American author, editor, and teacher Elana Dykewomon was not only a lesbian but a lesbian activist and as a result, had no husband.
According to altertheater.org, Dykewomon was married to Susan Levinkind. Sadly, died in 2016. Levinkind and Dykewomon were married for 28 years. There’s no further information about Levinkind.
Dykewomon’s first novel, Riverfinger Women, came out in 1974 when she was 24 – and it was recently given the Lee Lynch Trailblazer award by the Golden Crown Literary Society.
Dykewomon went on to publish eight award-winning books foregrounding lesbian heroism, including her Lambda Award-winning novel, Beyond the Pale, which is still available in audio and eBook formats; her novel Risk is in print from Bywater Books.
Dykewomon’s most recent book, What Can I Ask – Collected Poems 1975-2014, is a Sapphic Classic release from Sinister Wisdom and Midsummer Night’s Press.
From 1987-94, Dykewomon was the publisher and an editor of the international lesbian-feminist journal, Sinister Wisdom.
Many years ago, on the coast of Oregon, Dykewomon was trained as a letterpress and offset printer and although she is resigned to the digital era, her heart remains on the page.