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Lambda Literary Awards:  2001

The Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammys," are awarded annually to recognize excellence in gay and lesbian writing and publishing in the U.S. during the preceding year. These awards are sponsored by the Lambda Book Report, a bimonthly review of lesbian and gay literature published in Washington, DC.

      

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Lambda Literary Awards 2001

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Lesbian Fiction

Valencia by Michelle Tea - Winner!


Affinity by Sarah Waters
Tea by Stacey D'Erasmo - A Book Sense 76 pick
The Powerbook by Jeannette Winterson
Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood

 

Valencia

The World of Normal Boys Gay Fiction

The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein - Winner!


The Notorious Dr. August by Christopher Bram
The Married Man by Edmund White
Guess Again by Bernard Cooper
Between Dances by Erasmo Guerra
 

Lesbian Studies

Lesbian Art in America by Harmony Hammond - Winner!


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

The Isherwood Century Gay Studies

The Isherwood Century by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman - Winner!


Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion by Martin Duberman
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

 

Lesbian Poetry

Mercy Mercy Me by Elena Georgiou - Winner!


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

 

Mercy Mercy Me

Pastoral Gay Poetry

Pastoral by Carl Phillips - Winner!


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

 

Lesbian Mystery

Mommy Deadest by Jean Marcy - Winner!


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

The Limits of Justice Gay Men's Mystery

The Limits of Justice by John Morgan Wilson - Winner!


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

Lesbian Biography/Autobiography

Lifesaving by Judith Barrington - Winner!


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

Bosie Gay Biography/Autobiography

Bosie by Douglas Murray - Winner!


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

Fiction Anthology

Men on Men 2000, eds. David Bergman and Karl Woelz - Winner!


Queer Fear, ed. Michael Rowe
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

 

Men on Men 2000

Out of the Ordinary Non-fiction Anthology

Out of the Ordinary, eds. Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels - Winner!


Coming Out of Cancer, ed. Victoria Brownworth
Home Fronts, ed. Jess Wells
Mama's Boy, ed. Dean Kostos and Eugene Grygo
Revolutionary Voices, ed. Amy Sonnie

 

Humor

Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris - Winner!


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

We Talk Pretty One Day

Faeries Visual Arts

Faeries by Keri Pickett - Winner!


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

Spirituality/Religion

Gay Spirituality by Toby Johnson - Co-Winner!
It's Never About What It's About by Krandall Kraus and Paul Borja
- Co-Winner!


The Silence of Sodom by Mark Jordan
Interviews/Entrevistas by Gloria E. Anzaldua
ReCreations, ed. Catherine Lake, Queer Press

Gay Spirituality

Kirith Kirin Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy

Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley - Winner!


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

 

Drama

Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask - Winner!
 

 

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

 

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Out of the Ordinary Children/Young Adult

Out of the Ordinary, eds. Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels - Winner!


Holly's Secret by Nancy Garden
Revolutionary Voices, ed. Amy Sonnie
The XY Survival Guide by Benjie Nycum
Eight Seconds by Jean Ferris

Transgender

The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff - A Book Sense 76 pick - Winner!


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

The Danish Girl

Kamikaze Lust Small Press

Kamikaze Lust by Lauren Sanders - Co-Winner!
Between Dances
by Erasmo Guerra -
Co-Winner!


Outline of My Love by Douglas A. Martin
Bridge Across the Ocean by Randy Boyd
Undertow by Amy Schutzer

 

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