Tell us a little something about yourself: A recipient of both a Lambda Literary Award in Belles Lettres and the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction from The Publishing Triangle, The Tricky Part by Martin Moran is newly available in paperback from Anchor Books.Īlready the author of three novels, HIV-positive gay porn star Aiden Shaw's autobiography My Undoing (Carroll & Graf) is subtitled Love in the Thick of Sex, Drugs, Pornography, and Prostitution. Greg Hewett's book The Eros Conspiracy (Coffee House Press), has been described as a 'book-length poetic treatise on love, beauty and revolution,' and also as 'a transhistorical love note from an older lover to his younger beloved.' June Jordan's posthumously released Directed by Desire: Collected Poems (Copper Canyon), edited by Jan Heller Levi and Sara Miles, took home the Lesbian Poetry Lammy and received a nomination for The Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry from The Publishing Triangle.

Poetic justice: Richard Siken's poetry collection Crush (Yale University Press) received both the Lambda Literary Award and the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. The latter received the Lammy for Gay Men's Fiction. and the very adult subject matter of The Sluts (Carroll & Graf). Prolific queer writer Dennis Cooper had a busy 2005 with the publication of the young adult novel God, Jr.

The book was also a finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction from The Publishing Triangle. As it turns out, there is plenty more where those books came from.Īlready a winner: The novel Choir Boy (Soft Skull Press) by Charlie Anders received the Lambda Literary Award for the Transgender/GenderQueer category in May 2006. We have partnered with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and a portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to them.What better time than summer to catch up on your reading? This year already looks to be one of the best in terms of works by queer writers, including John Weir's What I Did Wrong and T Cooper's Lipschitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes. This one of a kind collection will, perhaps, help all readers see themselves and the world around them in ways they might never have imagined. The Full Spectrum includes a variety of writers-gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, transitioning, and questioning-on a variety of subjects: coming out, family, friendship, religion/faith, first kisses, break-ups, and many others.

In order to help create that community, YA authors David Levithan and Billy Merrell have collected original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their teens and early 20s. Annotation: Teens are more aware of sexuality and identity than ever, and they’re looking for answers and insights, as well as a community of others.Author: Levithan, David / Merrell, Billy.Subtitle: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities.

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