New York: Grossman / Viking, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - Essays, poems, and letters on the problems facing American then and now - from the Vietnam war to racial inequality, from feminism to the author's lesbianism - this was the book in which she "came out" as a lesbian. Includes several short memorial speeches, on author and activist Paul Goodman and pacifist A.J. Muste, among others. The title refers to a quote in 'Wuthering Heights' - I cannot live without my life!' which she uses as an epigraph for the essay titled 'Two Perspectives on Women's Struggle.'191 pp. ISBN: 0-670753351.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first part of her autobiography - the story of her childhood in a 'family' shaped by the story told by her mother: that she was a widow (although in reality she was an unwed mother) - and of her early years and her ambivalence about her sexuality, her career as a dance critic and her life in the then-forming SoHo world. Illustrated with photographs. 164 pp. ISBN: 0-394-527577.

New York: St Martin's, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in England in the 1970's focusing on the relationship of two women, cousins - one whose mother remained in Ireland and who is involved in the IRA and the other the daughter of the sister who emigrated to California and who is involved in the women's rights movement. This 'combines several themes within the tense format of a thriller.' 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312-084617.