2009 Lammies: Finalists

The finalists for the Lambda Literary Foundation's 21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced. As their publicity notes, "this year 105 finalists representing 72 publishers are competing for awards in 22 categories."

I wanted to draw your attention to these two finalists:

     

  1. Kinsey Zero through Sixty: Bisexual Perspectives on Kinsey. edited by Ron Suresha, published as a special issue of the Journal of Bisexuality (Taylor & Francis, 2008) is a finalist in the Bisexual category; and
  2. Best Gay Erotica 2009, edited by Richard Labonté, guest edited by James Lear (Cleis Press, 2008) is a finalist in the Gay Erotica category.

We'll also be watching for the Kinsey volume to be republished soon as a much more affordable trade paperback edition by Routledge, with the new name The Kinsey Legacy at Sixty: Bisexual Perspectives on Alfred C Kinsey.

Now, of course this is a chance to draw attention to myself, since I–in my fiction persona as Jay Neal–have a story in each of the volumes. In Best Gay Erotica it's "Physical Therapy"–what my time in the hospital after I broke my leg would have been like if my overheated imagination had its way; and in the Kinsey volume, it's "Between Red Covers", a story I'm rather proud of and one which, remarkably, has no sex in it! Well, there is a very, very short comic scene* that contains implied masturbation, but does that really count?

Anyway, I'm very happy to have contributed to these two outstanding volumes by my two favorite editors. I've worked with Richard and Ron on a number of projects now, scattered over my first decade of writing fiction, and I don't think I could ask for better.

So, here I extend best wishes to Richard and Ron for continued success and many, many more books. Naturally, if I can help, I will.
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* I just counted and it contains only 133 words, despite which I think it may be the funniest thing I've written. I'm particularly proud of its timing.

Posted on March 16, 2009 at 23.27 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Books, Faaabulosity, Personal Notebook

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  1. Written by BearToast Joe
    on Tuesday, 17 March 2009 at 14.02
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    Congrats! I'l love to read your stuff, or be the inspiration for future stories. Just call for an appointment . . . . . (LOL)

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