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K. M. Soehnlein
K.M. (Karl) Soehnlein (born November 24, 1965) is the American author of the novels ''The World of Normal Boys'' (2000), a 1970s coming-of-age story that won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men’s Fiction; ''You Can Say You Knew Me When'' (2005), set in San Francisco during the Beat era of 1960 and the dot-com boom of 2000; and ''Robin and Ruby'' (2010), which follows the brother and sister characters of ''The World of Normal Boys'' into the mid-1980s. His latest novel ''Army of Lovers'' was published in October 2022 by Amble Press, an imprint of Bywater Books. It follows a young gay man swept up in the excitement, fury, and poignancy of the AIDS activist group ACT UP, ACT UP/New York, of which Soehnlein was an early member, beginning in 1987. Biography Soehnlein was born in New York City, the son of an Irish immigrant mother and a first-generation German-American father. He was raised in Westwood, New Jersey and attended Ithaca College, where he majored in Cinema Production, gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted in 1989. The program has grown from 14 awards in early years to 24 awards today. Early categories such as HIV/AIDS literature were dropped as the prominence of the AIDS crisis within the gay community waned, and categories for bisexual and transgender literature were added as the community became more inclusive. In addition to the primary literary awards, Lambda Literary also presents a number of special awards. Award categories Current Notes 1 In both the bisexual and transgender categories, presentation may vary according to the number of eligible titles submitted in any given year. If the number of titles warrants, then separate awards are presented in either two (Fiction and Nonfiction, with the Fiction category inclusive of poetr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |