Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Joan Gibbs published the chapbook Between a Rock and a Hard Place in 1979 with February 3rd Press.

A downloadable PDF of the book is available here.

The back cover reads:

Joan Gibbs is a 26-year-old Black lesbian. She was born in Harlem and spent most of her growing up years in a small town on the coast of North Carolina called Swan Quarter. Currently, she lives in New York City and is a member of the Azalea Collective that publishes "Azalea - a magazine by Third World Lesbians." For the past two years, Joan has worked at Liberation News Service; before that she worked as a house-cleaner and a factory worker. This is Joan's first book.

"I like to think that I am a Black lesbian-feminist poet. Most of my poems bare witness to the oppressions) that I feel and see around me. I'd like to know what you think of this book. Please write to me at: 306 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11238. Thanks."