The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack, PM Press.

The Remainder, Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated by Sophie Hughes, Coffee House Press.

The Not Wives, Carley Moore, The Feminist Press.

The Man Who Saw Everything, Deborah Levy, Bloomsbury Publishing.

Just Pervs, Jess Taylor, Book*hug Press.

Exquisite Mariposa, Fiona Alison Duncan, Soft Skull Press.

Deposing Nathan, Zack Smedley, Page Street.

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press.

Murmur, Will Eaves, Bellevue Literary Press.Lord, João Gilberto Noll, translated by Edgar Garbelotto, Two Lines Press.Like This Afternoon Forever, Jaime Manrique, Kaylie Jones Books.In West Mills, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, Bloomsbury Publishing.

The Archive of Alternate Endings, Lindsey Drager, Dzanc Books.Animalia, Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, translated by Frank Wynne, Grove Press.Stay and Fight, Madeline ffitch, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Red at the Bone, Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books.A People’s History of Heaven, Mathangi Subramanian, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.Patsy, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Liveright Publishing.On Swift Horses, Shannon Pufahl, Riverhead Books.Mostly Dead Things, Kristen Arnett, Tin House Books.A Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant, Janice Gould, Sinister Wisdom & Inanna Publications.But here now-just in time for the COVID-19 self-quarantined-is the complete list of the judges’ selections: The judges’ top picks are to be announced at the awards ceremony, scheduled for June 8. “The awards celebrate authentic LGBTQ storytelling in all of its beauty, complexity, and power.” “The Lammys are a testament to the LGBTQ community’s longstanding contribution to literature,” said Sue Landers, executive director of Lambda Literary. And they’re all really good reads-selected by “over 60 judges, literary professionals who spent countless hours considering a record-breaking number of submissions,” according to Lambda’s press release today. This means dozens and dozens of great LGBTQ titles in 24 categories from gay romance, to lesbian mysteries, to transgender nonfiction, to bisexual poetry and much more, including just about every variation under the rainbow. (And a special shout-out to Northampton, Massachusetts resident Ocean Vuong, whose “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” (2019, Penguin Press) is nominated for Best Gay Fiction!) Lambda Literary, the premier LGBTQ literary organization in the US, has just announced the finalists for its 32nd annual Lambda Literary Awards (a.k.a. Here’s some good news for the homebound looking for an alternative to streaming movies, TV or podcast–binging. Northampton, Massachusetts resident Ocean Vuong, author of 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous,' 2020 Lambda Literary Finalist for Best Gay Fiction.

Micah by Garrett Leigh