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Posted on June 4, 2019 at 3:01 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Twenty-five books can now boast of having won a Lambda Literary Award.
The “Lammys” were handed out last night by Lambda Literary, the nation’s leading organization advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer literature.
Here’s a sampling of the winners; the complete list can be found on Lambda Literary’s website.
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Lesbian fiction: The Tiger Flu, by Larissa Lai.
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Gay fiction: Jonny Appleseed, by Joshua Whitehead.
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Bisexual fiction: Disoriental, written by Négar Djavadi and translated by Tina Kover.
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Bisexual nonfiction: Out of Step: A Memoir, by Anthony Moll.
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Transgender fiction: Little Fish, by Casey Plett.
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LGBTQ nonfiction: Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, by Imani Perry.
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Transgender nonfiction: Histories of the Transgender Child, by Julian Gill-Peterson.
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