title: Introduction: "Where Would I Be Without You".
abstract: Where Would I Be Without You, the first and only poetry recording from Olivia Records, offers a glimpse into the powerful friendship and artistic collaboration between poets Pat Parker and Judy Grahn. Grahn and Parker met in Oakland, California in 1970, beginning an artistic collaboration and a powerful friendship that endured through Parker's death in 1989. Grahn's and Parker's work spread the good news of poetry; they were integral to how we lesbians imagined our voices in the world. The articles in this special issue reconsider and pay tribute to their work.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Julie R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Enszer
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism / Q000266:history*; D033062:Friends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history*; D012938:Social Perception; D014481:United States
keywords: Judy Grahn; Olivia Records; Pat Parker; feminist poetry; friendship; lesbian poetry; lesbians; poetry