Red Jordan Arobateau was a working-class poet, storyteller, and self-described writer of “dyke novels.” In order to share his writing, Arobateau worked with small gay and lesbian presses, and created his own press, Red Jordan Press. The erotic content was initially too much for established gay and lesbian publishers, so he often sold his handmade books in lesbian bars and feminist bookstores, and on the streets.
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Red Jordan Press
484 Lake Park Ave. #228
Oakland, CA 94610
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Books by Red Jordan Arobateau
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About the author: Born 1943 in Chicago Illinois; USA. Has been writing since age 13. Poet. Story teller. Made a living variously in Newspaper Delivery, Factory Labor, Office Clerk, Telemarketer, Karate Teacher, Post Office Worker, Nurses Aid, Cashier, Cook, Janitor, Housecleaner. Currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Appears in the documentary Before Stonewall. Has been published in many anthologies including Daughters of Africa, and publications such as Sinister Wisdom; Common Lives, Lesbian Lives; and On Our Backs.
“I am a witness on the sea of life. A street dike. Reformed alcoholic. Person of mixed-race heritage. Surviving & hanging on to the lesbian ghetto 35 years—our world which circulates in drinking establishments, streets, bookstores, group meetings, sex clubs and partys.” © 1993 Red Jordan Press
Red Jordan Press, Catalogue, 1993, Box 13:19, Red Jordan Arobateau papers, BANC MSS 99/77 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
