Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 22:50:15 -0500 From: lambda@clark.net (Deacon Maccubbin) Subject: Lammy Nominees Announced EIGHTH ANNUAL LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS - 1996 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 4, 1996 -- Nominees in the Eighth Annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced today. The Lambda Literary Awards, affectionately known as the "Lammys," have been awarded annually since 1989 to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. The Lammys are sponsored by the Lambda Book Report, a review of lesbian and gay literature. The nominees for the 1996 Lammys (for books published in English during 1995) are: LESBIAN FICTION Passion of Alice, Stephanie Grant, Houghton Mifflin Rat Bohemia, Sarah Schulman, Dutton Autobiography of a Family Photo, Jacqueline Woodson, Dutton Amnesty, Louise Blum, Alyson Sweat, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Seal GAY MEN'S FICTION Dream Boy, Jim Grimsley, Algonquin Flesh and Blood, Michael Cunningham, FSG Father of Frankenstein, Christopher Bram, Dutton Mysterious Skin, Scott Heim, HarperCollins Like People in History, Felice Picano, Viking LESBIAN STUDIES Virtual Equality, Urvashi Vaid, Anchor Dyke Life, Karla Jay, ed., BasicBooks S/he, Minne Bruce Pratt, Firebrand Tomboys, Lynn Yamaguchi and Karen Barber, Alyson Parker and Hulme: A Lesbian View, Julie Glamuzina & Alison J. Laurie, Firebrand GAY MEN'S STUDIES Invention of Heterosexuality, Jonathan Ned Katz, Dutton De Los Otros: Intimacy and Homosexuality Among Mexican Men, Joseph Carrier, Columbia University I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual, Pierre Seel, BasicBooks Virtually Normal, Andrew Sullivan, Random House Saint=Foucault: Towards a Gay Hagiography, Daniel Halperin, Oxford University Press LESBIAN POETRY Dark Fields of the Republic, Adrienne Rich, Norton Maxfield Parrish, Eileen Myles, Black Sparrow Oral Tradition, Jewelle Gomez, Firebrand Fire Power, Chrystos, Press Gang Key to Everything, Gerry Gomez Pearlberg, St. Martins GAY MEN'S POETRY Atlantis, Mark Doty, HarperPerrenial Cortege, Carl Philips, Graywolf Badboy Book of Erotic Verse, David Laurents, Badboy Scattering of Salts, James Merrill, Knopf Burnt Offerings, Timothy Liu, Copper Canyon LESBIAN MYSTERY Intersection of Law and Desire, J. M Redmann, Norton Hang Dog Hustle, Elizabeth Pincus, Spinsters Faint Praise, Ellen Hart, Seal Someone to Watch, Jaye Maiman, Naiad Night Songs, Penny Mickleberry, Naiad GAY MEN'S MYSTERY Venus Throw, Steven Saylor, St. Martin's Closet, R. D. Zimmerman, Dell Shock to the System, Richard Stevenson, St. Martin's Another Dead Teenager, Mark Richard Zubro, St. Martin's Queer Kind of Umbrella, George Baxt, Simon & Schuster LESBIAN BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, Dorothy Allison, Dutton Aimee & Jaguar, Erica Fischer, HarperCollins Eight Bullets, Claudia Brenner with Hannah Ashley, Firebrand And Say Hi to Joyce, Deb Price and Joyce Murdoch, Doubleday Babe, Susan E. Cayliff, Univ. of Illinois GAY MEN'S BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY Last Night on Earth, Bill T. Jones with Peggy Gillespie, Pantheon Palimpsest, Gore Vidal, Random House Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams, Lyle Leverich, Crown Our Paris, Edmund White, Knopf Prayers for Bobby, Leroy Aarons, HarperCollins ANTHOLOGIES/FICTION Afrekete, Catherine McKinley & L. Joyce Delaney, eds., Anchor Tasting Life Twice, E.J. Levy ed., Avon New Fuck You, Eileen Myles and Liz Kotz, eds., Semiotext(e) Forbidden Passages, Pat Califia and Janine Fuller, Cleis His, Robert Drake, Faber and Faber ANTHOLOGIES/NONFICTION Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage, Claude J. Summers, ed., Henry Holt Dyke Life, Karla Jay, ed., BasicBooks Tomboys, Lynn Yamaguchi and Karen Barber, Alyson A Loving Testimony, Leslea Newman, Crossing Press Out in All Directions, Lynn Witt, Sherry Thomas, and Eric Marcus, Warner PHOTOGRAPHY/VISUAL ARTS Stuck Rubber Baby, Howard Cruse, Paradox Press Butch/Femme, MG Soares ed., Crown Fully Exposed, Emmanuel Cooper, Routledge Making Love Visible, Geoff Manasse and Jean Swallow, Crossing Paris was a Woman, Andrea Weiss, HarperCollins HUMOR Butches of Madison County, Ellen Orleans, Laugh Lines Revenge of HotHead Paisan, Diane Dimassa, Cleis Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For, Alison Bechdel, Firebrand Growing Up Gay, Funny Gay Males, Hyperion Ghost in the Closet, Mable Maney, Cleis SPIRITUALITY Wrestling with the Angel, Brian Bouldrey, Riverhead Books Queer Spirits, Will Roscoe, Beacon Gay Fairy Tales, Peter Cashorali, HarperCollins Our Tribe, Nancy Wilson, HarperSanFrancisco Freedom, Glorious Freedom, John McNeill, Beacon SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY Slow River, Nicola Griffith, DelRay Dryland's End, Felice Picano, Richard Kasak Shadow Man, Melissa Scott, Tor Dark Angels, Pam Keesey, Cleis Atlantis: Three Tales, Samuel Delaney, Wesleyan DRAMA Actor's Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays, Eric Lane and Nina Shengold, Penguin Love! Valor! Compassion!, Terrence McNally, Plume Go Fish, Guinevere Turner and Rose Troche, Penguin T-Cells and Sympathy, Michael Kerns, Heinneman Slavs (Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness), Tony Kushner, TCG CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT Baby Bebop, Francesca Lia Block, HarperCollins From the Notebooks of Melanin, Jacqueline Woodson, Blue Sky Press My Two Uncles, Judith Vinga, Albert Whitman & Co. Passages of Pride, Kurt Chandler, Times Books Toby's Lie, Daniel Vilmure, Simon & Schuster SMALL PRESS New Fuck You, Eileen Myles and Liz Kotz, eds., Semiotext(e) S/He, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Firebrand Three-Hand Jax and Other Spells, Staszek, Permeable Press The Medicine Burns, Adam Klein, Serpent's Tale Milking Black Bull, Vega Press, ed., Vega Press Each year, beginning in the Fall, hundreds of thousands of Lammy nominating ballots are distributed through gay and lesbian newspapers and magazines, bookstores, and mailing lists of publishers, authors, book reviewers, and others in the book trade, as well as by electronic transmission. After the deadline for submission of nominating ballots (mid-February), a panel of book reviewers, bookstore personnel, and industry leaders from around the United States culls the nominations down to five nominees in each category. A separate panel of judges (not less than five judges per category, times the number of categories) then reads and scores the five finalists in each category to determine the recipients of the Lambda Literary Award. The identity of judges is kept secret (even from other judges) until the night of the Lammys banquet and all scoring and balloting is done secretly. The names of Lammy recipients will be announced at the annual Lammys banquet. The Lambda Literary Awards reception and black-tie optional banquet is held each year on the Friday night preceeding the start of the American Booksellers Association convention. This year's awards banquet will be held Friday, June 14, 1996 in Chicago, IL. For ticket information, contact the Lammys Line at 202-462-7924 or write to lambdabookreport@his.com (in recent years, the Lammys have been a sold-out affair, so reserve tickets early!). (This announcement is copyright 1996 by Lambda Book Report, all rights reserved. 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