Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Julie R. Enszer/Editor Sinister Wisdom

Sinister Wisdom, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, publishes the journal and provides outreach and educational programs in support of building vibrant lesbian communities. Publishing since 1976, it works to create a multicultural, multi-class lesbian space opening, considering and advancing the exploration of lesbian community issues.
Originally from Michigan, Enszer was involved in the LGBTQ community in the metro-Detroit area. After leaving Michigan she continued her work with the community working with the Human Rights Campaign in Washington DC. She has her MFA and PhD from the University of Maryland.
Enszer is the author of four poetry collections , Avowed, Lilith’s Demons, Sisterhood and Handmade Love. She is also the editor of The Complete Works of Pat Parker, which won the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry and Milk & Honey: A Celebration of Jewish Lesbian Poetry, which was a finalist for the 2012 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry. . She edits and publishes Sinister Wisdom: A Multicultural Lesbian Literary & Art Journal. uest Editors edit a special, thematic issues of Sinister Wisdom. These guest editors solicit, assemble, select, edit, and proof-read a full issue of Sinister Wisdom or work on a special dossier.Sinister Wisdom provides free subscriptions to women in prison and mental institutions; currently, Sinister Wisdom mails about fifteen percent (15%) of each issue of the journal to these women. It offers reduced price subscriptions for lesbians with limited/fixed incomes.