NEWS: 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners

The 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners were announced last night, and while a few books I was rooting for didn't come out on top, there are still some great reads in this batch.

BISEXUAL — Fiction
The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet by Myrlin A. Hermes

BISEXUAL — Nonfiction
Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

TRANSGENDER — Fiction
Holding Still for As Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall
(this one is definitely on my to-read list)

TRANSGENDER — Nonfiction
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community edited by Noach Dzmura


LGBT ANTHOLOGY
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation edited by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman
(I picked this one up not to long ago, so watch for my review coming soon)





LGBT CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT
Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
(this has been sitting in my TBR pile for far too long - hoping to have a review ready soon)

LGBT DRAMA
Oedipus at Palm Springs: A Five Lesbian Brothers Play by Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, & Lisa Kron


LGBT NONFICTION
King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes

LGBT SF/FANTASY/HORROR
Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories by Sandra McDonald
(another one that is definitely on my to-read list)

LGBT STUDIES — Tie
Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism by Scott Herring
Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality by Gayle Salamon


LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION
Sub Rosa by Amber Dawn
(this one excites me - definitely goes on the TBR list)

LESBIAN EROTICA
Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica edited by Tristan Taormina
(let's hope Tristan's next anthology, Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica, meets with the same success!)


LESBIAN FICTION
Inferno (a poet’s novel) by Eileen Myles

LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY — Tie
Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life by Barbara Hammer
Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures by Julie Marie Wade

LESBIAN MYSTERY
Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid

LESBIAN POETRY
The Nights Also by Anna Swanson

LESBIAN ROMANCE
River Walker by Cate Culpepper
(I was torn between this and Robbi McCoy's Not Every River as the best in this category, but both are great books)

GAY DEBUT FICTION
Bob the Book by David Pratt
(this has such a cute premise - I'm looking forward to the read)

GAY EROTICA
Teleny and Camille by Jon Macy

GAY FICTION
Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett


GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring

GAY MYSTERY
Echoes by David Lennon

GAY POETRY
Pleasure by Brian Teare

GAY ROMANCE
Normal Miguel by Erik Orrantia

Congratulations to all involved, the winners, the finalists, and the nominees. There were some great reads this year, and I can't wait to see what next year brings.
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