Troy Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 The winners of the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced last night [June 4th] in a sold-out gala ceremony hosted by comedienne Kate Clinton at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. Author of the groundbreaking Tales of the City books, Armistead Maupin, and seminal influence on second-wave feminism Kate Millett, were the Pioneer Award honorees. Taking place the same week of Book Expo America - the book publishing industry's largest annual gathering of booksellers, publishers, and others in the industry - the Lambda ceremony brought together over 400 attendees, sponsors, and celebrities to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature. Legendary entertainer Lypsinka gave a special performance at the ceremony, and the VIP After-Party at hotspot Slate was a night to remember with Lady Bunny as DJ. Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning author of children's books was a presenter at the awards Lesbian Fiction Six Metres of Pavement, by Farzana Doctor, Dundrun Press Gay Fiction The Empty Family, by Colm Tóibín, Scribner Lesbian Debut Fiction Zipper Mouth, by Laurie Weeks, The Feminist Press Gay Debut Fiction Quarantine: Stories, by Rahul Mehta, Harper Perennial Lesbian Memoir/Biography When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love & Revolution, Jeanne Córdova, Spinsters Ink Gay Memoir/Biography The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood, by Glen Retief, St. Martin's Press Lesbian Mystery Dying to Live, by Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou, Bold Strokes Books Gay Mystery Red White Black and Blue, by Richard Stevenson, MLR Press LGBT Anthology Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader, ed. by Michael Hames-García and Ernesto Javier Martínez, Duke University Press LGBT Children's/Young Adult Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright, Simon & Schuster LGBT Drama A Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy Shaw, by Peggy Shaw, University of Michigan Press LGBT Nonfiction A Queer History of the United States, by Michael Bronski, Beacon Press LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror The German, by Lee Thomas, Lethe Press LGBT Studies Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes, by Lisa L. Moore, University of Minnesota Press Bisexual Fiction The Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio Bisexual Nonfiction The Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgest Press Transgender Fiction Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica, ed. by Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press Transgender Nonfiction Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels, by Justin Vivian Bond, The Feminist Press Lesbian Erotica Story of L, by Debra Hyde, Ravenous Romance Gay Erotica All Together, by Dirk Vanden, iloveyoudivine Alerotica Lesbian Poetry Love Cake, by Leah LakshmiPiepza-Samarasinha, TSAR Publications Gay Poetry A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos, ed. by David Trinidad, Nightboat Books Lesbian Romance Taken by Surprise, by Kenna White, Bella Books Gay Romance Every Time I Think of You, by Jim Provenzano, CreateSpace/Myrmidude Press Press Contact: Tony Valenzuela (323) 376-6801, tvalenzuela@lambdaliterary.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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