spanking is whether her panties are clean.
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four stars for the audacity.