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Jean Swallow was born on September 8, 1953. She was a lesbian writer and editor. Her work included newspaper editing for
the Charlotte (North Carolina)
Observer
, poetry, novels, essays, and grant-writing. Her anthology
Out From Under
was
published in 1983 and was the first book by and about lesbians in recovery from substance abuse. In 1986 her novel
Leave
a Light on for Me
was published; it was reissued in 1991. She continued to write shorter pieces, poems and stories, which
she collected in
How (Some of) It Works
.
The success of
Out from Under
led to a follow-up volume published as
The Next Step
in 1993. Both volumes were welcome
additions to the literature of lesbians in recovery. Swallow died of an apparent suicide on January 16, 1995 in Seattle,
Washington. At the time of her death Swallow had been clean and sober for 14 years.
In 1995 Swallow had just finished a draft of a book of interviews with photographs by Geoff Manasse; the draft was
published under the title
Making Love Visible: In Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Families
. The book
A Woman Determined
was published in 1998.
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