Lambda Award 2006, and the winners are... Einstellungen

[Masi]

Am letzten Donnerstag wurden die diesjährigen Lambda Literary Awards vergeben. In insgesamt 22 Kategorien wurden die besten schwulen, lesbischen, bisexuellen und transgender Bücher und Autor/innen ausgezeichnet.

Hier die (größtenteils) lesbenrelevanten Nominierungen und Gewinner:

Ich habe nur die Gewinnerinnen verlinkt. *faul ist* :rolleyes:

edit: die Nicht-Gewinnerinnen sind aber auch mehrere Blicke wert ;)

Lesbian Debut Fiction

(IMG:http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0974638846.03.MZZZZZZZ.jpg) <-- The Beautifully Worthless by Ali Leibegott (Suspect Thoughts)

ebenfalls nominiert waren:
- Crashing America by Katia Noyes (Alyson)
- Manstealing for Fat Girls by Michelle Embree (Soft Skull Press)
- In Too Deep by Ronica Black (Bold Strokes)
- Bliss by Fiona Zedde (Kensington)

Lesbian Fiction

(IMG:http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1400034566.03.MZZZZZZZ.jpg) <-- Babyji by Abha Dawesar (Anchor Books)

(IMG:http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0393060152.03.MZZZZZZZ.jpg) <-- Wild Dogs by Helen Humphrys (W. W. Norton)

ebenfalls nominiert waren:
- With or Without You by Lauren Sanders (Akashic)
- Five Books of Moses Lapinsky by Karen Tulchinsky (Raincoast Books)
- Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson (Harcourt)

Lesbian Mystery

(IMG:http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1558854460.03.MZZZZZZZ.jpg) <-- Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders by Alicia Gaspar De Alba (Arte Publico) http://www.desertblood.info/

ebenfalls nominiert waren:
- Women of Mystery edited by Katherine Forrest (Haworth) :wub:
- The Iron Girl by Ellen Hart (St. Martins Minotaur)
- Darkness Descending by Penny Mickelbury (Kings Crossing)
- Justice Served by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes)


Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

(IMG:http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1555838235.03.MZZZZZZZ.jpg) <-- Daughters of an Emerald Dusk by Katherine Forrest (Alyson Books)


ebenfalls nominiert waren:
- Fledgling by Octavia Butler (Seven Stories)
- Shapers of Darkness by David B. Coe (Tor)
- Temple Landfall by Jane Fletcher (Bold Strokes)
- No Sister of Mine by Jeanne G’Fellers

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[Masi]

Lesbian Poetry

(IMG:http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1556592280.03.MZZZZZZZ.jpg) <-- Directed by Desire: Collected Poems by June Jordan (Copper Canyon)

ebenfalls nominiert waren:
- Where the Apple Falls by Samiya Bashir (redbone press)
- Life Mask by Jackie Kay (Bloodaxe Books)
- New and Selected Poems, Volume II by Mary Oliver (Beacon Press)
- Eye of Water by Amber Flora Thomas (Pittsburgh)


Romance

(IMG:http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1933110082.03.MZZZZZZZ.jpg) <-- Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes)

ebenfalls nominiert waren:
- Artist’s Dream by Gerri Hill (Bella Books)
- Just Like That by Karin Kallmaker (Bella Books)
- The Price of Temptation by M. J. Pearson (Seventh Window)
- Walt Loves the Bearcat by Randy Boyd (West Beach Books)


Humor

Don't Get too Comfortable by David Rakoff (Doubleday)

ebenfalls nominiert waren:
- Invasion of Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, (Alyson Books)
- Juicy Mother by Jennifer Camper (Soft Skull Press)
- What the L ? by Kate Clinton (Carroll & Graf)
- Revenge of the Paste Eaters by Cheryl Peck (5 Spot, Warner Books)

LGBT Studies

When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David by Susan Ackerman (Columbia)

ebenfalls nominiert waren:
- Zest for Life: Lesbians’ Experience of Menopause by Jennifer Kelly (Spinifex)
- Why I Hate Abercrombie and Fitch by Dwight A. McBride (NYU Press)
- Lesbian Communities Festivals, Rvs And the Internet, edited by Esther D. - Rothblum and Penny Sablove (Harrington Park Press)
- Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West by Ruth Vanita (Palgrave Macmillan)

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[freedom]

Klingt interessant! Aber was bitte ist LGBT? Bei mir lädt die Seite nicht richtig *seufz*

lg,
freedom

[Masi]

"LGBT" ist die Abkürzung (oder das Akronym, wie wikipedia meint ;) ) für "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender"

[freedom]

Danke! Datt datt schon in Wikipedia steht *wow* ;)

[Masi]

Zum Glück! Sonst hättest du (von mir zumindest) so schnell keine so präzise Antwort bekommen. ;)