On a Grey Thread

<p><b>LARGE PRINT EDITION.</b> On a Grey Thread is the groundbreaking poetry collection of Elsa Gidlow; the first in North American history to openly express lesbian desire.<p>Both personal and political Gidlow’s poems express the poet’s complex feelings as a young woman whose political ideology and sexual identity ran counter to the traditional values of her time.<p>Opening her collection with The Grey Thread; Gidlow expresses herself with ornamental imagery decorating her drab existence with the colorful beads of her personal identity. Employing the double meaning of gay offering a brief erotic moan; on the precipice of enjambment Gidlow stretches her stanza to its sinful conclusion recalling Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden.<p>This edition of Elsa Gidlow's <i>On a Grey Thread</i> is a classic work of lesbian literature reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>