{"product_id":"the-lesbian-pillow-book-edited-by-alison-hennegan","title":"'The Lesbian Pillow Book' edited by Alison Hennegan","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:c425d677-2db6-42a3-b176-ba3bd5edefe9-7\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:c425d677-2db6-42a3-b176-ba3bd5edefe9-7\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:c425d677-2db6-42a3-b176-ba3bd5edefe9-7\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-14\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-15 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b71a97cc-a0d7-4aea-90eb-08f3cd2ea0e7\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"566\"\u003eModelled on the famous eleventh-century \u003cem data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"123\"\u003ePillow Book\u003c\/em\u003e of Sei Shōnagon, this anthology gathers writing that drifts effortlessly between diary, essay, memoir, fiction and fragment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"566\"\u003eAlison Hennegan assembles a chorus of voices that treats lesbian life as something textured, contradictory and lived. Everyday pleasures sit beside heartbreak, eroticism beside humour, literary reflection beside domestic observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"1098\"\u003eOriginally published at a moment when lesbian publishing was expanding beyond activist presses into a richer literary culture, the collection captures the breadth of that moment without becoming a historical curiosity. Contributors range across generations and national traditions, producing a book less concerned with consensus than with the pleasure of juxtaposition. The result is a literary miscellany in the older sense of the word: a cabinet of fragments that accumulate into something larger than any single essay or story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1493\" data-end=\"1705\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst British edition, Fourth Estate, 2000. Paperback. Covers show light shelf wear with minor creasing to the corners. Binding is firm and the pages are clean with no visible inscriptions, annotations or foxing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837661700179,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-18T103726.522.png?v=1784335060","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-lesbian-pillow-book-edited-by-alison-hennegan","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}