Conditions (magazine)

Conditions
The Black Women's Issue, November 1979
FrequencyBiannual (1976 - 1980)
Annual (1980 - 1990)
FounderElly Bulkin
Jan Clausen
Irena Klepfisz
Rima Shore
First issue1976
Final issue1990
CountryUnited States
Based inBrooklyn, New York
LanguageEnglish
ISSN2381-5620
OCLC646884046

Conditions (full title: Conditions: a feminist magazine of writing by women with a particular emphasis on writing by lesbians) was a lesbian feminist literary magazine that came out biannually from 1976 to 1980 and annually from 1980 until 1990, and included poetry, prose, essays, book reviews, and interviews.[1] It was founded in Brooklyn, New York, by Elly Bulkin, Jan Clausen, Irena Klepfisz and Rima Shore.[2]

  1. ^ Enszer, Julie R. (2015). "'Fighting to create and maintain our own Black women's culture': Conditions Magazine, 1977–1990". American Periodicals: A Journal of History & Criticism. 25 (2): 160–176. doi:10.1353/amp.2015.0025. S2CID 110217804. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Smith, Barbara. The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom, Rutgers University Press 1998, ISBN 0-8135-2761-9, p. ix.