A rare profile of the female literati in Paris at the turn of the century, this "scrapbook" of their work-along with Weiss’s lively commentary-highlights the political, social, and artistic lives of the renowned lesbian and bisexual Modernists, including Colette, Djuana Barnes, and Sylvia Beach (150 photos).

Contents

Introduction: Paris was a woman

1: Odéonia: the country of books

2: The writer and her muse

3: Amazones et sirènes

4: City of dark nights

5: Letters from Paris

Epilogue