A short story collection set in El Paso and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, drawing on memory, family, and community. Its restrained narration brings out both the intimacy and the pain of lives lived at the border.

A sequence of short stories that builds a memory of the borderlands.

A coming-of-age novel in which the Mexican American boys Aristotle and Dante discover themselves through friendship, family, sexuality, and identity. Quiet conversations accumulate until they carry the feeling of first encountering the world.

Friendship becomes the doorway to self-discovery.

A novel by Mykola Dementiuk that sketches urban landscapes and shifting relationships. It connects fragments of queer city life while retaining a restless sense of embodiment and desire.

A novel tracing urban desire and the instability of relationships.

A special award honoring Katherine V. Forrest’s long-standing contributions. It recognizes her sustained influence on queer literature, including lesbian mystery writing.

A special award honoring pioneering work in lesbian mystery writing.

A special award honoring Lillian Faderman for her major influence on LGBT history and feminist scholarship. It recognizes her long contribution through research and writing.

A special award honoring pioneering work in LGBT history.

A memoir that reconsiders love, loss, and self-making while tracing childhood wounds and the shadow of family. It also reflects on how literature and storytelling can help a person survive and rework the past.

A memoir that revisits a wounded past through the power of literature.