This combination of photos shows the book cover image for “Matrix,” a novel by Lauren Groff, left, and Groff at the 69th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on Nov. 14, 2018. Groff’s novel is among the finalists for best lesbian fiction for the Lambda awards.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Lauren Groff and Kristen Arnett, erotica by Samuel R. Delany and nonfiction by Daisy Hernández are among this year’s nominees for Lambda awards, given for the year’s best LGBTQ books.
Groff’s “Matrix,” a finalist for the National Book Awards, and Arnett’s “With Teeth” are nominees for best lesbian fiction, along with Verita Blackburn’s “How to Wrestle a Girl,” Mia McKenzie’s “Skye Falling” and Kirstin Valdez Quade’s “The Five Wounds.”
Hernández’s “The Kissing Bug,” her investigation into a mysterious disease that recently won the PEN/Jean Stein award for the best book of 2021, is a finalist in the bisexual nonfiction category, which also includes Aisha Sabatini Sloan’s “Borealis,” Hasanthika Sirisena’s “Dark Tourist,” Jen Winston’s “Greedy” and Courtney Cook’s “The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces.”
“The Lammys,” as they are commonly known, were established in 1989 and are presented by the Lambda Literary organization. Finalists in 24 categories, ranging from lesbian romance to transgender poetry, were announced Tuesday, at a time when numerous states are seeking to ban or restrict LGBTQ books.
“The modern movement to ban access to LGBTQ books for young people is horrendous, but we hope the publishing industry continues backing these remarkable works in volume to meet that resistance,” the Lambda announcement reads in part.
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