23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Author: William Johnson
June 27, 2011
These Finalists represent books published in 2010.
BISEXUAL — Fiction
Fall Asleep Forgetting, by Georgeann Packard The Permanent Press
If You Follow Me, by Malena Watrous Harper Perennial [Review]
Krakow Melt, by Daniel Allen Cox Arsenal Pulp Press [Review]
The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet by Myrlin A. Hermes Harper Perennial [Review]
Pride/Prejudice: A Novel of Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, and Their Forbidden Lovers by Ann Herendeen Harper Paperbacks
BISEXUAL — Nonfiction
Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools, by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Rowman & Littlefield
Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women, edited by Candace Walsh and Laura Andre Seal Press [Review]
Just Kids, by Patti Smith Ecco [Review]
Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead, by Paula Byrne HarperCollins/It Books
Sal Mineo, by Michael Gregg Michaud Crown Archetype
TRANSGENDER — Fiction
Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super Tranny, by Justin Hall with Diego Gomez, Fred Noland & Jon Macy Northwest Press
Holding Still for As Long As Possible, by Zoe Whittall House of Anansi Press
Jumpstart the World, by Catherine Ryan Hyde Random House Children’s Books
TRANSGENDER — Nonfiction
Assume Nothing, by Rebecca Swan Soft Skull Press
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community, edited by Noach Dzmura North Atlantic Books [Review]
The Color of Sunlight, by Michelle Alexander and Michelle Diane Rose CreateSpace
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, edited by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman Seal Press [Review]
Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality, by Kristen Schilt University of Chicago Press
LGBT ANTHOLOGY
Best Lesbian Romance 2010, edited by Radclyffe Cleis Press
Gay Shame, edited by David M. Halperin & Valerie Traub University of Chicago Press [Review]
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, edited by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman Seal Press [Review]
Kicked Out, edited by Sassafras Lowrey Homofactus Press [Review | Feature]
War Diaries, edited by Tisa Bryant & Ernest Hardy AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) and the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) [Download]
LGBT CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT
Christian, the Hugging Lion, by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell, illustrated by Amy June Bates Simon & Schuster
God Loves Hair, by Vivek Shraya llustrated by Juliana Neufeld Vivek Shraya [Review]
Jumpstart the World, by Catherine Ryan Hyde Random House Books for Children
Love Drugged, by James Klise Flux
Wildthorn, by Jane Eagland Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
LGBT DRAMA
The Brother/Sister Plays, by Tarell Alvin McCraney Theatre Communications Group
Lydia, by Octavio Solis Samuel French
Oedipus at Palm Springs: A Five Lesbian Brothers Play, by Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, & Lisa Kron Samuel French
Slipping, by Daniel Talbott Dramatists Play Service
With Bated Breath, by Bryden MacDonald Talonbooks
LGBT NONFICTION
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community, edited by Noach Dzmura North Atlantic Books [Review]
Ex-Gay No Way: Survival and Recovery from Sexual Abuse, by Jallen Rix EdD. Findhorn Press
Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature, by Emma Donoghue Alfred A. Knopf [Interview]
King Kong Theory, by Virginie Despentes The Feminist Press
The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools, by Stuart Biegel University of Minnesota Press [Review]
LGBT SF/FANTASY/HORROR
Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories, by Sandra McDonald Lethe Press [Review]
Disturbed by Her Song, by Tanith Lee Lethe Press [Interview]
Flowers of Edo, by Nene Adams Black Car Publishing
Wilde Stories 2010: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction, edited by Steve Berman Lethe Press
Wolfsbane Winter, by Jane Fletcher Bold Strokes Books
LGBT STUDIES
Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism, by Scott Herring New York University Press
Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality, by Gayle Salamon Columbia University Press
Backward Glances: Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the Female Homoerotic Imaginary, by Fran Martin Duke University Press
Citizen Invert Queer: Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain, by Deborah Cohler University of Minnesota Press [Review]
Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil: Sexual Rights Movements in Emerging Democracies, Rafael de la Dehesa Duke University Press
LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION
Alcestis, by Katharine Beutner Soho Press [Review]
Fall Asleep Forgetting, by Georgeann Packard The Permanent Press
The More I Owe You, by Michael Sledge Counterpoint Press [Review]
One More Stop, by Lois Walden Arcadia Books
Sub Rosa, by Amber Dawn Arsenal Pulp Press
LESBIAN EROTICA
Best Lesbian Erotica 2011, edited by Kathleen Warnock & selected by Lea DeLaria Cleis Press
Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica, edited by Tristan Taormina Cleis Press [Review]
This Is How We Do It: A Raw Mix of Lesbian Erotica, by D Alexandria RedThorn Art
LESBIAN FICTION
Big Bang Symphony, by Lucy Jane Bledsoe University of Wisconsin Press
Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle, by Zelda Lockhart LaVenson Press
Holding Still for as Long as Possible, by Zoe Whittall House of Anansi
Homeschooling, by Carol Guess PS Publishing
Inferno (a poet’s novel), by Eileen Myles OR Books [Review]
LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
Blood Strangers: A Memoir, by Katherine A. Briccetti Heyday Books
Hammer!: Making Movies Out of Sex and Life, by Barbara Hammer The Feminist Press [Review]
Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer, by Chely Wright Pantheon Books
She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood by Amie Klempnauer Miller Beacon Press
Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures, by Julie Marie Wade Colgate University Press [Review]
LESBIAN MYSTERY
The Cruel Ever After, by Ellen Hart Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press
Fever of the Bone, by Val McDermid HarperCollins [Review]
Missing Lynx, by Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou Bold Strokes Books [Review]
Parallel Lies, by Stella Duffy Bywater Books [Review]
Water Mark, by J.M. Redmann Bold Strokes Books [Review]
LESBIAN POETRY
The Inquisition Yours, by Jen Currin Coach House Books
Money for Sunsets, by Elizabeth J. Colen Steel Toe Books [Review]
The Nights Also, by Anna Swanson Tightrope Books
The Sensual World Re-Emerges, by Eleanor Lerman Sarabande Books
White Shirt, by Laurie MacFayden Frontenac House
LESBIAN ROMANCE
Above Temptation, by Karin Kallmaker Bella Books [Review]
Awakening to Sunlight, by Lindsey Stone Bold Strokes Books
Beacon of Love, by Ann Roberts Bella Books [Review]
River Walker, by Cate Culpepper, Bold Strokes Books [Review]
Starting from Scratch, by Georgia Beers Brisk Press [Review]
GAY DEBUT FICTION
Bob the Book, by David Pratt Chelsea Station Editions [Review]
The Palisades, by Tom Schabarum Cascadia Publishing
Passes Through, by Rob Stephenson University of Alabama Press/FC
Probation, by Tom Mendicino Kensington Publishing
XOXO Hayden, by Chris Corkum P.D. Publishing
GAY EROTICA
Best of the Best Gay Erotica 3, edited by Richard Labonté Cleis Press
Teleny and Camille, by Jon Macy Northwest Press [Review]
Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top, edited by Jerry Wheeler Lethe Press
A Twist of Grimm: Erotic Fairy Tales for Gay Men, by William Holden Lethe Press
Vancouver Nights, by Hank Edwards Lethe Press
GAY FICTION
By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham Farrar, Straus & Giroux [Review]
Children of the Sun, by Max Schaefer Soft Skull
Consolation, by Jonathan Strong Pressed Wafer
The Silver Hearted, by David McConnell Alyson Books [Review]
Union Atlantic, by Adam Haslett Doubleday [Review]
GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
Beyond Normal: The Birth of Gay Pride, by Gale Chester Whittington BookLocker.com
Grant Wood: A Life, by R. Tripp Evans Alfred A. Knopf [Review]
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade, by Justin Spring Farrar, Straus & Giroux [Review | Interview]
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham, by Selina Hastings Random House
She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Mother, by Bryan Batt Harmony Books [Review]
GAY MYSTERY
Cockeyed, by Richard Stevenson MLR Press [Review]
Echoes, by David Lennon Blue Spike Publishing [Review]
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, by I.E. Woodward iUniverse [Review]
Smoked, by Garry Ryan NeWest Press [Review]
Vieux Carre Voodoo, by Greg Herren Bold Strokes Books [Review]
GAY POETRY
darkacre, by Greg Hewett Coffee House Press [Review]
Other Flowers: Uncollected Poems, by James Schuyler Farrar, Straus & Giroux [Review]
Pleasure, by Brian Teare Ahsahta Press [Review]
The Salt Ecstasies: Poems, by James L. White Graywolf Press [Review]
then, we were still living, by Michael Klein GenPop Books [Review]
GAY ROMANCE
Normal Miguel, by Erik Orrantia Cheyenne Publishing [Review]
The Road Home, by Michael Thomas Ford Kensington Publishing [Review]
Three Wrong Turns in the Desert, by Neil Plakcy Loose Id [Review]
