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That Book Is So Gay In an age when popular culture is so obsessively fixed to screens, it’s a joy to take a moment to celebrate the printed word. LGBT literature is so important to our community—it’s often where we find our bravest, most-forward-thinking voices. In anthologies, it shows how our experiences come together—our similarities and our differences. In non-fiction, it teaches us more about the truth of our struggle. In fiction, it presents a pathway to a shared understanding of our experience, and in poetry, it paints a picture of our collective soul. This year, the Lambda Literary awards honored a extraordinary works (including several that we’ve recommended right here on “The Focus Group”), in addition to paying homage to phenomenal playwright Edward Albee and prolific (and charming) crime novel author Val McDermid. See more of this year’s finalists and winners at lambdaliterary.org.
