Category: Award Winner

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The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

Radclyffe Hall | The Well of Loneliness | First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Hall’s own life, it was banned outrig

Posted in Award Winner Drama

Clit Notes by Holly Hughes

Holly Hughes | Clit Notes | You never know how writing for the stage will translate to the page, but the five performance pieces in ‘Clit Notes’ make the move remarkably well. Pe

Posted in Award Winner Mystery

Death of a Dying Man by J.M. Redmann

J.M. Redmann | Death of a Dying Man | Micky Knight just had to get into a butch pissing contest with the journalist partner of a famous doctor working with her lover, Cordelia James, to pr

Posted in Award Winner Mystery

A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King

Laurie R. King | A Grave Talent | The First Kate Martinelli Mystery

The unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A string of shocking murders h

Posted in Award Winner Romance

The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan

Claire Morgan | The Price of Salt | The Price of Salt has grown in popularity and in importance, and is now recognized as an American masterwork.  Highsmith has given us the enthralling

Posted in Award Winner Fiction

Amnesty by Louise A. Blum

Louise A. Blum | Amnesty | When her father dies, Maura Jaegar emerges from seclusion in rural Pennsylvania and returns to her small hometown, where she must come to terms with h

Posted in Award Winner Pulp

Room to Swing by Ed Lacy

Ed Lacy | Room to Swing | Plot Summary

Toussaint Marcus Moore, private eye, is hired by Kay Robbens to keep an eye on Robert Thomas, the man who is going to premiere Kay’s

Posted in Award Winner Fiction

The Singing of Swans by Mary Saracino

Mary Saracino | The Singing of Swans | 19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards finalist in the Spirituality Category. Madalene Ross’s complacent life is about to be turned upsde down. Never one

Posted in Award Winner Fiction Movie/Media Tie-In

Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing by May Sarton

May Sarton | Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing | Hilary Stevens is an aging writer asked to recount her poetic inspirations, and we are taken along on this journey of rediscovery. Both subtle and int

Posted in Award Winner Literary Criticism

The Safe Sea Of Women by Bonnie Zimmerman

Bonnie Zimmerman | The Safe Sea Of Women | Written for scholars, writers, activists, and the general reader, The Safe Sea of Women is an indispensable survey of an important area of lesbian cul