The 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards were held last night in New York. Here are the winners.
Lesbian FictionInferno (A Poet's Novel), by Eileen Myles, OR Books
Gay Fiction
Union Atlantic, by Adam Haslett, Doubleday
Lesbian Debut Fiction
Sub Rosa, by Amber Dawn, Arsenal Pulp Press
Gay Debut Fiction
Bob the Book, by David Pratt, Chelsea Station Editions
Lesbian Memoir/Biography (TIE)
Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life, by Barbara Hammer, The Feminist Press
Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures, by Julie Marie Wade, Colgate University Press
Gay Memoir/Biography
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade, by Justin Spring, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Lesbian Mystery
Fever of the Bone, by Val McDermid, HarperCollins
Gay Mystery
Echoes, by David Lennon, Blue Spike Publishing
LGBT Anthology
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, edited by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman, Seal Press
LGBT Children's/Young Adult
Wildthorn, by Jane Eagland, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
LGBT Drama
Oedipus at Palm Springs, by The Five Lesbian Brothers: Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, and Lisa Kron, Samuel French, Inc.
LGBT Nonfiction
King Kong Theory, by Virginia Despentes, The Feminist Press
LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror
Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories, by Sandra McDonald, Lethe Press
LGBT Studies (TIE)
Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism, by Scott Herring, New York University Press
Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality, by Gayle Salaman, Columbia University Press
Bisexual Fiction
The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet, by Myrlin Hermes, Harper Perennial
Bisexual Nonfiction
Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools, by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Rowman & Littlefield
Transgender Fiction
Holding Still For as Long as Possible, by Zoe Whittall, House of Anansi Press
Transgender Nonfiction
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community, edited by Noach Dzmura, North Atlantic Books
Lesbian Erotica
Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica, edited by Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press
Gay Erotica
Teleny and Camille, by Jon Macy, Northwest Press
Lesbian Poetry
The Nights Also, by Anna Swanson, Tightrope Books
Gay Poetry
Pleasure, by Brian Teare, Ahsahta Press
Lesbian Romance
River Walker, by Cate Culpepper, Bold Strokes Books
Gay Romance
Normal Miguel, by Erik Orrantia, Cheyenne Press
The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet, by Myrlin Hermes, Harper Perennial
Bisexual Nonfiction
Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools, by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Rowman & Littlefield
Transgender Fiction
Holding Still For as Long as Possible, by Zoe Whittall, House of Anansi Press
Transgender Nonfiction
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community, edited by Noach Dzmura, North Atlantic Books
Lesbian Erotica
Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica, edited by Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press
Gay Erotica
Teleny and Camille, by Jon Macy, Northwest Press
Lesbian Poetry
The Nights Also, by Anna Swanson, Tightrope Books
Gay Poetry
Pleasure, by Brian Teare, Ahsahta Press
Lesbian Romance
River Walker, by Cate Culpepper, Bold Strokes Books
Gay Romance
Normal Miguel, by Erik Orrantia, Cheyenne Press
Here are photos. I was particularly pleased by Eileen Myles, Barbara Hammer, and Val McDermid. Congratulations all!
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