Lambda Literary Awards らむだぶんがくしょう
Edition 19 (2007)
Winners
5 peopleA novel that follows wartime London and its aftermath through four characters. Secrets and desire connect slowly as the narrative moves backward through time.
Secrets and ties that do not end when the war does.
A graphic memoir set around a family funeral home, tracing the relationship with a father, sexual identity, and the instability of memory. Literary allusion and precise structure lift the personal story into an intellectually layered autobiography.
A father's death opens the family silence.
A dark comedy set in post-9/11 New York, following a young man who tries to isolate himself only to be pushed back into the city's noise. Lightness and unease coexist, revealing how hard it is to remain alone.
Withdrawal does not last long in the middle of the city.
A sweeping history of gay and lesbian life in Los Angeles, told through politics, culture, activism, and urban change. By combining archives and testimony, it expands a local history into a national one.
The queer history of Los Angeles, told through both politics and culture.
A collection of short stories and a novella set against Appalachia, exploring desire, violence, and warped power relations. The prose is dense, and bodily intensity runs through the whole book.
What draws boundaries also wounds people.