Only Way Home is Through the Show

Lois Weaver is a performance artist, writer, director, and activist. Jen Harvie is a professor of contemporary theatre and performance at Queen Mary University of London.

'It is only fitting that the book that chronicles the career of pioneering feminist, lesbian performance artist, Lois Weaver is exceptional in its own right. This volume is a work of love with contributions from many of Lois’s collaborators, feminist theorists and writers.'

• Foreword Peggy Shaw Introduction: welcome home Jen Harvie Red pajamas Lois WeaverPink Tornado (from Faith and Dancing) Lois WeaverPlaces to start Jen HarvieLois Weaver: the college years Charles L. HayesJen Harvie interviews Lois WeaverJen Harvie and Lois WeaverLois Weaver interviews Muriel MiguelLois Weaver and Muriel MiguelVirginia Started Over (from Faith and Dancing) Lois WeaverWhat does it mean to be femme?Virginia Was the East (from Faith and Dancing) Lois WeaverSubject and Object (from Faith and Dancing) Lois WeaverJesus Wept (from Faith and Dancing) Lois WeaverCitizen femme Jen HarvieA femme on her own Peggy PhelanA woman disguised as a woman: Lois Weaver’s fem(me)inist performances Lisa DugganFor Lois: femme glorious Joan NestleLois Weaver has great hair Moe AngelosA view from the bottom Sue-Ellen CaseA view from the top Lois WeaverFemme Cha-cha (from Lust and Comfort) Lois WeaverOh, for the love of work!Lois, love, and work Jen HarvieLooking back from behind Deb MargolinFire in My Pocket (from Split Britches) Deb MargolinWeaver’s web Stacy MakishiOn Lois, for Lois, because of Lois Jill DolanThe permanence of a performance Jess Dobkin A queer family tree The Famous Lauren Barri HolsteinLois Elin DiamondOn the road Helen ParisStaying on the road Leslie HillFloods (from Miss America) Lois WeaverYou Never Told Me (from Miss America) Lois WeaverThe good guide for creating a non cooperative; or, how to organise a collective that will last for more than 30 years Lois WeaverImagine it, make it, change it Jen HarvieIncandescence: The early years at WOW, Cynthia CarrWOW: an uncooperative cooperative Holly HughesLois Weaver makes the world a less scary place Rosana CadeTaking a seat at the Table Deirdre HeddonLong Table Protocol Lois WeaverEntertaining discussion: The Long Table and Porch Sitting, Geraldine HarrisHow to behave at a Porch Sitting Lois WeaverLois Weaver and the ethics and etiquette of the Long Table Diana TaylorCollaboration Lois KeidanKinship Lois WeaverTammy interviews Lois Lois Weaver‘I Got into the Wrong Car in Memphis’, ‘Demented Forsythia, a Love Song’, and ‘How Do You Sing a Broken Song’ Lois WeaverTammy WhyNot: stage/life superhero Jen HarvieWhat Tammy taught me... about surviving as a poor girl in the academy Kim SolgaMaking fun and making time: pedagogic principles Erin HurleyCupcake velocity: the subversive expertise of Lois Weaver and Tammy WhyNot Johanna Linsley‘Stay Gone’ Lois WeaverString of Lights (adapted from Salad of the Bad Café) Lois WeaverDiary of a Domestic Terrorist Lois WeaverHidden treasures Jen HarvieLois performs in Aotearoa New Zealand Catherine Silverstone ‘Everything’s breakable’ – or what I learned from Lois Weaver Benjamin GillespieTalking about When the Tide Is Out, Lois Weaver and Stacy MakishiLois’s hidden treasures: What Tammy Needs to Know About Prison Caoimhe McAvincheyMeeting Lois Weaver Anne TallentireDear Carmen Paul HeritageLaundry (from Faith and Dancing) Lois WeaverAfterwords33 ways to start Lois WeaverStill counting Lois WeaverPostcardsLois Weaver Timeline, Jen Harvie with Lois Weaver