Spotlight on Lifetime Achievement Winner Eileen Myles
"My appreciation for getting this award has only gotten deeper since it was announced last month. The world has changed since getting this good news...." — Myles on winning the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Spotlight on Berzon Award Winner Oliver Baez Bendorf
"To me, this award is a promise and a commitment. To remember the queer elders who’ve looked after me through language, and to try to pay it forward." — Oliver Baez Bendorf on winning the Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award.
Spotlight on Leadership Award Winner “In Her Words”
In honoring In Her Words, the Publishing Triangle salutes the immediacy of this film, which portrays the history of twentieth-century lesbian fiction from the perspective of those who created it; In Her Words ensures that the legacies of these literary pioneers will continue to be available to inform and inspire future generations.
Recommended Reading: Shut Up You’re Pretty, by Téa Mutonji
Téa Mutonji's Shut Up You’re Pretty is a finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction.
Recommended Reading: Lot, by Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington's Lot is a finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction.
Recommended Reading: In West Mills, by De’Shawn Charles Winslow
De’Shawn Charles Winslow's In West Mills is a finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction.
Recommended Reading: Black Light, by Kimberly King Parsons
Kimberly King Parsons's Black Light is a finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction.
Recommended Reading: We Have Always Been Here: A Gay Muslim Memoir, by Samra Habib
Samra Habib's We Have Always Been Here: A Gay Muslim Memoir is a finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction.