May Sarton [SEP] sex or gender
earlier works, such as "Encounter in April", contain vivid erotic female imagery, May Sarton often emphasized in her journals that she didn't see herself as a "lesbian" writer: "The vision of life in my work is not limited to one segment of humanity...and has little to do with sexual proclivity". Rather she wanted to touch on what is universally human about love in all its manifestations. When publishing her novel "Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing" in 1965, she feared that writing
May Sarton
May Sarton is the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995), a prolific American poet, novelist and memoirist. She is considered an important contemporary figure in American literature, as well as a "poet's poet", and is lauded by literary and feminist critics for her works addressing themes in gender, sexuality, and universality. 
Biography.
Sarton was born in Wondelgem, Belgium (today a part of the city of Ghent), the only