Singer, Sally (March Hastings)
Title
Singer, Sally (March Hastings)
Birthplace
New York
Occupation
Writer
Pseudonyms
March Hastings
Laura Duchamp
Biographical Text
Sally Singer, using her pseudonym, March Hastings, lived relatively openly as a lesbian for most of her life. In an interview with the LGBTQ+ magazine, XTRA, Singer recounts the pressure from publishers to write tragic lesbian relationships while she herself, was in a steady, loving lesbian relationship. When asked about lesbian bars, Singer replied, "I love seeing how things progressed for girls today and that you don’t have to experience the threat of being arrested or beat up. People should be free. But there isn’t the same kind of intense sexual tension in lesbian bars as there was in my time.” Fellow Midwood Publishers writer, Gil Fox, identified Sally Singer and Pat Perdue (Randy Salem) as romantic partners, in an interview with Lyn Munroe Books.
Sources
Keller, Yvonne. "Was It Right to Love Her Brother's Wife so Passionately?": Lesbian Pulp Novels and US Lesbian Identity, 1950-1965." American Quarterly 57.2 (2005): 385-410.
Lang, Tamara de Szegheo. “A Brilliant Story of Lesbian Love”: Lesbian Paperback Originals and Lesbian Identity in 1950s and 1960s America. 2008, pp. 79–88.
Luksic, Nicola "Authors Look Back at the Heyday of Lesbian Pulp." Xtra, 3 Aug 2005. https://www.dailyxtra.com/authors-look-back-at-the-heyday-of-lesbian-pulp-23687
Munroe, Lynn. "Midwood." Lynn Munroe Books, http://lynn-munroe-books.com/list55/midwood.htm
Profile Contributor
Denyse Rodrigues
Item Relations
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Collection
Citation
“Singer, Sally (March Hastings),” The Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection @ Mount Saint Vincent University, accessed April 25, 2024, https://msvulpf.omeka.net/items/show/842.
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