This is a book about New York City in the good old days (1949) and a book about entertainers who worked in drag, when that got you jail time instead of a TV appearance. Read more about the book.

The author, Lisa Davis, has lived in Greenwich Village for many years and loves to write about it. This is her first novel. Other high points in her life include meeting Fidel Castro and almost drowning in the Colorado River. Read more about the author.

Reviewers have been generous in commenting on the book. Read these reviews and watch for updates.

For a quick history lesson, visit the winding streets of the Village, with lesbian haunts and fictional sites from Under the Mink. Also, vital links take you to lesbian and gay history sources, where to buy the book, and when a reading is scheduled near you. Read more about these resources.

Each reading from Under the Mink is accompanied by a slide show of vintage images from Village clubs of the 1940s and 50s and MORE. See a sample of these images in the slide show.