Edition 21 (2009)

AnthologyBisexual LiteratureChildren's or Young AdultDramaGay FictionGay Memoir or BiographyGay PoetryGay RomanceJeanne Córdova PrizeJim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' PrizeJudith A. Markowitz AwardLesbian FictionLesbian Memoir or BiographyLesbian PoetryLesbian RomanceLGBTQ+ ComicsLGBTQ+ Romance & EroticaLGBTQ+ StudiesNonfictionPublishing Professional AwardRandall Kenan PrizeScience Fiction, Fantasy and HorrorTransgender LiteratureTrustee AwardVisionary AwardBisexual FictionBisexual NonfictionBisexual PoetryLGBTQ+ AnthologyLGBTQ+ Children's BooksLGBTQ+ DramaLGBTQ+ Middle GradeLGBTQ+ MysteryLGBTQ+ NonfictionLGBTQ+ PoetryLGBTQ+ Speculative FictionLGBTQ+ Young AdultTransgender FictionTransgender NonfictionTransgender Poetry

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Karin Kallmaker Winner

CJ lives on guard, carrying secrets she cannot fully relax around. When she meets Karita, her longing for friendship, roots, and someone who knows her real name surfaces, and the two women are pulled between a kiss meant for tonight and feelings that reach further.

One kiss begins to quietly change everything between them.

256 pages

lesbian fictionromancesecretsemotional intimacy

Judy Grahn Winner

This new and selected collection traces Judy Grahn’s work from the 1960s through 2008 and shows how she opens love beyond romance into community, memory, and spiritual connection.

A wide-ranging poetry collection that refuses to confine love to romance.

272 pages

poetryLGBTQ+communitysocial movement