‘Lovetown’ by Michał Witkowski
The phrase “too many queens, not enough spotlights” should give a glimpse into the anarchic feel of Michał Witkowski’s debut novel, Lovetown.
The self-proclaimed ‘queens’ of Lovetown, who exclusively refer to each other by feminine names, revel in what they see as the glorious heyday of Polish Communist-era sex, equal measures grim and liberating.
‘These Things Happen’ by Richard Kramer
“A lot can happen in a day sometimes,” says Wesley Bowman, one of two teenaged boys at the center of Richard Kramer’s witty and often moving first novel, These Things Happen (Unbridled Books). This opening line, of course, is prescient. A lot does happen in each of the few days that frame this story, in which the adults in Wesley’s life are forced to reevaluate their understanding of themselves.
‘Lightning People’ by Christopher Bollen
A fun fact about lightning: a strike lasts for about 30 microseconds.
Lightning People starts with a similar flash. The narrator of the prologue, Joseph Guiteau, speaks in conspiratorial terms, suggesting a link between a rise in lightning-related Manhattan-area deaths and the fall of the Twin Towers.
21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
LGBT Anthologies | LGBT Childrens/Young
20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
LGBT Anthology | LGBT Childrens/Young
19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
LGBT Anthology | LGBT Childrens/Young
17th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
ANTHOLOGIES/FICTION WINNER: Fresh Men: New
18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies WINNER: Freedom in this
