Trish Bendix, Michelle Renae, and Rachel Smith

Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women

Local contributors read from this arousing, inspiring and bold new collection of essays exploring the journey from heterosexual relationships to finding oneself through love for other women. Bendix is blog editor of MTV & Logo’s AfterEllen.com, and she has written for Bitch, Time Out Chicago, OUT, Gay.com and The Village Voice. Michelle Renae is a writer and spoken word artist whose work focuses on feminism and spirituality as explored through her own life and sexuality. Rachel Smith is the mother of two children and an Administrative Assistant at a large teaching hospital in Chicago.