Anyda Marchant 1911-2006
Anyda Marchant, 94, a retired attorney, novelist and publisher died January 11 at home in Rehoboth Beach, DE.
A&M Books is the publisher of the 14 Sarah Aldridge novels and the new best-seller As I Lay Frying: A Rehoboth Beach Memoir by Fay Jacobs. Based in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, A&M Books was founded in 1995 by Anyda Marchant (who writes under the pen name Sarah Aldridge) and her life-long companion Muriel Crawford. Anyda and Muriel bring a long history of feminist and lesbian writing and publishing to A&M Books. The two founded the Naiad Press in the 1970's in order to publish the first Sarah Aldridge novel, The Latecomer. In the early 90's, Anyda and Muriel sold their interest in Naiad, which had grown into the largest lesbian/feminist publishing company in the country, and founded A&M Books to fill a void they saw in publishing women's literature.
Announcing the latest A&M Books publications!
All these books can be ordered by email at AandMPublishers@aol.com.
Celebrating Hotchclaw, new from
author Ann Allen Shockley. This is a strikingly rare
story set at an historically black college where
students, faculty and outside lives cross as discoveries
are made, and the college confronts internal conflicts,
homophobia, and survival.
O, Mistress Mine - The latest Sarah Aldridge novel, a remarkable contemporary tale from lesbian literature's pioneering novelist and As I Lay Frying: A Rehoboth Beach Memoir - Columnist Fay Jacobs' fast-selling tale of life in a gay-friendly resort town! As I Lay Frying has become an instant hit! For further information about A&M Books' newest author, Fay Jacobs, and her book As I Lay Frying visit her website at www.fayjacobs.com.
Together Forever
Muriel Crawford and Anyda Marchant (Sarah Aldridge), founders of A&M Books and, before that, the Naiad Press, are featured in the book by Eric Marcus, Together Forever: Gay and Lesbian Marriage from Anchor Books. Muriel and Anyda recently celebrated their 56th anniversary together!
