The Lambda Literary Awards have named more than 100 outstanding LGBT authors and their works vying for 23 different categories. Three of the nominees are Asians:
LGBT Children’s/Young Adult
* Ash, by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown)
* How Beautiful the Ordinary, edited by Michael Cart (HarperCollins)
* In Mike We Trust, by P.E. Ryan (HarperCollins)
* Sprout, by Dale Peck (Bloomsbury USA)
* The Vast Fields of Ordinary, by Nick Burd (Penguin Books)
Bisexual Nonfiction
* Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life, by Edna O’Brien (W. W. Norton)
* Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey (Alfred A. Knopf)
* Leaving India: My Family’s Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents, by Minal Hajratwala (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
* Map, by Audrey Beth Stein (Lulu.com)
* Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood’s Dark Dreamer, by Emanuel Levy (St. Martin’s Press)
Gay Debut Fiction
* Blue Boy, by Rakesh Satyal (Kensington Books)
* God Says No, by James Hannaham (McSweeneys)
* Pop Salvation, by Lance Reynald (HarperCollins)
* Shaming the Devil: Collected Short Stories, by G. Winston James (Top Pen Press)
* Sugarless, by James Magruder (University of Wisconsin Press)
Winners will be announced at the 22nd Annual Awards, May 27 in New York at the School of Visual Arts Theater, 333 West 23rd Street.
(More information HERE.)
LGBT Children’s/Young Adult
* Ash, by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown)
* How Beautiful the Ordinary, edited by Michael Cart (HarperCollins)
* In Mike We Trust, by P.E. Ryan (HarperCollins)
* Sprout, by Dale Peck (Bloomsbury USA)
* The Vast Fields of Ordinary, by Nick Burd (Penguin Books)
Bisexual Nonfiction
* Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life, by Edna O’Brien (W. W. Norton)
* Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey (Alfred A. Knopf)
* Leaving India: My Family’s Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents, by Minal Hajratwala (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
* Map, by Audrey Beth Stein (Lulu.com)
* Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood’s Dark Dreamer, by Emanuel Levy (St. Martin’s Press)
Gay Debut Fiction
* Blue Boy, by Rakesh Satyal (Kensington Books)
* God Says No, by James Hannaham (McSweeneys)
* Pop Salvation, by Lance Reynald (HarperCollins)
* Shaming the Devil: Collected Short Stories, by G. Winston James (Top Pen Press)
* Sugarless, by James Magruder (University of Wisconsin Press)
Winners will be announced at the 22nd Annual Awards, May 27 in New York at the School of Visual Arts Theater, 333 West 23rd Street.
(More information HERE.)
