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24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced


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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.

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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

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