title: A.d., a memoir.
abstract: SUMMARY These excerpts are reprinted from Kate Millett's A.D., A Memoir,a book in which Millett reflects upon her early life and her lifelong deep love for her Aunt Dorothy. Aunt Dorothy was the benefactor who financed Millett's Oxford education; she died in 1984 without ever accepting Millett's choice of lifestyle. As well as deliberating the devastating effects of homophobia, Millett contemplates several of her books and discusses the writing process, the circumstances surrounding the writing, and the reception of her books by her Aunt Dorothy.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Millett
keywords: Lesbian; body; family; homophobia; politics; publishing; self-writing