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21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
LGBT Anthologies | LGBT Childrens/Young Adult | LGBT Drama | LGBT Nonfiction LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror | LGBT Studies | Bisexual | Transgender | Lesbian Debut Fiction | Gay Debut Fiction | Lesbian...
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What do LGBTQ Teens Want? [UPDATE]
From author Malinda Lo, to publisher Arthur A. Levine, to librarian Arla Jones, eight Young Adult Lit experts give us 8 trends to look for in LGBTQ Teen Fiction. The results show a slight evolution in...
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‘Alleys and Doorways’ and ‘Best Gay Stories 2009′
What is literature and why do we read it? Some insist that writing worthy of the designation “literature” is a very serious business. Its content enacts our utopian and dystopian impulses, providing...
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6 of the Scariest Queer Horror Books Ever
UPDATED: In celebration of Halloween, we asked a few of our speculative fiction friends to share the scariest LGBT-relevant books they’ve ever read. Special thanks to Vince Liaguno for rallying his...
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Rainbow Book Fair: Photo Gallery
Above Lambda Literary Award winner and current finalist Michael Klein @ The Rainbow Book Fair. For a recap of the fair read Jeff Adams’ dispatch. Photo (c) Heidi Russell Dreamspinner authors @ Rainbow...
View ArticleOutcry Over Novel Casting Hamlet’s Father as Gay Pedophile
Subterranean Press has released Hamlet’s Father, a retelling of Hamlet where Prince Hamlet’s father is portrayed as a child molester murdered by one of his past victims, Horatio. First published in...
View ArticleBuy Libraries a Book for Gay Kids
Buy Libraries a Book for Gay Kids: Steve Berman, the editor of Speaking Out: LGBT Youth Stand Up, an inspirational work for LGBT teens about living openly and fighting intolerance, is raising funds to...
View Article‘Best Gay Stories 2011′ edited by Peter Dubé
This fourth edition of Lethe Press’ Best Gay Stories is an excellent addition to the series. Edited by Peter Dubé, taking over for previous series editor Steve Berman (Dube’s work appeared in the first...
View Article‘Heiresses of Russ 2012: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction’ edited...
In the Introduction to this collection, editor Connie Wilkins says, “Among the gifts claimed for us by Joanna Russ…is the right to write and publish fiction about women who are…the central actors in...
View Article‘Suffered From The Night: Queering Stoker’s Dracula’ Edited by Steve Berman
In the past year, Lethe Press has “queered” Sherlock Holmes (A Study In Lavender, Joseph DeMarco, editor) and Edgar Allan Poe (Where Thy Dark Eye Glances, edited by Steve Berman) and this October...
View Article‘Wilde Stories 2014: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction’ Edited by Steve...
Begun in 2008, the annual series Wilde Stories has striven to provide the best in gay speculative fiction (much as its companion series Heiresses of Russ strives to do for lesbian speculative fiction)....
View Article‘Best Gay Stories 2014′ Edited by Steve Berman
Lethe Press, the independent press that publishes the annual Best Gay Stories anthologies, takes its name from the river of forgetfulness and oblivion in Greek mythology. With the publication of Best...
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‘Heiresses of Russ 2015’ Edited by Jean Roberta and Steve Berman
If, like me, you’ve never heard of Joanna Russ (though she’s one of sci-fi’s most influential women writers), Jean Roberta’s mention of the late feminist writer in her introduction to Heiresses of...
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‘Best Gay Stories 2016’ Edited by Steve Berman
Now, more than ever, the LGBT literary community requires salutation. We must salute those who have provided a voice for us. Countless pages of gay literature have documented the AIDS crisis, coming...
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Countdown to LGBTQ Horror: Eleven Scary Reads for Halloween
As it is October, and the thrill of Halloween makes the growing night seem all the more auspicious of tricks and treats, I find myself lingering by my bookshelves. I own a great many novels and...
View Article‘Wilde Stories 2018: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction’ Edited by Steve...
This multifaceted and inclusive edition of Wilde Stories, edited by Steve Berman from Lethe Press and featuring “the year’s best gay speculative fiction,” is memorable from cover to cover. The cover...
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6 of the Scariest Queer Horror Books Ever
UPDATED: In celebration of Halloween, we asked a few of our speculative fiction friends to share the scariest LGBT-relevant books they’ve ever read. Special thanks to Vince Liaguno for rallying his...
View Article‘Best Gay Stories 2011’ edited by Peter Dubé
This fourth edition of Lethe Press’ Best Gay Stories is an excellent addition to the series. Edited by Peter Dubé, taking over for previous series editor Steve Berman (Dube’s work appeared in the first...
View Article‘Heiresses of Russ 2012: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction’ edited...
In the Introduction to this collection, editor Connie Wilkins says, “Among the gifts claimed for us by Joanna Russ…is the right to write and publish fiction about women who are…the central actors in...
View Article‘Suffered From The Night: Queering Stoker’s Dracula’ Edited by Steve Berman
In the past year, Lethe Press has “queered” Sherlock Holmes (A Study In Lavender, Joseph DeMarco, editor) and Edgar Allan Poe (Where Thy Dark Eye Glances, edited by Steve Berman) and this October...
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