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2001 Lambda Literary Award Finalists

The finalists for the 2001 Lambda Literary Award were just announced. Notable nominations include Lawrence Schimel in the Fiction Anthology category (look out for him in our Very Interesting People section soon), the Rice family nominees, mother, Anne, (Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy) and son, Christopher, (Gay Men's Mystery), and Out of the Ordinary, Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels, editors, nominated in three categories!

There will be readings around the country to celebrate the nominees (check our Events Calendar and local listings) before the winners are announced during Book Expo America in Chicago on May 31st.

Here's the full list of nominees:

Lesbian Fiction

Affinity by Sarah Waters
Tea by Stacey D'Erasmo
The Powerbook by Jeannette Winterson
Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood
Valencia by Michelle Tea

Affinity

Gay Fiction

The Notorious Dr. August by Christopher Bram
The Married Man by Edmund White
Guess Again by Bernard Cooper
Between Dances by Erasmo Guerra
The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein

 

Between Dances

Lesbian Studies

Lesbian Art in America by Harmony Hammond
Margaret Mead Made Me Gay by Esther Newton
The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood by Diana McLellan
Girl Reel by Bonnie J. Morris
My Dangerous Desires by Amber Hollibaugh

Lesbian Art in America

Gay Studies

Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion by Martin Duberman
The Isherwood Century by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman
Creating Change by d'Emilio, Turner and Vaid
Shorter Views: Queer Thoughts and the Politics of the Paramilitary by Samuel R. Delaney
Male Lust by Kerwin Kay, Baruch Gold, Jill Nagle

Shorter Views

Lesbian Poetry

Mercy Mercy Me by Elena Georgiou
The Horse Fair by Robin Becker
A Map to the Next World by Joy Harjo
On The Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone by Nancy Boutilier
Signs of Love by Leslea Newman

A Map to the Next World

Gay Poetry

Boss Cupid by Thom Gunn
The World in Us, ed. by Michael Lassell and Elena Georgiou
Word of Mouth, ed. by Timothy Liu
Plasticville by David Trinidad
Pastoral by Carl Phillips

The World in Us

Lesbian Mystery

The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists by Barbara Wilson
Booked for Murder by Val McDermid
When Evil Changes Face by Therese Szymanski
Death Understood by Claire McNab
Mommy Deadest by Jean Marcy

Case of the Orphaned Basoonist

Gay Men's Mystery

A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
The Limits of Justice by John Morgan Wilson
Name Games by Michael Craft
Love's Last Chance by Krandall Kraus
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Casey Nelson

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Lesbian Biography/Autobiography

Truly Wilde by Joan Schenkar
My Dangerous Desires by Amber Hollibaugh
Soldier: A Poet's Childhood by June Jordan
The Room Lit by Roses by Carole Maso
Lifesaving by Judith Barrington

Soldier

Gay Biography/Autobiography

Marcel Proust by Jean-Yves Tadie
Bosie by Douglas Murray
Brave Journeys by David Mixner
The Mentor by Jay Quinn
Lies by Ned Rorem

Bosie

Fiction Anthology

Queer Fear, ed. Michael Rowe
Men on Men 2000, eds. David Bergman and Karl Woelz
Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millenium, eds. Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton
Same Sex Love in India, eds. Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai
Kosher Meat, ed. Lawrence Schimel

Kosher Meat

Non-fiction Anthology

Coming Out of Cancer, ed. Victoria Brownworth
Home Fronts, ed. Jess Wells
Mama's Boy, ed. Dean Kostos and Eugene Grygo
Out of the Ordinary, eds. Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels
Revolutionary Voices, ed. Amy Sonnie

Revolutionary Voices

Humor

It's Not Mean If it's True, by Michael Thomas Ford
Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
Bruce! by Bruce Vilanch
Post-Dykes to Watch Out For, by Alison Bechdel
The Femme's Guide to the Universe by Shar Rednour

Post-Dykes

Visual Arts

Lesbian Art in America by Harmony Hammond
Stars in My Eyes by Don Bachardy
Black and White Men by James Spada
Faeries by Keri Pickett
As I See It by Greg Gorman

As I See It

Spirituality/Religion

The Silence of Sodom by Mark Jordan
Interviews/Entrevistas by Gloria E. Anzaldua
Gay Spirituality by Toby Johnson
It's Never About What It's About by Krandall Kraus and Paul Borja
ReCreations, ed. Catherine Lake, Queer Press

Interviews/Entrevistas

Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy

Queer Fear, ed. Michael Rowe
Merrick by Anne Rice
Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley
Angel Lust by Perry Brass
Jumping off the Planet by David Gerrold

Kirith Kirin

Drama

Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told by Paul Rudnick
Five Lesbian Brothers by Five Lesbian Brothers
The Beginning of August by Tom Donaghy
I, Carmelita Tropicana by Alina Troyano

I, Carmelita Tropicana

Children/YA

Holly's Secret by Nancy Garden
Revolutionary Voices, ed. Amy Sonnie
Out of the Ordinary, eds. Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels
The XY Survival Guide by Benjie Nycum
Eight Seconds by Jean Ferris

The XY Survival Guide

Transgender

The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto
Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian
Out of the Ordinary, eds. Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels
Are You A Boy or a Girl? by Karleen Pendleton-Jimenez, Green Dragon Press

As Nature Made Him

Small Press

Outline of My Love by Douglas A. Martin
Bridge Across the Ocean by Randy Boyd
Kamikaze Lust by Lauren Sanders
Between Dances by Erasmo Guerra
Undertow by Amy Schutzer

Kamikaze Lust

 

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