Alma Routsong [SEP] place of death
New York chapter of Daughters of Bilitis and she was arrested during a DOB police raid.
Routsong died in Poughkeepsie, New York on October 4, 1996, aged 71.
Works.
- republished as
Awards.
- Friends of American Writers award (1954, for "A Gradual Joy")
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellow (1957, for "Round Shape)"
- American Library Association Gay Book Award (1971, for "Patience and Sarah")
Reviews.
Patience and Sarah
Patience and Sarah is a 1969 historical fiction novel with strong lesbian themes by Alma Routsong, using the pen name Isabel Miller. It was originally self-published under the title "A Place For Us" and eventually found a publisher as "Patience and Sarah" in 1971.
Routsong's novel is based on a real-life painter named Mary Ann Willson who lived with her companion Miss Brundage as a "farmerette" in the early 19th century in Greene County, New York. Routsong said she