4th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Author: Edit Team
July 13, 1992
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
- WINNER: The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: and Other Stories by Johnny Valentine, illustrated by Lynette Schmidt (Alyson Wonderland)
- Gloria Goes to Gay Pride by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Russell Crocker (Alyson Wonderland)
- How Would You Feel if Your Dad Was Gay? by Ann Heron and Meredith Maran, illustrated by Kris Kovick (Alyson Wonderland)
- Lark in the Morning by Nancy Garden (Farrar Straus Giroux)
- Sudden Strangers by Aaron and Walter Fricke (St. Martin’s Press)
EDITOR’S CHOICE
- Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th Century America by Lillian Faderman (Columbia University)
GAY MEN’S ANTHOLOGY
- WINNER: Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men edited by Essex Hemphill (Alyson)
- Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction edited by Edmund White (Faber & Faber)
- Hometowns: Gay Men Write About Where They Belong edited by John Preston (E.P. Dutton)
- Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay & Lesbian Writers Edited by Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton (Plume)
- Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics and Practice edited by Mark Thompson (Alyson)
GAY MEN’S FICTION
- WINNER: What the Dead Remember by Harlan Greene (E.P. Dutton)
- Frisk by Dennis Cooper (Grove Weidenfeld)
- Halfway Home by Paul Monette (Crown)
- Language We Use Up Here by Philip Gambone (E.P. Dutton)
- Vanishing Rooms by Melvin Dixon (E.P. Dutton)
GAY MEN’S MYSTERY
- WINNER: A Country of Old Men by Joseph Hansen (Viking)
- Best Performance by a Patsy by Stan Cutler (E.P. Dutton)
- The Face on the Cutting Room Floor by Stan Cutler (E.P. Dutton)
- Master’s Counterpoints by Larry Townsend (Alyson)
- Sorry Now? by Mark Richard Zubro (St. Martin’s)
GAY MEN’S NONFICTION
- WINNER: The Zuni Man-Woman by Will Roscoe (University of New Mexico)
- Close To the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz (Vintage)
- Cures: A Gay Man’s Odyssey by Martin Duberman (E.P. Dutton)
- Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren Stoddard by Roger Austen, edited by John W. Crowley (UMASS)
- Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare’s England by Bruce R. Smith (University of Chicago)
GAY MEN’S POETRY
- WINNER: The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black Poets edited by Assoto Saint (Galiens)
- Bethlehem in Broad Daylight by Mark Doty (David R. Godine)
- The Burnt Pages by John Ash (Random House)
- Hand over Heart by David Trinidad (Amethyst)
- Sex-Charge by Perry Brass (Belhue)
GAY MEN’S SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
- WINNER: The Dark Beyond the Stars by Frank M. Robinson (TOR)
- Embracing the Dark edited by Eric Garber (Alyson)
- Mirage by Perry Brass (Belhue)
- Steam by Jay B. Laws (Alyson)
- Vampires Anonymous by Jeffrey N. McMahan (Alyson)
HUMOR
- WINNER: Putting on the Ritz by Joe Keenan (Viking)
- Coming Out!: More Fun ‘n’ Games by Elizabeth Dean, Linda Wells, and Andrea Curren (New Victoria)
- Strange Angel by Ben Davis (Corona Publishing Co.)
- What I Love about Lesbian Politics Is Arguing with People I Agree With by Kris Kovick (Alyson)
- Women’s Glib: A Collection of Women’s Humor edited by Rosalind Warren (Crossing)
LESBIAN ANTHOLOGY
- WINNER: Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About edited by Carla Trujillo (Third Woman)
- Bi Any Other Name edited by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu (Alyson)
- Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay & Lesbian Writers edited by Terry Wolverton and Robert Drake (Plume)
- An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality edited by Judith Barrington (Eighth Mountain)
- Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition edited by Barbara Sang, Joyce Warshow, and Adrienne Smith (Spinsters Book Co.)
LESBIAN FICTION
- WINNER (Tie): The Revolution of Little Girls by Blanche Boyd (Alfred A. Knopf)
- WINNER (Tie): The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (Firebrand)
- Benediction by Diane Salvatore (Naiad)
- Just Say Yes by Judith McDaniel (Firebrand)
- Minimax by Anna Livia (Eighth Mountain)
LESBIAN MYSTERY
- WINNER: Murder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest (Naiad)
- Cop Out by Claire McNab (Naiad)
- Everything You Have is Mine by Sandra Scoppetone (Little Brown)
- Final Session by Mary Morell (Spinsters Book Co.)
- The Providence File by Amanda Kyle Williams (Naiad)
LESBIAN NONFICTION
- WINNER: Cancer in Two Voices by Sandra Butler and Barbara Rosenblum (Spinsters Book Co.)
- Gertrude and Alice by Diane Souhami (Pandora)
- An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality edited by Judith Barrington (Eighth Mountain)
- Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America by Lillian Faderman (Columbia University)
- Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991 by Minnie Bruce Pratt (Firebrand)
LESBIAN POETRY
- WINNER: An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991 by Adrienne Rich (W.W. Norton)
- Artemis in Echo Park by Eloise Klein Healy (Firebrand)
- Fear of Subways by Maureen Seaton (Eighth Mountain)
- The Forbidden Poems by Becky Birtha (Seal)
- Not Me by Eileen Myles (Semiotext(e))
LESBIAN SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
- WINNER: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (Firebrand)
- Mega by B.L. Holmes (Mother Courage)
- Shadows of Aggar by Chris Anne Wolfe (New Victoria)
- Stranded by Camarin Grae (Naiad)
- Zeta Base by Judith Alguire (Naiad)
SMALL PRESS BOOK AWARD
- WINNER: Gay Roots: Twenty Years of Gay Sunshine edited by Winston Leyland (Gay Sunshine)
- The Advocate Advisor by Pat Califia (Alyson)
- How Do I Look?: Queer Film and Videos edited by Bad Object-Choices (Bay)
- Putting Out ’91 edited by Edisol W. Dotson (Putting Out)
- Rusty: How Me and Her Went to Colorado and Everything, Except Not Really by Garbo (Big Breakfast)
PUBLISHER’S SERVICE AWARD
- Barbara Grier and Donna McBride, The Naiad Press