After publishing A Feminist Tarot by Sally Gearhart and Susan Rennie in 1976, Pomegranate Productions was able to subsidize a conference called "Through the Looking Glass: A Gynergenetic Experience."
[3] Controversy arose as the operation folded when author Audre Lorde criticized Persephone press for leaving women of color "holding the bag.
"[4] Forthcoming titles from the Press, which they no longer has the capacity to publish, were authored by Black women, including Abeng by Michelle Cliff and Home Girls, an anthology edited by Barbara Smith.
[3] McGloin and Greenfield also claim that when they sought support from the feminist community, including their own authors, their requests were "met not with concern, but with hostility that made our situation even more difficult.
"[3] They describe the fundamental conflict in their work, that Persephone Press was founded on feminist ideals,[2] but "it used a business structure to achieve impact.