The Lambda Literary Foundation announced Finalists for the 16th Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating achievements in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender literature in 2003.
Chicagoan John D'Emilio is among those nominated. The controversial trans book by Northwestern's Michael Bailey, which is under attack for its scientific methods, was also nominated, but the Lambda Awards organizers may re-assess the book soon.
The Awards gala will be at the prestigious Chicago Mart Plaza Hotel June 3, on the eve of the Book Expo. See www.lambdalit.org .
Lesbian Fiction
And Then They Were Nuns, by Susan J. Leonardi (Firebrand)
Southland, by Nina Revoyr (Akashic Books)
The Way the Crow Flies, by Anne-Marie MacDonald (HarperCollins)
This Wild Silence, by Lucy Jane Bledsoe (Alyson)
What Night Brings, by Carla Trujillo (Curbstone Press)
Gay Men's Fiction
Beijing, by Philip Gambone (University of Wisconsin)
Lives of the Circus Animals, by Christopher Bram (William Morrow)
The Book of Salt, by Monique Truong (HoughtonMiff.)
War Against the Animals, by Paul Russell (St. Martin's)
Where the Boys Are, by William J. Mann (Kensington)
Lesbian Poetry
Embers, by Terry Wolverton (Red Hen Press)
Final Girl, by Daphne Gottlieb (Soft Skull Press)
Swirl, by Susan McCabe (Red Hen Press)
The Beautiful, by Michelle Tea (Manic D Press)
The Dirt She Ate, by Minnie Bruce Pratt (U. of Pitts.)
Gay Men's Poetry
Middle Earth, by Henri Cole (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Otherhood: Poems, by Reginald Shepherd (U. of Pitts.)
Saying the World, by Peter Pereira (Copper Canyon)
Sky Lounge, by Mark Bibbins (Graywolf Press)
The Healing Art, by Rafael Campo (W.W. Norton)
Lesbian Mystery
Cry Havoc, by Baxter Clare (Bella Books)
Damn Straight, by Elizabeth Sims (Alyson Publications)
Epitaph for an Angel, by Lauren Maddison (Alyson)
Owl of the Desert, by Ida Swearingen (New Victoria)
The Woman Who Found Grace, by Bett Reece Johnson (Cleis Press)
Gay Men's Mystery
Blind Eye, John Morgan Wilson (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Bourbon Street Blues, by Greg Herren (Kensington)
Dead Egotistical Morons, by Mark Richard Zubro (St. Martin's Minotaur)
It Takes Two, by Elliott Mackle (Alyson Publications)
Wearing Black to White Party, by David Stukas (Kensington Publishing)
Fiction Anthology
All I Want for Christmas, by Jon Jeffrey, Chris Kenry, William J. Mann, Ben Tyler (Kensington Publishing)
Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003, Angela Brown, ed. (Alyson Publications)
M2M, Karl Woelz, ed. (AttaGirl Press)
Pulp Friction, Michael Bronski, ed. (St. Martin's Press)
Telling Moments, Lydia Hall, ed. (U. of Wisconsin Press)
Nonfiction Anthology
Boyfriends from Hell, Kevin Bentley, ed. (Green Candy)
Mortal Secrets, Robert Klitzman and Ronald Bayer, eds. (John Hopkins University Press)
Queer Crips, Bob Guter and John R. Killacky, eds. (Harrington Park Press)
The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Greg Wharton, ed. (Boheme Press)
Pinned Down by Pronouns, by Toni Amato and Mary Davies, eds. Conviction Books)
Memoir/Autobiography
Cleopatra's Wedding Present, by Robert Tewdwr Moss (University of Wisconsin Press)
Going the Other Way, by Billy Bean (Marlowe & Company)
Highsmith: A Romance, by Marijane Meaker (Cleis Press)
Naked in the Promised Land, by Lillian Faderman (Houghton Mifflin)
She's Not There, by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Broadway)
Biography
Beautiful Shadow: A Life, Andrew Wilson (Bloomsbury)
Intertwined Lives, by Lois W. Banner (Alfred A. Knopf)
Lost Prophet, by John D'Emilio (Free Press)
Original Youth, by Keith Fleming (Green Candy Press)
That Furious Lesbian, by Robert A. Schanke (Southern Illinois University Press)
Children/Young Adult
Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan (Knopf Books)
Geography Club, by Brent Hartinger (HarperTempest)
Gravel Queen, by Tea Benduhn (Simon & Schuster)
Keeping You a Secret, by Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown & Company)
Rainbow High, by Alex Sanchez (Simon & Schuster)
Erotica
Best Gay Erotica 2004, Richard Labonte, ed. (Cleis)
Best Lesbian Erotica 2004, Tristan Taormino, ed. (Cleis)
Hot and Bothered 4, Karen X. Tulchinsky, ed. (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Masters of Midnight, by Michael Thomas Ford, William J. Mann, Sean Wolfe, Jeff Mann (Kensington)
Quickies 3, James Johnstone, ed. (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Humor
Chelsea Boys, by Glen Hanson and Allan Neuwirth (Alyson Publications)
Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life-Forms to Watch Out For, by Alison Bechdel (Alyson)
Men are Pigs, But We Love Bacon, by Michael Alvear (Kensington Publishing)
My Big Fat Queer Life, by Michael Thomas Ford (Alyson)
That's Why They're in Cages, People!, by Joel Perry (Alyson Publications)
Romance
Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003, Angela Brown, ed. (Alyson Publications)
Daytime Drama, by Dave Benbow (Kensington)
Last Summer, by Michael Thomas Ford (Kensington)
Maybe Next Time, by Karin Kallmaker (Bella Books)
They Say She Tastes Like Honey, by Michelle Sawyer (Alyson Publications)
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Elf Child, by David M. Pierce (Southern Tier Editions)
Necrologue, Helen Sandler, ed. (Diva Books)
The Red Line of Yarmald, by Diana Rivers (Bella Books)
The Substance of God, by Perry Brass (Belhue Press)
Vampire Thrall, by Michael Schiefelbein (Alyson)
Spirituality
Anything But Straight, Wayne Bensen (Harrington Pk)
Gay Perspective, by Toby Johnson (Alyson Publications)
Gay Witchcraft, by Christopher Penczak (Red Wheel/Weiser)
Keeping Faith, by Fenton Johnson (Houghton Mifflin)
The Man Jesus Loved, by Theodore W. Jennings (The Pilgrim Press)
LGBT Studies
Anything But Straight, by Wayne Bensen (Harrington Park Press)
Love in the Time of HIV, by Michael Mancilla and Lisa Troshinsky (Guilford Press)
Queer Street, by James McCourt (W.W.Norton)
Strapped for Cash, by Mack Friedman (Alyson)
Time on Two Crosses, Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise, eds. (Cleis Press)
Transgender/GenderQueer
She's Not There, by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Broadway Books)
The Drag King Anthology, Donna Troka, Kathleen Lebesco, Jean Noble, eds. (Harrington Park Press)
The Man Who Would Be Queen, by J. Michael Bailey (Joseph Henry Press)
Trans-gendered, by Justin Tanis (The Pilgrim Press)
Transgender Journeys, by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott and Vanessa Sheridan (The Pilgrim Press)
See their Web site for other nominees.
