The Woman in the Moon Publications records consist of materials related to the press and its founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief, SDiane Bogus. There are administrative and financial records; public relations files; correspondence and research materials; editor and reader files; files on books and authors (published and unpublished); Bogus' writing (poetry, fiction, and non-fiction), teaching materials, and personalia; photographic materials documenting Woman in the Moon, and the LGBT community in the South Bay; and open reel tapes of poetry readings.

Woman in the Moon Publications was a new age feminist press founded by SDiane Bogus (es-di-ann, b.1946) in 1979. The press ceased operations in 1999, after publishing over 30 books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by and about people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and prisoners, and on topics in women's studies, health, new age spirituality, and spiritualism. Bogus, an African American lesbian, is a writer, educator, actor, and new age healer; she is also known as SDiane Adamz-Bogus, Shariananda Adamz, and The Oracle Soul-Joiner.

26.5 linear feet (19 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders, 1 volume)

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Cartons 1-18, Oversize Box 1, Oversize Folders 1-2, and Volume 1 are open for research. Box 1 includes photographic materials that need conservation and is currently closed to researchers. Requests for use must be approved by the appropriate curator.