"Passing for Black" and Cristy Road's "Bad Habits" are up for Lambda's Lit Awards in 2008

Every year, the Lambda Literary Foundation recognizes books written by and about members of the LGBT community. This year, they've announced the nominees, which will eventually become a short list which will then be voted on by members of the literary community.

This year, it seems queer women have dominated in being overall the most creative, as even in their specific categories, their stories are told in the most different of ways (from graphic novels to first-person narratives to odes to The Indigo Girls). Although that will probably make it more difficult for the judges to make their decisions, it gives me a lot of reading to catch up on over the holidays.

Cristy Road and a panel from "Bad Habits: A Love Story"

Some of the nominees are as follows:

BISEXUAL

Me as Her Again, Nancy Agabian, Aunt Lute Books
Open, Jenny Block, Seal Press
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love & Desire, Lisa M. Diamond, Harvard University Press
Wolf Tales VI, Kate Douglas, Kensington
Seeking Sara Summers, Susan Gabriel, Wild Lily Arts
Rhythm: A Novel, Robin Meloy Goldsby, Bass Lion Publishing
Secrets So Deep, K.G. MacGregor, Bella
The Bishop's Daughter, Honor Moore, W.W. Norton
Bad Habits, Cristy Road, Soft Skull Press

LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy, Susan Griffin, Shambhala Publications
Sex Variant Woman, Joanne Passet, Da Capo
Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir, Maureen Seaton, University of Arkansas Press
Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying out in America, Jennifer Storm, Hazelden Publishing

Seaton's memoir and the hardcover manual it is based on

LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION

Marti Brown and the House of Face, Teresa R. Allen, Alpha World Press
Relief, L.E. Butler, Regal Crest Publishing
Last Chance at the Lost & Found, Marcia Finical, Bywater Books
The Odd Couple, Q. Kelly, Regal Crest Publishing
The Antonym of Apathy, Hilary Kyle, Antonym Publishing
Red Audrey & the Roping, Jill Malone, Bywater Books
As Far As Far Enough, Claire Rooney, Bella
Made for You, Geneva St. James, Alpha World Press
The Mud of the Place, Susananna Sturgis, Speed-of-C Productions
Passing for Black, Linda Villarosa, Kensington
Closer to Fine, Meri Weiss, Kensington
Looking Through Windows, Caren Werlinger, Windstorm Creative
Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind, Chavisa Woods, Fly by Night Press
Over the Course of a Lifetime, J.G. Woodward, Invincible Publishing
The Bruise, Magdalena Zurawski, Fiction Collective Two/University of Alabama Press

For more of the nominees, including Lesbian Poetry, Lesbian Erotica, Lesbian Drama and all other LGBT and gay categories, visit www.lambdaliterary.org.

Did you read any of these books in '08? Any recommendations or predictions?