Category: Award Winner

Posted in Award Winner Fiction

Women’s Studies by Julia Watts

Julia Watts | Women’s Studies | It is the fall semester of 1990, and three students – all with the first name of Elizabeth – are on the roll for Professor Angela Rivers’ Women in Lit

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas | Stein’s most famous work; one of the richest and most irreverent biographies ever written.

Posted in Award Winner Speculative Fiction

The Female Man by Joanna Russ

Joanna Russ | The Female Man | The Female Man is a classic feminist science fiction novel by American writer Joanna Russ, published in 1975. Four women, Joanna, Jeannine, Janet and

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner Grier Rated

La Bâtarde by Violette Leduc

Violette Leduc | La Bâtarde | An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La Batarde

Posted in Award Winner Parenting & Families

Double Pregnant by Natalie D. Meisner

Natalie D. Meisner | Double Pregnant | Girl meets girl. Girl marries girl. They want to have babies…but they need a little help.

Double Pregnant is author Natalie Meisner’s light-h

Posted in Award Winner Historical Romance Mystery

The Madonna of the Sorrows by Nene Adams

Nene Adams | The Madonna of the Sorrows | 2006 IPPY Award Winner! Gay/Lesbian

Winner: Black by Gaslight/The Madonna of the Sorrows, by Nene Adams (Cavalier Press)

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Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner

The Chelsea Whistle by Michelle Tea

Michelle Tea | The Chelsea Whistle |

In this gritty, confessional memoir, Michelle Tea takes the reader back to the city of her childhood: Chelsea, Massachusetts–a place where time

Posted in Award Winner YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters

Julie Anne Peters | Between Mom and Jo | Jo promised Nick they’d always be together. So did Mom. When you’re a stupid little kid you believe what your parents tell you. You want to believe th

Posted in Award Winner YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Letters in the Attic by Bonnie Shimko

Bonnie Shimko | Letters in the Attic | Lizzy McCann is a feisty 12 year old who lives with her mother and father in a fleabag hotel. A divorce leads to mother and daughter moving to upstate

Posted in Autobiographical Fiction Award Winner

Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles

Jane Bowles | Two Serious Ladies | Written with biting wit and cool compassion, Two Serious Ladies is a bittersweet celebration of female freedom that has been hailed as a landmark in t