ABSTRACT

SUMMARY. In addition to furthering our knowledge and filling out resumes, academic conferences play an important role in the social lives of gay men and lesbians, providing many with unique opportunity to meet fellow queers in our fields. In a satirical spoof of the presumed bed-swapping that transpires at such meetings, "Addressee Unknown" is the correspondence-letters both mailed and those, more wisely, never posted-of Estelle, a collector of lesbian academics. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678, E-mail address: getinfo@haworthpressinc.com]